A.T.S.: For Information Ask at Any Army or A.T.S. Recruiting Centre or at the Nearest Employment Exchange

A head-and-shoulders portrait of a young woman in ATS uniform and badged cap fills an oval, with 'A.T.S.' in large red letters beneath. The idealised, composed face attaches appeal to the uniform (transfer); the small print gives the practical route to enlist.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Transfer

Date: 1939
Period: Second World War
Made by: War Office / Ministry of Labour (Auxiliary Territorial Service recruiting), printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Alf Cooke Ltd, Leeds and London
Region: Western and Central Europe
Country: United Kingdom
Medium: Poster
Issuer type: State
Regime: Churchill Government
Leader: Winston Churchill
Audience: Domestic public
Purpose: Recruit
Themes: War and the military, Gender and suffrage
Event: World War II
Regime: Churchill wartime government
Leader: Winston Churchill
Source: Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
Source: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
Rights: Public domain (UK Crown copyright, 50 years from publication, expired before 1996; no URAA restoration)
War Office / Ministry of Labour (Auxiliary Territorial Service recruiting), printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Alf Cooke Ltd, Leeds and London. US National Archives, NAID 44266230.

Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

A·T·S

FOR INFORMATION ASK AT ANY ARMY OR A.T.S. RECRUITING CENTRE
OR AT THE NEAREST EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE

Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Alf Cooke Ltd., Leeds and London. S1-339