The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A British recruitment poster for the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS). It depicts a young woman in the WRNS uniform standing on a cliff top, with her hands out in an appeal for more members. The WRNS was formed in 1917 as the official women's branch of the Royal Navy. Members, known as Wrens, included cooks, telegraphists and clerks. Although conscription had been introduced in Britain in 1916, it did not apply to women working for the defence forces and so recruitment was reliant on volunteers. Although the WRNS was disbanded in 1919, it was re-formed in 1939 at the beginning of the Second World War.
A Second World War recruitment poster for the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) featuring a three-quarter length depiction of a woman dressed in the uniform of a WRN set against a blue sea and horizo
Officer's black velour tricorn hat with a black mohair band. The brim is bound in the same mohair and is fastened to the crown with black cotton tape that threads through three pairs of metal reinforc
Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) rating's hat. Dark blue wool gabardine hat with a loose pleated crown, black mohair band, and a brim stiffened with multiple rows of closely placed top stitching. Th
British Second World War poster promoting the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS or 'Wrens'). The WRNS was an organisation set up first from 1917-1919 and again from 1939 until its absorption into the
British Second World War poster promoting the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS or 'Wrens'). The WRNS was an organisation set up first from 1917-1919 and again from 1939 until its absorption into the
Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) rating's dark blue wool serge coat frock with self fabric belt. The loose fitting coat frock has a high round neck without a collar and has a placket opening down th
