OBITUARIES

Remembering, Jean Charlton  15.05.31 – 17.08.02 ( later to become Parker then return to her maiden name ) born at home in Easington Lane County Durham , one of 8 […]

Morag Robinson (nee Speed) joined the Wrens in 1965 a couragous move for someone who was quite a quiet and naive young women, however it was the making of her. […]

Connie Gregory 23 January 1923 – 12 March 2026   It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Connie Gregory (nee Matthews), who drifted away peacefully on 12th […]

We are sad to update that Joan sadly passed away on the 15th April just one month after celebrating her 100th birthday ******************************************************************************************************************* Joan Holmes 100th Birthday – 9th March […]

Mary (le Poer Trench) Banks – Died 17th February 2026 Aged 100 Mary’s parents lived in Kenya and already had two children when Mary was expected. Mary’s mother decided to […]

Audrey Huggett (nee Andrews) served 7th February 1945- 10th July 1947 as a Wren Writer, Coder and S.D.O Watchkeeper with a record of Above Average efficiency during service and very […]

Phil and I want Wendy to be remembered as she truly was — a gentle, tranquil soul who moved through life without complaint and without judgement. She never let the […]

Ginny Pothecary (nee Barnard) joined the Wrens in 1983 at HMS Raleigh. She trained as a Radar Plotter at HMS Dryad and went on to serve at Northwood, Norway and […]

POLLEY Joyce (nee Tew) served 1947-1950 as Leading Wren Air Mechanic on HMS Fieldfare, Heron, Sanderling and Daedalus. Died 19th January 2026 Aged 98  

Sheila Cullen (nee Low) Born Middlesex 1942 – 2026 Died New York Sheila was the beloved wife of 58 years to the late James V. Cullen. Their lifelong love story […]

Helen Alexina Roberts, nee Stewart. A few memories about Mum – written by Mandy My mum was born in Kent on September 28th 1932.  She joined the Wrens in 1952. […]

Ruth Bourne –  Died 17th December 2025 It is with great sadness that we advise the passing of Ruth, one of the last wrens who worked on the Bombe at […]

Kathleen Baines (nee Marsh)    Died 13th December 2025, aged 106. It is with great sadness that our oldest member, Kathleen, died peacefully in her sleep on the 13th December […]

Linda Nancy Raby (née Pardon)     Died 21 October 2025, aged 76. Following in the footsteps of her dad, who served as a young man in the Royal Navy during WWII, […]

SHONA MORLEY (nee WHYTOCK)  Shona managed to escape the North and joined the Women’s Royal Naval Service in 1990. She was now 22 and regarded as an old sweat by […]

Marjorie (Davidson) served in the Wrens from 1944-46, she trained at Balloch and Millmead, then was based at HMS Condor, Arbroath, as an electrician in the Fleet Air Arm. She […]

Valerie Terry – WWII wren based at HMS Drake from 1943 at the age of 17 Died Monday 25th August 2025

Margaret Moorcraft (nee Guscott) Leading Wren Armourer 1943-1946 – Died 30th July 2025 Margaret was born in Cardiff and after leaving Grammar School, spent a short time in the wholesale […]

Johanna Ethna Trevellion Died 15th May 2025 Johanna served 1942 – 1945 as a Wren Writer.  She was first posted to Westcliffe, followed by Staines and ending her service on […]

Barbara Meetens Died 20th January 2025 In late 1943 aged 18 Barbara applied to join the Wrens with a first interview in Birmingham followed by a medical in Derby. While […]

DAVIS Annice (nee Wilkinson) Annice served 1951 – 1964 as Chief Wren Air Stores at HMS Sanderling, Drake, Heron, Gannet, Daedalus, Seahawk, Merlin and Falcon. Died 7th June 2025 Aged […]

Margaret Ward , a wartime Wren Died at the age of 99 on March 1st 2025   Margaret was born on January 26th 1926 and served in the WRENS from […]

Dorothy. W. Dickie of Bangor, North Wales. Died Monday 17th March 2025 Dorothy was a Wren Officer at Southwick House in 1944 and very much involved with the D-Day story […]

Heather Radford (nee Beacock)  died on the 11th May 2025 Leading Wren (Officers Cook) Heather Radford ( Nee Beacock) Peacefully passed away on 11th May 2025. Loving devoted Wife to […]

Joyce Frost (nee Davey) died on the 7th May 2025 Joyce died at the wonderful age of 101 and 8 months.  She was a WREN during the war and was […]

Margaret Moreton (nee Levi and Stephens-Ingram), known as “Margot”, served 1951-1961 – Writer (G) Petty Officer Joined on 1 May 1951 and had postings to HMS Daedalus (Jul 1951 – […]

Cathy joined the Wrens in 1975 and was on the first TSA (Training Support Assistant) course at RNSETT HMS Nelson. HMS Osprey was to be her first draft, fun but […]

McKie, Pauline Pamela (nee Gibson) known as Pam Served Fleet Air Arm Stationed ar St. Merren, Cornwall 1946-1951. Stationed at RNAS Aɓbotsinch 1951-1952 Rank of Petty Officer Died 13th March […]

Peggy Harding, known by her wartime contacts as Pam Mackan has died, aged 103 in a care home in Torquay, Devon, having broken her hip in a fall last year. […]

As Chairman of The Association of Wrens I am writing to send my deepest condolences to the WRAC on the sad passing of Betty Webb MBE one of your long […]

