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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John Innes Brown III

John Innes Brown III

Major John Innes Brown III was born on 13 January 1920 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA, the son of John William Brown (1887-1955) and Cleone Henrietta Brown née Taggart (1898-1994). The Ame...

Person, Armed Forces, USA

War served, WW2
1 memorial
W. L. Watts

W. L. Watts

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
W. J. Kingsley

W. J. Kingsley

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW2. The J. Lyons memorial has a photo attached to the list of names. As you see, it's not clear to which name it is attached but Kingsley seems the...

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Sub-Lieutenant Edwin Percy Farrow

Sub-Lieutenant Edwin Percy Farrow

Edwin Percy Farrow was born on 5 April 1890 in Manchester, Lancashire, the second of the four children of Edwin Farrow (1856-1950) and Louisa Elizabeth Ann Farrow née Percy (1863-1950). His birth w...

Person, Armed Forces, Turkey

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
S. J. Parkins

S. J. Parkins

Resident of Hendon who served and died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial