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	7