Joe Shute, reporter for The Telegraph, writes:
On a September morning in 1983, Diane Allen reported for duty at Sandhurst. At 18, she was the second youngest member of the first group of women ever accepted into the elite officer training academy. A male commandant delivered an opening address to the 38 raw recruits, their hair pinned behind their ears and their Army boots stuffed with extra pairs of socks as the smallest size available was a seven. “He told us we were making history and to show them what women can do,” the now 55-year-old recalls. “We felt like pioneers, blazing the route for later generations.”
You can give the interview a read in full here – https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/army-needs-face-metoo-moment/