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'''Chloe Allen''', born c. 1992 ("aged 24"),<ref name=sky>[http://news.sky.com/story/transgender-soldier-becomes-first-woman-on-frontline-of-british-army-10581080 Transgender soldier becomes first woman on frontline of British Army], Sky News, 17 September 2016</ref> of the 1st Battalion, the Scots Guard, is the first female infantry soldier to serve in the British Army. | '''Chloe Allen''', born c. 1992 ("aged 24"),<ref name=sky>[http://news.sky.com/story/transgender-soldier-becomes-first-woman-on-frontline-of-british-army-10581080 Transgender soldier becomes first woman on frontline of British Army], Sky News, 17 September 2016.</ref> of the 1st Battalion, the Scots Guard, is the first female infantry soldier to serve in the British Army. | ||
She joined the service as a man in 2012, but has changed her name and begun hormone therapy treatment.<ref name=sky /> She will still be referred to as a Guardsman. | She joined the service as a man in 2012, but has changed her name and begun hormone therapy treatment.<ref name=sky /> She will still be referred to as a Guardsman. | ||
Revision as of 07:24, 17 September 2016
Chloe Allen, born c. 1992 ("aged 24"),[1] of the 1st Battalion, the Scots Guard, is the first female infantry soldier to serve in the British Army.
She joined the service as a man in 2012, but has changed her name and begun hormone therapy treatment.[1] She will still be referred to as a Guardsman.
- "It is a great honour to be able to make history and at the same time do my job, it's just brilliant, I'm just looked at as a normal person."<ref name=sky>
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Transgender soldier becomes first woman on frontline of British Army, Sky News, 17 September 2016.