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srcset="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/The_Women%2527s_Royal_Naval_Service_during_the_Second_World_War_A15161.jpg/330px-The_Women%2527s_Royal_Naval_Service_during_the_Second_World_War_A15161.jpg 1.5x,https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/The_Women%2527s_Royal_Naval_Service_during_the_Second_World_War_A15161.jpg/440px-The_Women%2527s_Royal_Naval_Service_during_the_Second_World_War_A15161.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5303" data-file-height="3964"></a> <figcaption> Two Ordnance Wrens in Liverpool reassemble a section of a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/QF_2-pounder_naval_gun?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="QF 2-pounder naval gun">pom-pom gun</a> during the Second World War. </figcaption> </figure> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"> <input 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class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Second World War</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Women's_Royal_Naval_Service?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Post-war_era"><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span> <span class="toctext">Post-war era</span></a></li> </ul></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Women's_Royal_Naval_Service?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Ranks_and_insignia"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Ranks and insignia</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Women's_Royal_Naval_Service?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Officers"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Officers</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Women's_Royal_Naval_Service?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Enlisted"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Enlisted</span></a></li> </ul></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Women's_Royal_Naval_Service?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Uniforms"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Uniforms</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Women's_Royal_Naval_Service?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#List_of_directors"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">List of directors</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Women's_Royal_Naval_Service?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Women's_Royal_Naval_Service?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Notes"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Notes</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Women's_Royal_Naval_Service?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#References"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Women's_Royal_Naval_Service?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Further_reading"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">Further reading</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Women's_Royal_Naval_Service?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Memoirs"><span class="tocnumber">8.1</span> <span class="toctext">Memoirs</span></a></li> </ul></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-15"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Women's_Royal_Naval_Service?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Women's_Royal_Naval_Service&action=edit&section=1&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: History" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="First_World_War">First World War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Women's_Royal_Naval_Service&action=edit&section=2&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: First World War" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>The WRNS was formed in 1917 during the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/World_War_I?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="World War I">First World War</a>. On 10 October 1918, nineteen-year-old Josephine Carr from <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Cork_(city)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Cork (city)">Cork</a> became the first Wren to die on active service, when her ship, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/RMS_Leinster?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="RMS Leinster">RMS <i>Leinster</i></a> was <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Torpedo?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Torpedo">torpedoed</a>. By the end of the war the service had 5,500 members, 500 of them officers. In addition, 2,867 Wrens, 46 officers and 2,821 other ranks who had previously supported the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Royal_Naval_Air_Service?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Royal Naval Air Service">Royal Naval Air Service</a> chose to be transferred to the RAF <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Royal_Air_Force?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a>. The WRNS was disbanded in 1919.</p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Join_the_Wrens_-_and_Free_a_Man_for_the_Fleet_Art.IWMPST8286.jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Join_the_Wrens_-_and_Free_a_Man_for_the_Fleet_Art.IWMPST8286.jpg/170px-Join_the_Wrens_-_and_Free_a_Man_for_the_Fleet_Art.IWMPST8286.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="266" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3621" data-file-height="5670"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 170px;height: 266px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Join_the_Wrens_-_and_Free_a_Man_for_the_Fleet_Art.IWMPST8286.jpg/170px-Join_the_Wrens_-_and_Free_a_Man_for_the_Fleet_Art.IWMPST8286.jpg" data-width="170" data-height="266" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Join_the_Wrens_-_and_Free_a_Man_for_the_Fleet_Art.IWMPST8286.jpg/255px-Join_the_Wrens_-_and_Free_a_Man_for_the_Fleet_Art.IWMPST8286.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Join_the_Wrens_-_and_Free_a_Man_for_the_Fleet_Art.IWMPST8286.jpg/340px-Join_the_Wrens_-_and_Free_a_Man_for_the_Fleet_Art.IWMPST8286.