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==History==
The WRAC was formed on 1 February 1949 by Army Order 6 as the successor to the [[Auxiliary Territorial Service]] (ATS) that had been founded in 1938.<ref name=history>{{cite web|url=http://wracassociation.org.uk/history|title=A Brief History of the Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps, Auxiliary Territorial Service and Women's Royal Army Corps|publisher=Women's Royal Army Corps Association|accessdate=18 May 2014|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519004905/http://wracassociation.org.uk/history|archivedate=19 May 2014|df=}}</ref> For much of its existence, its members performed administrative and other support tasks.<ref name=history/> In March 1952 the ranks of the WRAC, which had previously been Subaltern, Junior Commander, Senior Commander and Controller were harmonised with the rest of the British Army.<ref>"Army Titles in the WRAC", ''[[The Times]]'', 20 March 1950</ref>
In 1974, two soldiers of the corps were killed by the [[Provisional IRA]] in the [[Guildford pub bombings]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.palacebarracksmemorialgarden.co.uk/archive/Womens%20Royal%20Army%20Corps.htm|title=Women's Royal Army Corps|publisher=Palace Barracks Memorial Garden|accessdate=18 May 2014}}</ref>
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==Band of the WRAC==
The Staff Band of the Women's Royal Army Corps was an all female military band.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/the-staff-band-of-the-womens-royal-army-corps-6243|title=The Staff Band of the Women's Royal Army Corps|publisher=BBC|accessdate=18 May 2014|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401011006/http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/the-staff-band-of-the-womens-royal-army-corps-6243|archivedate=1 April 2015|df=}}</ref>
==Reunion meetings==
WRAC organizes Reunion Meetings to promote the solidarity among its past and current members. 2016 WRAC Reunion Meeting will be organized in [[Northern Cyprus]].<ref>[http://rhqrmp.org/rmp_pdfs/2015/wrac_2016_reunion.pdf WRAC] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204051705/http://rhqrmp.org/rmp_pdfs/2015/wrac_2016_reunion.pdf |date=2016-02-04 }} 2016 Reunion meeting in Northern Cyprus</ref>
==See also==
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* Bidwell Shelford. ''Women's Royal Army Corps'' (1997) 141pp
* Noakes, Lucy. ''Women in the British Army: War and the Gentle Sex, 1907–48'' (2006), the standard scholarly history; focus on ATS
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051114182833/http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/corps/WRAC.htm WRAC archive of regiments.org]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1949]]
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