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    The Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS; popularly and officially known as the Wrens) was the women's branch of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. First formed...
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    of the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Royal Fleet Auxiliary, Royal Naval Reserve, Royal Marines Reserve and Naval Careers Service. The Naval Service as a whole...
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    The Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) was the women's branch of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). In 1941, fourteen members of the civilian...
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    The Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) was the air arm of the Royal Navy, under the direction of the Admiralty's Air Department, and existed formally from...
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    The Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service (WRCNS or "Wrens") was an element of the Royal Canadian Navy that was active during the Second World War and...
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    The Royal Naval Auxiliary Service (RNXS) was a uniformed, unarmed, civilian volunteer service, administered and trained by the Royal Navy to operate in...
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    The Women’s Royal Indian Naval Service (WRINS) was the naval section of the Women's Auxiliary Corps (India) (WAC(I)). It was established during the Second...
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    The Royal Naval Patrol Service (RNPS) was a branch of the Royal Navy active during both the First and Second World Wars. The RNPS operated many small...
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    The Royal Navy Medical Service (RNMS), also termed the Royal Naval Medical Service and branded as Navy Healthcare, is the branch of the Royal Navy responsible...
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    ashore or in ceremonial duties. Women began to join the Royal Navy in 1917 with the formation of the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS), which was disbanded...
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    Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service (QARNNS) is the nursing branch of the British Royal Navy. The Service unit works alongside the Royal Navy Medical...
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    in the Women's Royal Naval Service had straight rings in light blue, with a diamond shape instead of the curl. The Women's Royal Naval Service was abolished...
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    On 30 October 1939 the college began to train officers of the Women's Royal Naval Service. During World War II, the college increased the number of officers...
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    the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS), the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) and the Women's Transport Service. Married women were also later called...
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    United States Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve), better known as the WAVES (for Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service), was the women's branch of the...
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    Shared History" and an exhibition dedicated to the women of the WRNS (Women's Royal Naval Service). On 24 October 2021 it was announced that the custodianship...
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    1917-77:a history of the Women's Royal Naval Service. Reading: Educational Explorers. ISBN 0905778308. Wadge, Collett (2003). Women in Uniform: Through the...
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    Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth also known as Dartmouth, is the naval academy of the United Kingdom and the initial officer training establishment...
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  • Live Twice (1967), she holds the rank of second officer in the Women's Royal Naval Service. In Ian Fleming's first draft of Casino Royale (1953), Moneypenny's...
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    Royal Naval Association (RNA) is an association of current and former British Naval Service personnel (Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Women's Royal Naval...
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  • Women's Royal Naval Service, including Women's Royal Naval Reserve Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service, including Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing...
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    Cardiff. "History of the Women's Royal Naval Service and its integration into the Royal Navy". Women's Royal Naval Service Association. Archived from...
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    Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma (category Women's Royal Naval Service officers)
    Far East. They had met after Patricia, having served in the Women's Royal Naval Service, was commissioned in 1945 as a third officer and was serving...
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  • The Women's Royal New Zealand Naval Service (WRNZNS) was the female auxiliary of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN). Raised during the Second World War...
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    Marries Naval Officer". The New York Times. 13 December 1992. Archived from the original on 14 May 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2018. "1992: Princess Royal remarries"...
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    clerical workers, and more. Women made up the majority of Bletchley Park’s workforce, most enlisted in the Women’s Royal Naval Service, WRNS, nicknamed the Wrens...
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    Sybil Cholmondeley, Marchioness of Cholmondeley (category Women's Royal Naval Service officers)
    socialite, patron of the arts, and Chief Staff Officer in the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) during the Second World War. She belonged to the prominent...
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    Ethel Goodenough (category Women's Royal Naval Service officers)
    as Angela Goodenough, was a British naval officer who was the deputy director of the Women's Royal Naval Service when it was reformed in 1939. Goodenough...
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  • Liz Smith (actress) (category Women's Royal Naval Service ratings)
    Street. During the Second World War, she served in the Women's Royal Naval Service of the Royal Navy. In 1971, aged 49, she had a career breakthrough when...
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    The Royal Naval Mine Watching Service was a civilian organisation formed in 1952 as part of the auxiliary forces of the British Naval Service. Its intended...
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