An incredible photograph taken in 1943 at Tyneside Shipyards, in the UK, of a woman welder with protective head gear raised from her face. In the background a ship under construction in a slipway can be seen.

Women in WW2 took on many different roles during the war, including as combatants and workers on the home front.

Millions of women of various ages were injured or died as a result of the war.

Lest We Forget.

Photograph came from Imperial War Museums. Image file number IWM DB 65.