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The centuries-long Navy rum tradition the Wrens were allowed to join on VE Day

Something unheard of happened in Mabel Kidney’s Navy barracks on May 8, 1945 – she was given rum. The Women’s Navy veteran had never had a lick of the drink in her life before VE Day 1945. But that ...
The New York Times

BRITISH SHIP LISTS 6 WRENS IN CREW; Young Women, Now in Port Here, Perform Men's Work as Radio Coders CLASSED AS DECKHANDS Sea Has No Terror for Them as They Stand Watch to ...

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Sculptor begins 'first-ever' Royal Navy Wren statue

A sculptor has said she is marking International Women's Day by starting work on what is thought to be the first-ever full statue of a Royal Navy Wren. Amy Goodman's figure will form part of the ...
The New York Times

WRENS ON LONG ISLAND; These Visiting Women of the Royal Navy Do an Important Lend-Lease Job

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Slate

An Enlisted Woman’s Quiet Sketches of Friends Serving in the British Royal Navy During WWII

The Vault is Slate’s history blog. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter @slatevault, and find us on Tumblr. Find out more about what this space is all about here. Gladys Reed, a wireless ...
Metro

How Victory in Europe gave women the first taste of a treat normally reserved for men

Veterans Mabel Kidney and John Roberts had VE Days unlike any other (Picture: Solent News/Royal British Legion/Supplied) Something unheard of happened in Mabel Kidney’s Navy barracks on May 8, 1945 – ...
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Book Review: Bletchley Park's Secret Source: Churchill's Wrens and the Y Service in World War II

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 ...
BBC

My war in the Wrens by Pauline Sperring

This story has been added to the People’s War website by Marie on behalf of Pauline Sperring. Pauline has given her permission and understands the sites terms and conditions. When I joined the WRENs ...
BBC

Women of the war honoured by D-Day sculpture

The sculpture is called Ave Atque Vale, which means 'Hail and Farewell' in Latin, but will also be known as The Lady of the South A sculpture honouring the role women played in the preparations for ...