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a> <figcaption> Second World War recruitment poster </figcaption> </figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Second_World_War">Second World War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Women's_Royal_Naval_Service&action=edit&section=3&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Second World War" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>At the beginning of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/World_War_II?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="World War II">Second World War</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Vera_Laughton_Mathews?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Vera Laughton Mathews">Vera Laughton Mathews</a> was appointed as the director of the re-formed WRNS in 1939 with <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Ethel_Goodenough?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Ethel Goodenough">Ethel (Angela) Goodenough</a> as her deputy.<sup id="cite_ref-vera_1-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Women's_Royal_Naval_Service?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-vera-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The WRNS had an expanded list of allowable activities, including flying transport planes. At its peak in 1944 it had 75,000 active servicewomen. During the war 102 WRNS members were <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Killed_in_action?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Killed in action">killed in action</a> and 22 <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Wounded_in_action?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Wounded in action">wounded in action</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ros403_2-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Women's_Royal_Naval_Service?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Ros403-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Slogan?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Slogan">slogans</a> used in recruitment posters was "Join the Wrens and free a man for the Fleet".</p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Colossus.jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Colossus.jpg/220px-Colossus.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3504" data-file-height="2337"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 147px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Colossus.jpg/220px-Colossus.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="147" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Colossus.jpg/330px-Colossus.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Colossus.jpg/440px-Colossus.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a> <figcaption> A Mark 2 Colossus computer operated by Wrens. </figcaption> </figure> <p>Wrens were prominent as support staff at the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Government_Code_and_Cypher_School?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Government Code and Cypher School">Government Code and Cypher School</a> at <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bletchley_Park?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bletchley Park">Bletchley Park</a>; they were the direct operators of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bombe?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bombe">bombes</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Colossus_computer?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Colossus computer">Colossus</a> used to break Axis codes and cyphers.</p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Post-war_era">Post-war era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Women's_Royal_Naval_Service&action=edit&section=4&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Post-war era" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:THE_ROYAL_NAVY_1945_-_1975_TR23169-2.jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/THE_ROYAL_NAVY_1945_-_1975_TR23169-2.jpg/220px-THE_ROYAL_NAVY_1945_-_1975_TR23169-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="219" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="789" data-file-height="784"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 219px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/THE_ROYAL_NAVY_1945_-_1975_TR23169-2.jpg/220px-THE_ROYAL_NAVY_1945_-_1975_TR23169-2.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="219" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/THE_ROYAL_NAVY_1945_-_1975_TR23169-2.jpg/330px-THE_ROYAL_NAVY_1945_-_1975_TR23169-2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/THE_ROYAL_NAVY_1945_-_1975_TR23169-2.jpg/440px-THE_ROYAL_NAVY_1945_-_1975_TR23169-2.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a> <figcaption> RN and WRNS officers enjoying evening drinks by the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Grand_Harbour?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Grand Harbour">Grand Harbour</a> in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Malta?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Malta">Malta</a>, 1964. </figcaption> </figure> <p>The WRNS remained in existence after the end of the war although Mathews retired in 1947<sup id="cite_ref-vera_1-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Women's_Royal_Naval_Service?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-vera-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Goodenough had died the year before. In the 1970s it became obvious that equal pay for women and the need to remove sexual discrimination meant that the WRNS and the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Royal_Navy?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> would become one organisation. The key change was that women would become subject to the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Naval_Discipline_Act_1957?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Naval Discipline Act 1957">Naval Discipline Act 1957</a>. