Kate Adie highlights important role women played during the war at event in Hereford

Mrs Adie – who was regularly dispatched to report on disasters and conflicts throughout the 1980s before becoming chief news correspondent for BBC News – also talked about the important role women played in the war at the Courtyard event.

Thousands of women worked at the Rotherwas munitions factory site during both world wars, and the Rotherwas ROF Front Line Duty Project, working with the Rotherwas Munitions Group, aim to compile a complete record of their names and stories.

Mrs Adie also talked about her book “Fighting on the Home Front, the legacy of women in World War One” and signed copies at the event.