Group    From 1917  To 1993

Women's Royal Naval Service

Categories: Armed Forces

The Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS; popularly and officially known as the Wrens) was the women's branch of the Royal Navy. First formed in 1917 for WW1, it was disbanded in 1919, then revived in 1939 at the beginning of WW2, remaining active until integrated into the Royal Navy in 1993. WRNS included cooks, clerks, wireless telegraphists, radar plotters, weapons analysts, range assessors, electricians and air mechanics. The first director was Katherine Furse.

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Women's Royal Naval Service

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Dame Katharine Furse

{Beneath the WRNS badge:} On this site in January 1918 Dame Katharine Furse G...

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T. Slater

T. Slater

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
W. H. Vardill

W. H. Vardill

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
Lance Corporal Mills

Lance Corporal Mills

Royal Engineer killed by an exploding bomb while assisting in the attempt to disarm it. Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this man: Lance Corporal Douglas Mills was born about 1...

Person, Armed Forces, Tragedy

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
D. A. King

D. A. King

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
Arthur H. Walton

Arthur H. Walton

Resident of the West Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial

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Enid Bagnold

Enid Bagnold

Novelist and playwright. Born Enid Algerine Bagnold at Borstal Cottage, Rochester, Kent. She spent several years of her childhood in Jamaica, where her father, a military engineer had been posted. ...

Person, Literature, Theatre, Jamaica

1 memorial
E. Crawford, Pte.

E. Crawford, Pte.

Imperial Camel Corps, Australian Contingent, 4th Battalion

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
J. Bond
War dead, WW1
1 memorial