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Vonla_McBride?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Vonla McBride">Vonla McBride</a>, who had experience in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Human_resource_management?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Human resource management">human resource management</a>, became the Director of the WRNS in 1976, and members of the WRNS were subject to the same discipline as men by the next year.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Women's_Royal_Naval_Service?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>In October 1990, during the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Gulf_War?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/HMS_Brilliant_(F90)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="HMS Brilliant (F90)">HMS <i>Brilliant</i></a> carried the first women officially to serve on an operational warship.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Women's_Royal_Naval_Service?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That same year, Chief Officer <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Pippa_Duncan?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Pippa Duncan">Pippa Duncan</a> became the first WRNS officer to command a Royal Navy shore establishment.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Women's_Royal_Naval_Service?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Women's_Royal_Naval_Service?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The WRNS was finally integrated into the Royal Navy in 1993, when women were allowed to serve on board navy vessels as full members of the crew. Female sailors are still informally known by the nicknames "wrens" or "Jennies" ("Jenny Wrens") in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Naval_slang?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval slang">naval slang</a>.</p> <p>Before 1993, all women in the Royal Navy were members of the WRNS except <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Nurse?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Nurse">nurses</a>, who joined (and still join) <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Queen_Alexandra%27s_Royal_Naval_Nursing_Service?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service">Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service</a>, and medical and dental officers, who were commissioned directly into the Royal Navy, held RN ranks, and wore WRNS uniform with gold RN insignia.</p> <p>A series of exhibits on the history of the WRNS are part of the <a 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id="mf-section-2"> <p>The WRNS had its own ranking system, which it retained until amalgamation into the Royal Navy in 1993.</p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Officers">Officers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Women's_Royal_Naval_Service&action=edit&section=6&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Officers" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <table style="border:1px solid #8888aa; background-color:#f7f8ff; padding:5px; font-size:95%; margin: 0px 12px 12px 0px;"> <tbody> <tr style="background-color:#CCCCCC;"> <th></th> <th colspan="10">Flag officers</th> <th colspan="6">Field officers</th> <th colspan="8">Junior officers</th> <th colspan="12"></th> </tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <th rowspan="2"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span> <noscript> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 23px;height: 12px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" data-alt="" data-width="23" data-height="12" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span></span> United Kingdom<br><small>(1917–1919)<sup id="cite_ref-coleman_7-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Women's_Royal_Naval_Service?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-coleman-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small></th> <td colspan="6" rowspan="2"></td> <td colspan="2"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:WRNS_Director_Rank_Slide.jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/WRNS_Director_Rank_Slide.jpg/50px-WRNS_Director_Rank_Slide.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="73" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="58" data-file-height="85"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 50px;height: 73px;" 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href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Women's_Royal_Naval_Service?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td colspan="2"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Commandant?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Commandant">Commandant</a><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Women's_Royal_Naval_Service?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td colspan="2">Superintendent</td> <td colspan="2">Chief Officer</td> <td colspan="2">First Officer</td> <td colspan="2">Second Officer</td> <td colspan="3">Third Officer <p><br></p></td> </tr> <tr style="background-color:#CCCCCC; width: 100%"> <th>NATO code</th> <th colspan="2">OF-10</th> <th colspan="2">OF-9</th> <th colspan="2">OF-8</th> <th colspan="2">OF-7</th> <th colspan="2">OF-6</th> <th colspan="2">OF-5</th> <th colspan="2">OF-4</th> <th colspan="2">OF-3</th> <th colspan="2">OF-2</th> <th colspan="6">OF-1</th> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Enlisted">Enlisted</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Women's_Royal_Naval_Service&action=edit&section=7&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Enlisted" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <table style="border:1px solid #8888aa; background-color:#f7f8ff; padding:5px; font-size:95%; margin: 0px 12px 12px 0px;"> <tbody> <tr style="background-color:#CCCCCC; text-align:center;"> <th>Rank group</th> <th colspan="22">Senior NCOs</th> <th colspan="6">Junior NCOs</th> <th colspan="8">Enlisted</th> </tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td rowspan="2"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/United_Kingdom?