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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E. H. Knights

E. H. Knights

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
W. G. Stockwell

W. G. Stockwell

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
John Law Baker

John Law Baker

Of the Madras Army. Misty's flickr page has some useful information. It pointed us to National Archives which corroborated our guess that our JLB is the father of Lawrence James Baker, English stoc...

Person, Armed Forces

1 memorial
Col. Cyril W. Bowdler Bowdler, CB

Col. Cyril W. Bowdler Bowdler, CB

Chief Commissioner in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District Metropolitan Corps, 1895-1911. Knight Justice in the Order of St John. In 2012 Roger Bowdler posted this at Genealogy: "My gt-gr...

Person, Armed Forces, Emergency Services, Medicine, Music / songs, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Eric Gascoigne Robinson, VC

Eric Gascoigne Robinson, VC

Rear Admiral. Born Eric Gascoigne Robinson in Greenwich. He joined the Royal Navy in 1897 and by 1910 had reached the rank of Lieutenant Commander. At the outbreak of WW1, he was despatched to the ...

Person, Armed Forces, Turkey

War served, WW1
2 memorials

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Burma Star Association

Burma Star Association

Organisation which relieves need, hardship or distress among men and women who served in the British and allied forces, and the nursing services in the Burma Campaign in WW2. Membership is restrict...

Group, Armed Forces, Burma

1 memorial
St Martins Church

St Martins Church

EC2, Foster Lane

The Corporation of the City of London Site of the Collegiate Church of St Martin, demolished 1548.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator