2nd Lt Fiona Johnston of the WRAC receiving King George VI Cup from Maj Gen Dick Gerrard-Wright at the Guildhall in London. – Vintage Photograph

On April 1st, 2021, 2nd Lt Fiona Johnston of the Women’s Royal Army Corps (WRAC) was awarded the King George VI Cup at the Guildhall in London. The cup was presented by Maj Gen Dick Gerrard-Wright, Director of the Territorial Army. Johnston’s team from Oxford University’s Officers’ Training Corps won the University Challenge competition organised by the National Artillery Association, beating Leeds in the final. Johnston, who lives in Littlemore and works at the Hydraulics Research Centre in Wallingford, is the first woman to be awarded the cup in the competition’s history.On April 1st, 2021, 2nd Lt Fiona Johnston of the Women’s Royal Army Corps (WRAC) was awarded the King George VI Cup at the Guildhall in London. The cup was presented by Maj Gen Dick Gerrard-Wright, Director of the Territorial Army. Johnston’s team from Oxford University’s Officers’ Training Corps won the University Challenge competition organised by the National Artillery Association, beating Leeds in the final. Johnston, who lives in Littlemore and works at the Hydraulics Research Centre in Wallingford, is the first woman to be awarded the cup in the competition’s history.

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