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="United Kingdom"> <noscript> <img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 23px;height: 12px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" data-alt="United Kingdom" data-width="23" data-height="12" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></span> Women's Royal Naval Service</b><br><small>(1917–1919)<sup id="cite_ref-coleman_7-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Women's_Royal_Naval_Service?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-coleman-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small></td> <td colspan="8" rowspan="2"></td> <td colspan="2"></td> <td colspan="12"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:WRNS_PO_Wren_Rank.svg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img 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href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Chief_Petty_Officer?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Petty Officer">Chief Section Leader</a></td> <td colspan="12"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Petty_officer?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#United_Kingdom" title="Petty officer">Section Leader</a></td> <td colspan="4"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Leading_rating?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Leading rating">Leader</a></td> <td colspan="6"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Able_Seaman_(rank)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Able Seaman (rank)">Wren</a></td> <td colspan="6"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Ordinary_Seaman_(rank)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Ordinary Seaman (rank)">Ordinary Wren</a></td> </tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td rowspan="2"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/United_Kingdom?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="United Kingdom"> <noscript> <img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 23px;height: 12px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" data-alt="United Kingdom" data-width="23" data-height="12" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/WRNS_PO_Wren_Rank.svg/50px-WRNS_PO_Wren_Rank.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="79" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="74" data-file-height="117"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 50px;height: 79px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/WRNS_PO_Wren_Rank.svg/50px-WRNS_PO_Wren_Rank.svg.png" data-width="50" data-height="79" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/WRNS_PO_Wren_Rank.svg/75px-WRNS_PO_Wren_Rank.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/WRNS_PO_Wren_Rank.svg/100px-WRNS_PO_Wren_Rank.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></td> <td colspan="4"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:WRNS_Leading_Wren_Rank.svg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/WRNS_Leading_Wren_Rank.svg/50px-WRNS_Leading_Wren_Rank.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="79" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="74" data-file-height="117"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 50px;height: 79px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/WRNS_Leading_Wren_Rank.svg/50px-WRNS_Leading_Wren_Rank.svg.png" data-width="50" data-height="79" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/WRNS_Leading_Wren_Rank.svg/75px-WRNS_Leading_Wren_Rank.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/WRNS_Leading_Wren_Rank.svg/100px-WRNS_Leading_Wren_Rank.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></td> <td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td> <td colspan="6"></td> <td colspan="6"></td> </tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td colspan="2"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Chief_Petty_Officer?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Petty Officer">Chief Wren</a></td> <td colspan="12"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Petty_officer?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#United_Kingdom" title="Petty officer">Petty Officer Wren</a></td> <td colspan="4"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Leading_rating?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Leading rating">Leading Wren</a></td> <td colspan="6"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Able_Seaman_(rank)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Able Seaman (rank)">Wren</a></td> <td colspan="6"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Ordinary_Seaman_(rank)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Ordinary Seaman (rank)">Ordinary Wren</a></td> </tr> <tr 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style="width: 50px;height: 70px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/WRNS_PO_Wren_Rank.png/50px-WRNS_PO_Wren_Rank.png" data-width="50" data-height="70" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/WRNS_PO_Wren_Rank.png/75px-WRNS_PO_Wren_Rank.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/WRNS_PO_Wren_Rank.png/100px-WRNS_PO_Wren_Rank.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span> <hr></td> <td colspan="4"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:WRNS_Leading_Wren_Rank.svg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/WRNS_Leading_Wren_Rank.svg/50px-WRNS_Leading_Wren_Rank.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="79" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="74" data-file-height="117"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 50px;height: 79px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/WRNS_Leading_Wren_Rank.svg/50px-WRNS_Leading_Wren_Rank.svg.png" data-width="50" data-height="79" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/WRNS_Leading_Wren_Rank.svg/75px-WRNS_Leading_Wren_Rank.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/WRNS_Leading_Wren_Rank.svg/100px-WRNS_Leading_Wren_Rank.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></td> <td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td> <td colspan="6"></td> <td colspan="6"></td> </tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td colspan="6"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Warrant_Officer?