Women's Royal Naval Service personnel
Women's Royal Naval Service - History Learning
The Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) was first founded in 1917 during World War One. It was disbanded at the end of the war but reformed in 1939 when war ...
When women modernised the military - Bulletin
These servicewomen performed important military functions for the RAF, army and Royal Navy – often alongside men. Their tasks ranged from ...
The Association welcomes all serving and former women of the Royal Naval Services, which includes WRNS, RN, QARNNS, RN/WRNR, RFA and RM.
WW2 People's War - Photo Gallery: Women's Royal Naval Service
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Category:Women's Royal Naval Service personnel of World War II
Note: Many of these WRNS would have been employed at shore stations e.g. at Bletchley Park or outstations. Pages in category "Women's Royal Naval Service ...
Web: UK, Women's Royal Naval Service Index, 1917-1919 | Ancestry®
This database contains lists of more than 1.5 million officers, enlisted personnel and other individuals entitled to medals and awards commemorating their ...
British Women's Royal Naval Service Officer Files 1917 – 1919
In 1917 the Royal Navy became the first of the British armed forces to recruit women. The Women's Royal Naval Service was to be a shore service that would free ...
Women's Royal Naval Service Facts & Worksheets - KidsKonnect
The Royal Navy was the first armed forces to accept female recruits. The Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS), founded in 1917, ...
Women and War: The Women's Royal Naval Service during the First ...
The pamphlet opens with an article by Dame Katherine Furse, the first Director of the WRNS, on 'War Work & Its Lessons' in which she writes of ...
History — WRNS Benevolent Trust
History of the WRNS BT · The WRNS was created in November 1917 as a result of heavy naval losses in the previous years. · Over 6,000 women undertook a variety of ...
WRCNS - The Wrens - CFB Esquimalt Naval and Military Museum
The badge of the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service. The wren that sits on top of the anchor is a reference to the name given to the women's service, ...
How to find Royal Navy service records
Quite apart from significant developments in ship design and armaments, the service evolved to include women among its ranks. This began with the Women's Royal ...
WOMEN'S ROYAL NAVAL SERVICE (Hansard, 10 March 1943)
In September, 1939, the W.R.N.S. numbered about 1,500. The majority were employed in clerical, domestic and communications duties. 759 From that time onward ...
WRNS [Women's Royal Naval Service] - YouTube
The story of a woman of the Women's Royal Naval Service who after completing two months at the Royal Naval College Greenwich is posted to a ...
Celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Women's Royal Canadian ...
July 31, 2022, marks the 80th anniversary of the establishment of the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service (WRCNS).
Wrens — National Museum of the Royal New Zealand Navy
The Women's Royal New Zealand Naval Service, known as the Wrens, arose from the days of sailing ships. At this time women were a key part of a ship's company.
Women's Royal Naval Service Benevolent Trust - Facebook
The Trust exists to provide advice and financial relief in cases of necessity or distress among its members and their dependants.
Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service
The Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service (WRCNS) was founded in July 1942. It was patterned on the British Women's Royal Navy Service (WRNS).
Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) Officers 1939-1945 -- H
I became a Leading Wren in Jan. '42 and went to Greenwich Naval College for Officer training in June '42 and was promoted to Third Officer WRNS on 21 June '42.
Women's Armed Forces WRNS - Jean Gordon Story - YouTube
Jean, who served in the Women's Royal Navy Service in the Second World War, gives her account of serving during the war and celebrating in ...