Women of the Forces: War Service Grants and Emergency Grants
Three stylised heads in naval, ATS and RAF women's service caps sit under the royal arms and the words 'Issued by the Ministry of Pensions'. The text tells servicewomen they may apply for War Service Grants and Emergency Grants; the arms and badges lend official standing to the notice, a transfer of state authority onto the offer.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Ministry of Pensions; artist signed 'Jones'; printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd.
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Own forces
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- War and the military, Home front, Gender and suffrage
- Event
- World War II
- 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)
Ministry of Pensions (UK), artist Jones, 1939-1945. U.S. National Archives, Record Group 44.
Text on the object
ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY OF PENSIONS WOMEN OF THE FORCES Officers and "Other Ranks" may apply for War Service Grants to help them in meeting personal liabilities and to assist their dependants... and Emergency Grants if illness or death of their dependants causes them unforeseen expense. AN APPLICATION FORM EXPLAINING THESE GRANTS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM ANY POST OFFICE OR YOUR COMMANDING OFFICER JONES PRINTED FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE BY LOWE & BRYDONE PRINTERS LTD., LONDON, N.W. 10. 51-3539