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Warrant Officer">Warrant Officer Wren</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Women's_Royal_Naval_Service?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td colspan="2"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Chief_Petty_Officer?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Petty Officer">Chief Wren</a></td> <td colspan="12"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Petty_officer?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#United_Kingdom" title="Petty officer">Petty Officer Wren</a></td> <td colspan="4"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Leading_rating?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Leading rating">Leading Wren</a></td> <td colspan="6"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Able_Seaman_(rank)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Able Seaman (rank)">Wren</a></td> <td colspan="6"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Ordinary_Seaman_(rank)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Ordinary Seaman (rank)">Ordinary Wren</a></td> </tr> <tr style="background-color:#CCCCCC; width:100%"> <th>NATO code</th> <th colspan="6">OR-9</th> <th colspan="2">OR-8</th> <th colspan="2">OR-7</th> <th colspan="6">OR-6</th> <th colspan="6">OR-5</th> <th colspan="4">OR-4</th> <th colspan="2">OR-3</th> <th colspan="6">OR-2</th> <th colspan="2">OR-1</th> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Ratings' titles were suffixed with their trade (e.g. Leading Wren Cook, Chief Wren Telegraphist).</p> <p>Wrens wore the same rank insignia as their male equivalents, but in blue instead of gold. The "curls" atop officers' rank stripes were diamond-shaped instead of circular.</p> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="Uniforms">Uniforms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Women's_Royal_Naval_Service&action=edit&section=8&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Uniforms" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:HM_Queen_Elizabeth_inspecting_a_detachment_of_Wrens_on_the_quayside_at_Belfast,_1942._A10043.jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/HM_Queen_Elizabeth_inspecting_a_detachment_of_Wrens_on_the_quayside_at_Belfast%2C_1942._A10043.jpg/220px-HM_Queen_Elizabeth_inspecting_a_detachment_of_Wrens_on_the_quayside_at_Belfast%2C_1942._A10043.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="163" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2386" data-file-height="1772"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 163px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/HM_Queen_Elizabeth_inspecting_a_detachment_of_Wrens_on_the_quayside_at_Belfast%2C_1942._A10043.jpg/220px-HM_Queen_Elizabeth_inspecting_a_detachment_of_Wrens_on_the_quayside_at_Belfast%2C_1942._A10043.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="163" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/HM_Queen_Elizabeth_inspecting_a_detachment_of_Wrens_on_the_quayside_at_Belfast%2C_1942._A10043.jpg/330px-HM_Queen_Elizabeth_inspecting_a_detachment_of_Wrens_on_the_quayside_at_Belfast%2C_1942._A10043.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/HM_Queen_Elizabeth_inspecting_a_detachment_of_Wrens_on_the_quayside_at_Belfast%2C_1942._A10043.jpg/440px-HM_Queen_Elizabeth_inspecting_a_detachment_of_Wrens_on_the_quayside_at_Belfast%2C_1942._A10043.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a> <figcaption> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_The_Queen_Mother?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother">Queen Elizabeth</a> inspecting a detachment of Wrens in Belfast, 1942 </figcaption> </figure> <p>From 1939, Wren uniform, designed by leading British fashion designer <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Edward_Molyneux?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edward Molyneux">Edward Molyneux</a>, consisted of a double-breasted jacket and skirt, with shirt and tie, for all ranks (although similar working dress to the men could also be worn). Junior Ratings wore hats similar to those of their male counterparts (although with a more sloping top). Senior Ratings (Petty Officers and above) and officers wore <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Tricorne?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Tricorne">tricorne</a> hats. In tropical areas these had a white cover. All insignia, including <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Cap_badge?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Cap badge">cap badges</a> and non-substantive (trade) badges, were blue.</p> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="List_of_directors">List of directors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Women's_Royal_Naval_Service&action=edit&section=9&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: List of directors" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <figure 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href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Mary_Lloyd_(Royal_Navy_officer)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Mary Lloyd (Royal Navy officer)">Commandant Dame Mary Lloyd</a>, 1950–1954</li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Nancy_Robertson_(naval_officer)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Nancy Robertson (naval officer)">Commandant Dame Nancy Robertson</a>, 1954–1958</li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Elizabeth_Hoyer-Millar?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Elizabeth Hoyer-Millar">Commandant Dame Elizabeth Hoyer-Millar</a>, 1958–1960</li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Jean_Davies?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Jean Davies">Commandant Dame Jean Davies</a>, 1961–1964</li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Margaret_Drummond_(naval_officer)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Margaret Drummond (naval officer)">Commandant Dame Margaret Drummond</a>, 1964–1967</li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Marion_Kettlewell?