The success of D-Day can also be attributed to a unique branch of the British Royal Navy comprised of women known as the “Wrens”. At its peak in 1944, the Women’s Royal Naval Service (WRNS ...
A proud woman from Sutton on Sea, who played a key role in the Second World War, has celebrated her 100th birthday.
Retired Royal Navy Captain Hore, the author of a number of naval histories, gives us the story of the several hundred Royal Navy women (“Wrens”) who were the mainstay of the “Y Service”, who monitored ...
We had soup, followed by cauliflower, chips and some sort of shellfish covered with a weird sauce – but very nice’ ...
A 102-year-old who served in the Women's Royal Navy Service (Wrens) is set to share her WWII experiences in Saxmundham.
Photo: Wrens (members of the Women's Royal Naval Service) at Bletchley with Colossus, the world's first electronic programmable computer, in 1942. (SSPL/Getty Images) Peter Westcombe, founder of ...