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Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Women's_Royal_Naval_Service_(WRNS)
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:abbreviation
gptkb:WRNS
gptkbp:allowed_to_serve_at_sea
1990
gptkbp:badge
fouled anchor
gptkbp:category
Royal Navy history
British women's organizations
Women in the military
gptkbp:commemorates
gptkb:WRNS_Benevolent_Trust
Blue Plaque at Admiralty Arch
memorial at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:disbanded
1919
1993
gptkbp:firstDirector
gptkb:Dame_Katherine_Furse
gptkbp:founded
1917
gptkbp:headquarters
gptkb:London
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS)
gptkbp:integratedYear
1993
gptkbp:integratesWith
gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:motto
gptkb:Never_at_Sea
gptkbp:nickname
gptkb:Wrens
gptkbp:notable_member
gptkb:Jean_Barker,_Baroness_Trumpington
gptkb:Kathleen_Best
gptkb:Vera_Laughton_Mathews
gptkb:Joan_Clarke
gptkb:Margaret_Cooper
gptkbp:parentOrganization
gptkb:Admiralty
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:peak_strength
over 74,000 (World War II)
gptkbp:relatedOrganization
gptkb:Queen_Alexandra's_Royal_Naval_Nursing_Service
gptkb:Auxiliary_Territorial_Service
gptkb:Women's_Royal_Army_Corps
gptkb:Women's_Auxiliary_Air_Force
gptkbp:restored
1939
gptkbp:role
gptkb:artificial_intelligence
gptkb:public_administration
communications
codebreaking
cooking
clerical work
mechanical work
support roles in Royal Navy
radar operation
gptkbp:serves
gptkb:Falklands_War
gptkb:Gulf_War
gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:uniform
navy blue
gptkbp:website
https://wrns.org.uk/
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Women_in_the_Royal_Navy
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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