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"The Womens Royal Naval Service was formed in 1917 when the call was for volunteers to release a man for sea service. At the peak there was over 5, 000 women serving in Britain and overseas, but efforts to maintain the service in peace time were unsuccessful, and it was to be 1939, when the Second World War threatened, before the Wrens were reformed. Theirs was a different and altogether more demanding role which involved the carrying out of some highly secret and responsible duties, and many more of them served outside Britain. By 1945 there were over 75, 000 officers and ratings and when the War ended, and those who wished were demobilized, a permanent Service was set up, providing a career for women alongside men of the Royal Navy.This is their story, often told in their own words, which mirrors the changing place of women in our society in a century of tremendous social progress."
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APPENDIX II
| Honours | |
| 1919 | |
| CBE(Mil) | |
| Mrs M. L. Cane, Asst Director | Miss D. C. Hare, MD, Asst Director (Medical) |
| Mrs W. Dakyns, MBE, Asst Director | |
| OBE(Mil) | |
| Miss H. M. Beale, Dep Div Director | Miss M. M. Monkhouse, Asst Director |
| Miss C. E. Bennett, Dep Div Director | The Hon Mrs E. M. Northcote, Div Director |
| Miss M. I. Currey, Asst Director | Miss K. St A. Penrose, Div Director |
| Miss I. M. Jermyn, Div Director | Miss E. M. Royden, Dep Asst Director |
| Mrs W. M. de L‘Hopital, Dep Asst Director | Mrs B. Valpy, Dep Asst Director |
| Miss A. B. Maclennan, Dep Div Director | Miss S. J. Warner, Dep Asst Director |
| Miss E. I. F. Matheson, MBE, Div Director | Miss F. E. Warton, Dep Div Director |
| Miss E. G. Merston, Dep Asst Director | |
| MBE (Mil) | |
| Miss E. Best, Asst Principal | Miss E. S. M. Laughton, Principal |
| Miss F. E. Bradshaw, Asst Principal | Miss M. L. MacDonald, Dep Principal |
| Miss B. M. Craster, Principal | Miss O. M. Macleod, Asst Principal |
| Miss A. I. Crisp, Dep Principal | Miss J. M. McEwan, Dep Principal |
| Mrs D. S. M. Eastwood, Principal | Miss B. N. Mouat, Asst Principal |
| Miss M. G. M. Farrell, Asst Principal | Miss M. H. M. Maunsell, Asst Principal |
| Miss O. H. Franklin, Dep Principal | Mrs I. H. C. Pettit, Dep Principal |
| Miss M. Godding, Asst Principal | Miss N. G. Robinson, Dep Principal |
| Miss I. A. Gye, Dep Principal | Miss I. M. Rope, Dep Principal |
| Miss M. Hardie, Asst Principal | Mrs V. R. Rubenstein, Dep Principal |
| Mrs I. N. Horsey, Asst Principal | Miss M. C. E. C. Strickland, Asst Principal |
| Miss E. M. James, Dep Principal | Miss M. A. Thorburn, Asst Principal |
| Miss K. M. James, Dep Principal | Miss H. O. Turnbull, Asst Principal |
| Miss E. G. Johnston, Asst Principal | Miss M. A. M. Wall, Principal |
| Mrs F. Johnston, Dep Principal | Miss G. M. Watts, Dep Principal |
| Miss W. E. Kersey, Asst Principal | |
| Medal of the BEO (Mil) | Miss K... |
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- BUCKINGHAM PALACE
- AUTHOR’S NOTE
- I - In the Beginning 1917-1919
- II - Arrangements
- III - And Overseas Too
- IV - Behind the Statistics
- V - Peace and After 1919-1939
- VI - Early Years 1939-1946
- VII - The Scope Widens
- VIII - All The Nice Girls...
- IX - Cogs In The Machine
- X - D-Day
- XI - Training And Release
- XII - The Permanent Service 1946-1980
- XIII - Time of Change
- X - A Momentous Decade
- APPENDIX I - DIRECTORS WRNS
- APPENDIX II
- APPENDIX III - Book of Remembrance
- APPENDIX IV - Other Women’s Naval Services
- APPENDIX V - The Women’s Royal Naval Reserve
- APPENDIX VI
- The Buckmaster Bibliography of Books about the W.R.N.S.
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- INDEX