Categories 1900-1949 War Remembrance Week – The Queen Knits Socks, 1940 Post author By Estelle Post date November 5, 2014 PTO Magazine, 1940 The future Queen Elizabeth helped the war effort in 1940, knitting a pair of socks for one “lucky” soldier. And another Tommie got perhaps a slightly racier pair, knitted by Princess Margaret Rose. From PTO Magazine, 1940. Tweet Tags 1940, Princess Margaret, PTO magazine, Second World War, The Queen