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Marion Kettlewell">Commandant Dame Marion Kettlewell</a>, 1967–1970</li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Daphne_Blundell?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Daphne Blundell">Commandant Daphne Blundell</a>, 1970–1973</li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Mary_Talbot_(naval_officer)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Mary Talbot (naval officer)">Commandant Mary Talbot</a>, 1973–1976</li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Vonla_McBride?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Vonla McBride">Commandant Vonla McBride</a>, 1976–1979</li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Elizabeth_Craig-McFeely?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Elizabeth Craig-McFeely">Commandant Elizabeth Craig-McFeely</a>, 1979–1982</li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Patricia_Swallow?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Patricia Swallow">Commandant Patricia Swallow</a>, 1982–1985</li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Marjorie_Fletcher?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Marjorie Fletcher">Commandant Marjorie Fletcher</a>, 1985–1988</li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Anthea_Larken?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Anthea Larken">Commandant Anthea Larken</a>, 1988–1991</li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Anne_Spencer_(naval_officer)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Anne Spencer (naval officer)">Commandant Anne Spencer</a>, 1991–1993</li> </ul> </div> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Women's_Royal_Naval_Service&action=edit&section=10&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: See also" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"> <div class="div-col"> <ul> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Auxiliary_Territorial_Service?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Auxiliary Territorial Service">Auxiliary Territorial Service</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Eswyn_Lyster?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Eswyn Lyster">Eswyn Lyster</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/National_Association_of_Training_Corps_for_Girls?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="National Association of Training Corps for Girls">National Association of Training Corps for Girls</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Operation_Outward?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Operation Outward">Operation Outward</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Women_in_the_World_Wars?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Women in the World Wars">Women in the World Wars</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Women%27s_Royal_Air_Force_(World_War_One)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Women's Royal Air Force (World War One)">Women's Royal Air Force (World War One)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Women%27s_Auxiliary_Air_Force?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Women's Auxiliary Air Force">Women's Auxiliary Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Women%27s_Royal_Air_Force?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Women's Royal Air Force">Women's Royal Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Women%27s_Royal_Army_Corps?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Women's Royal Army Corps">Women's Royal Army Corps</a></li> <li><a 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id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Women's_Royal_Naval_Service?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Honorary rank held by a member of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/British_Royal_Family?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="British Royal Family">Royal Family</a>. Until 1951, the position was called Commandant, but was renamed in that year due to the introduction of Commandant as the rank for the Director WRNS. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Princess_Marina,_Duchess_of_Kent?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent">Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent</a> was Commandant, and later Chief Commandant, from 1940 until her death in 1968. She was succeeded by <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Anne,_Princess_Royal?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Anne, Princess Royal">Princess Anne</a>, who held the appointment from 1974 until 1993, when she became Chief Commandant for Women, Royal Navy; she now holds the honorary rank of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Admiral?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Admiral">admiral</a>.</span></li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Women's_Royal_Naval_Service?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Until 1951, Director was both a position and a rank. In 1951, the rank of Commandant was introduced for the officer holding the position of Director. Director equated to Rear-Admiral until 1946, when it was reduced to Commodore. In common with RN Commodores, after 1946 Director/Commandant was only an appointment and not a true rank and the Directors continued to hold the substantive rank of Superintendent.</span></li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Women's_Royal_Naval_Service?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Introduced in 1970 as <i>Fleet Chief Petty Officer Wren</i>. Renamed in 1985 as <i>Warrant Officer Wren</i>.</span></li> </ol> </div> </div> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(7)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Women's_Royal_Naval_Service&action=edit&section=12&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: References" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <section class="mf-section-7 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-7"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"> <div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-vera-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Women's_Royal_Naval_Service?