Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS)

GPTKB entity

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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 7