Women’s Naval Service
Explore notable women’s naval service in Royal Navy history.
Beryl Crockford
Rank: Women’s Royal Naval Service member
Representative service in wartime naval support roles.
Kathleen Brookes
Rank: Women’s Royal Naval Service officer
WRNS leadership and wartime naval administration.
Anne Stephens
Rank: Women’s Royal Naval Service member
Representative service in naval communications and support.
Agnes Weston
Rank: Naval welfare organizer
Welfare work among sailors and naval communities.
Vera Laughton Mathews
Rank: Women’s Royal Naval Service leader
Leadership and expansion of the WRNS in wartime.
Mollie Ethel Gladys Green
Rank: Women’s Royal Naval Service member
Representative wartime support service in the WRNS.
Vivien Thomas
Rank: Women’s Royal Naval Service officer
Administrative and organizational service in the WRNS.
Joan Davis
Rank: Women’s Royal Naval Service member
Representative wartime technical and communications work.
Jane Harvie Brown
Rank: Women’s Royal Naval Service officer
Administrative and welfare service within the WRNS.
Alix d'Unienville
Rank: Women’s naval and resistance figure
Wartime service, intelligence-linked activity, and female maritime contribution.
Josephine Carr
Rank: Women’s naval service member
Representative service in naval support work.
Winifred Quick
Rank: Women’s naval service figure
Representative contribution to women’s naval support activity.
Elsie Bowerman
Rank: Women’s naval and administrative figure
Administrative and support service in wartime Britain.