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-vera_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Women's_Royal_Naval_Service?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-vera_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFThomas2004" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Thomas, Lesley (2004). "Mathews, Dame Elvira Sibyl Maria [Vera] Laughton (1888–1959)". <i><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Oxford_Dictionary_of_National_Biography" title="Dictionary of National Biography">Oxford Dictionary of National Biography</a></i> (online ed.). Oxford University Press. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Doi_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://doi.org/10.1093%252Fref%253Aodnb%252F34937">10.1093/ref:odnb/34937</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Mathews%2C+Dame+Elvira+Sibyl+Maria+%5BVera%5D+Laughton+%281888%E2%80%931959%29&rft.btitle=Oxford+Dictionary+of+National+Biography&rft.edition=online&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2004&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1093%2Fref%3Aodnb%2F34937&rft.aulast=Thomas&rft.aufirst=Lesley&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWomen%27s+Royal+Naval+Service" class="Z3988"></span> <span style="font-size:0.95em; font-size:95%; color: var( --color-subtle, #555 )">(Subscription or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://www.oxforddnb.com/help/subscribe%23public">UK public library membership</a> required.)</span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-Ros403-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Women's_Royal_Naval_Service?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-Ros403_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Stephen Roskill: "<i>Royal Navy - Britische Seekriegsgeschichte 1939-1945</i>", page 403</span></li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Women's_Royal_Naval_Service?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVat2003" class="citation news cs1">Vat, Dan van der (13 August 2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/aug/14/guardianobituaries">"Commandant Vonla McBride"</a>. <i>The Guardian</i>. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0261-3077">0261-3077</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Pen & Sword Military. p. 127. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84884-678-4?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84884-678-4"><bdi>978-1-84884-678-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Britannia%27s+Daughters&rft.place=Barnsley%2C+South+Yorkshire&rft.pages=127&rft.pub=Pen+%26+Sword+Military&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-1-84884-678-4&rft.aulast=Stuart+Mason&rft.aufirst=Ursula&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D8zCUBQAAQBAJ%26q%3Dduncan&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWomen%27s+Royal+Naval+Service" class="Z3988"></span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Women's_Royal_Naval_Service?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://issuu.com/navynews/docs/199003/11">"Pipping Rest to Post"</a>. <i><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Navy_News?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Navy News">Navy News</a></i>. March 1990. p. 11 – via <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Issuu?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Issuu">issuu</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Navy+News&rft.atitle=Pipping+Rest+to+Post&rft.pages=11&rft.date=1990-03&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fissuu.com%2Fnavynews%2Fdocs%2F199003%2F11&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWomen%27s+Royal+Naval+Service" class="Z3988"></span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-coleman-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Women's_Royal_Naval_Service?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-coleman_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Women's_Royal_Naval_Service?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-coleman_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Women's_Royal_Naval_Service?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-coleman_7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFColeman2011" class="citation book cs1">Coleman, E.C. 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London: George Philip & Son, Ltd. p. 30.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ranks+and+Badges+in+the+Navy%2C+Army%2C+RAF+and+Auxiliaries&rft.place=London&rft.pages=30&rft.pub=George+Philip+%26+Son%2C+Ltd.&rft.date=1943&rft.aulast=Talbot-Booth&rft.aufirst=E.C.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thortrains.net%2Fdownloads%2FRank-and-Badges1943.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWomen%27s+Royal+Naval+Service" class="Z3988"></span></span></li> </ol> </div> </div> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(8)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Women's_Royal_Naval_Service&action=edit&section=13&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Further reading" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <section class="mf-section-8 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-8"> <ul> <li> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFletcher1989" class="citation book cs1">Fletcher, Marjorie H. (1989). <i>The WRNS: A History of the Women's Royal Naval Service</i>. London: Batsford. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:BookSources/0713461853?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Special:BookSources/0713461853"><bdi>0713461853</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+WRNS%3A+A+History+of+the+Women%27s+Royal+Naval+Service&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Batsford&rft.date=1989&rft.isbn=0713461853&rft.aulast=Fletcher&rft.aufirst=Marjorie+H.