MPX5096647: World War II Women. Mrs. W.C. Thiele (right) and Mrs. P. Bartlett who are the helmsmen of Patrol Launches of the Upper Thames Patrol (Home Guard). Pictures taken at Maidenhead where they have been on active service since the inception of the U.T.P. Lieutenant Thiele is seen giving instructions for there night patrol duty. January 1941 / Bridgeman Images