Century of service: Campaign celebrates female soldiers

Female members of the UK armed forces are pictured by enlisted war photographer Robert Wilson for the SSAFA’S Women100 campaign, which charts the evolution of women’s roles in service over the last century, since they have been legally able to enlist. From left: Rose Watson, an orderly in the Auxiliary Territorial Service; Wing Commander Kirsty Bushell, SSAFA vice-chairwoman; Major Heather Stanning OBE, double Olympic gold medallist; Flight Lieutenant Caroline Paige, the first transgender officer to openly serve in the UK armed forces; Sergeant Kelly Holmes, DBE, double Olympic gold medallist; Flight Lieutenant Nosheen Chaudry, who toured with the Red Arrows; Able Rate Sara Jones, who works at HMS President; Major General Susan Ridge, the Army’s highest-ranking woman; Sergeant Chantelle Taylor, the first woman to kill in combat; Petty Officer Natalie Corney, a Royal Navy reservist and Abbie Colvin, an Army combat medic.