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWomen%27s+Royal+Naval+Service" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHeath2015" class="citation journal cs1">Heath, Nick (27 March 2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://www.techrepublic.com/article/the-women-who-helped-crack-nazi-codes-at-bletchley-park/?tag%3Dnl.e001%26s_cid%3De001%26ttag%3De001%26ftag%3DTRE20d3f17">"Hacking the Nazis: The secret story of the women who broke Hitler's codes"</a>. <i><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/TechRepublic?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="TechRepublic">TechRepublic</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=TechRepublic&rft.atitle=Hacking+the+Nazis%3A+The+secret+story+of+the+women+who+broke+Hitler%27s+codes&rft.date=2015-03-27&rft.aulast=Heath&rft.aufirst=Nick&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.techrepublic.com%2Farticle%2Fthe-women-who-helped-crack-nazi-codes-at-bletchley-park%2F%3Ftag%3Dnl.e001%26s_cid%3De001%26ttag%3De001%26ftag%3DTRE20d3f17&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWomen%27s+Royal+Naval+Service" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLee2012" class="citation book cs1">Lee, Celia (2012). "Princess Marina the Duchess of Kent as Commandant of the WRNS during the Second World War". In Lee, Celia (ed.). <i>Women in War: from home front to front line</i>. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military. pp. 101–116. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781848846692?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Special:BookSources/9781848846692"><bdi>9781848846692</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Princess+Marina+the+Duchess+of+Kent+as+Commandant+of+the+WRNS+during+the+Second+World+War&rft.btitle=Women+in+War%3A+from+home+front+to+front+line&rft.place=Barnsley&rft.pages=101-116&rft.pub=Pen+%26+Sword+Military&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=9781848846692&rft.aulast=Lee&rft.aufirst=Celia&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWomen%27s+Royal+Naval+Service" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMason1992" class="citation book cs1">Mason, Ursula Stuart (1992). <i>Britannia's Daughters: the story of the WRNS</i>. London: Leo Cooper. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:BookSources/0850522714?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Special:BookSources/0850522714"><bdi>0850522714</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Britannia%27s+Daughters%3A+the+story+of+the+WRNS&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Leo+Cooper&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=0850522714&rft.aulast=Mason&rft.aufirst=Ursula+Stuart&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWomen%27s+Royal+Naval+Service" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRoberts2018" class="citation book cs1">Roberts, Hannah (2018). <i>The WRNS in Wartime: the Women's Royal Naval Service 1917–1945</i>. London: I.B. Tauris. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781788310017?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Special:BookSources/9781788310017"><bdi>9781788310017</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+WRNS+in+Wartime%3A+the+Women%27s+Royal+Naval+Service+1917%E2%80%931945&rft.place=London&rft.pub=I.B.+Tauris&rft.date=2018&rft.isbn=9781788310017&rft.aulast=Roberts&rft.aufirst=Hannah&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWomen%27s+Royal+Naval+Service" class="Z3988"></span></li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Memoirs">Memoirs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Women's_Royal_Naval_Service&action=edit&section=14&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Memoirs" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <ul> <li> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBaden-Powell2005" class="citation book cs1">Baden-Powell, Dorothy (2005). <i>They Also Serve: an SOE agent in the WRNS</i>. London: Robert Hale. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:BookSources/0753193361?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Special:BookSources/0753193361"><bdi>0753193361</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=They+Also+Serve%3A+an+SOE+agent+in+the+WRNS&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Robert+Hale&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=0753193361&rft.aulast=Baden-Powell&rft.aufirst=Dorothy&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWomen%27s+Royal+Naval+Service" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFThomasBailey2002" class="citation book cs1">Thomas, Lesley; Bailey, Chris Howard (2002). <i>WRNS in Camera: the Women's Royal Naval Service in the Second World War</i>. Stroud: Sutton. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:BookSources/0750913703?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Special:BookSources/0750913703"><bdi>0750913703</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=WRNS+in+Camera%3A+the+Women%27s+Royal+Naval+Service+in+the+Second+World+War&rft.place=Stroud&rft.pub=Sutton&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=0750913703&rft.aulast=Thomas&rft.aufirst=Lesley&rft.au=Bailey%2C+Chris+Howard&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWomen%27s+Royal+Naval+Service" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFUnwin2015" class="citation book cs1">Unwin, Vicky (2015). <i>Love and War in the WRNS</i>. Stroud: The History Press. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780750963046?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Special:BookSources/9780750963046"><bdi>9780750963046</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Love+and+War+in+the+WRNS&rft.place=Stroud&rft.pub=The+History+Press&rft.date=2015&rft.isbn=9780750963046&rft.aulast=Unwin&rft.aufirst=Vicky&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWomen%27s+Royal+Naval+Service" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Patricia_Davies_(cryptographer)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Patricia Davies (cryptographer)">Patricia Davies (cryptographer)</a> co-wrote <i>Codebreaking Sisters.</i> Patricia and Jean Owtram (2020) London: Mirror Books. 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