Miriam Denise Tod (nee Cobb) Miriam recently celebrated her 100th birthday but was still very sharp in her mind. She met her husband, an American Coast Guard officer, during her […]

Gwyneth Everett (nee Gay) served 1948 – 1949 served as a Writer (S) at HMS Dauntless and was a member of the Cheltenham Branch. Gwyneth sadly passed away on the […]

Lena Ellen Aldous, née Turner, died on January 25th, aged 101. Lena joined the Wrens in 1942 at Newcastle-on-Tyne as a steward and was discharged in July 1946 at  Rushcutters  […]

June Mary Willmott (nee Bond) served 1950-1962 – Writer (G) June joined the WRNS in 1950 having been encouraged to do so by her father who was serving as a […]

Patricia Petit (nee Parker) It is believed that Patricia joined the WRNS in 1940 and was stationed in Malvern. She was commissioned and was given orders in 1944 with attachment […]

PODMORE Janet Elizabeth Mary (nee Middleton) served 1959-1963 at Winchester; Lee-on-Solent; Culdrose and Halfar. Janet passed away 23rd January 2025 aged 86 Photo shows Janet in the middle looking so […]

Agnes Edith Roberts (nee Keating) Born 14/8/1924 . Died 11/1/2025 Served Bletchley Park

June Yvonne Ellis nee Fisk. 30/06/1924 to 20/12/2024 June served in the WRNS  from 1941 to 1946 as a Petty Officer Coxswain  on the Admiral’s Barge and was also a […]

Lesley McCarthy (nee Blakely) Writer (G) served on Victory and RNH Haslar.  Passed away 30th October 2024 aged 72. The funeral service was held on 28th November attended by local […]

Wren Jean Fenton nee Miller died on 1st December 2024. Wren Writer Married name Fenton D.o.b 26th January 1949 Served in Portsmouth, Plymouth, London Admiralty, Nato Brussels and one year […]

GOODSON Margaret Ellie (nee Knee) served 1946-49 in Hamburg and Malta within Communications. Passed away 15th November 2024 Aged 100  

Elizabeth Sanders née Frye. Served 1962-1970. HMS Dauntless, HMS Dryad, Portsmouth, Malta, Greenwich, Lossiemouth. Died 15th November 2024 age 80.  

22/12/1924 – 6/11/2024 HEWITT Patricia Joy (nee Piper)  Passed away peacefully on 06 November 2024, aged 99 years. Joined the WRNS 21st October 1942 aged 17yrs 10months (No. 26887) Initial […]

23/12/1943 – 11/11/2024 Mrs Jane Minshull, maiden name Laws. Lifetime member of the AOW and a Wren Writer. Died on Monday 11th November. Aged 80. As a former serving member […]

FIRTH Jean Outfin (nee Williams) 11/08/1922 – 10/11/2024 As a former serving member of the WRNS,  it seems the day of Remembrance Sunday was a fitting and poignant date for her passing. […]

REEKIE Pamela Grace 15/09/1935 – 21/04/2024 Pamela was very proud to be a member of the WRNS and of her service. She often spoke about what an honour it was […]

Jones Daphne 14/02/1925 to 09/10/2024 Daphne was very proud to be a member of the WRNS and of her service during WWII.  She served at Sparrows Nest in Lowestoft.  Daphne […]

Clark Mary MBE  (nee Lockley) 1943 -1945 served as a Signals Distribution Office Messenger and then Watchkeeper, HMS Lynx, in the tunnels under Dover Castle Died 5th August 2024 Aged […]

HASELDEN, Patricia, Served DAUNTLESS; PEMBROKE; RALEIGH; NAVSOUTH NAPLES; DAEDALUS; CENTURION; AFNORTH NORWAY; JARIK UK; NP1002 DIEGO GARCIA; RNH STONEHOUSE; BRNC DARTMOUTH; FALKLAND ISLANDS; DA PEKING; DEFIANCE; DRAKE. Died 19th September […]

WALL Rose Served SPARTIATE, NEMO, PEMBROKE, MANTIS, ROYAL ARTHUR Member of the Cleveland Branch until recently Died 25th September 2024 age 98. Beloved sister to the late Monica, Margaret, Michael […]

ORANGE – Margaret (Meg) (nee Harvey) Life Member Served April 1952 – April 1955. L/Wren (SA) HMS Raleigh, HMS Dauntless, HMS Ceres Member of Plymouth Branch/Plymouth IG Died 29th July […]

My Friend Joan I first met Joan Edwards (nee Henderson) when I was drafted from Writer Pay training at HMS RALEIGH to HMS SULTAN in June 1984.  Joan was an […]

SANDERS Mary (nee Madge) stationed in Greenock and Egypt Passed away peacefully on 22 September 2023 in Lymington Aged 99yrs

Sharon Wright (nee Broome)  Former L/Wren ETS Sharon Wright (nee Broome, Service No. W138368E) passed away peacefully at home on 23rd September 2023, surrounded by her family after a long […]

Margaret Havell  Served as Wren Margaret EM Ward Service Number 100983 Born- 18 October 1930 Acton London – Died- 26 November Levin NZ 2021 Joined up 8 June 1949 -8 June 1953 L/Wren- […]

Fanny Hugill, Legion d’Honneur, D-Day Wren Officer, was born on 22 January 1923. She died on 28 September 2023 aged 100. When Third Officer Fanny Gore Browne learnt that General […]

Joan Marguerite Mehala Snook (née Nichols) 23rd December 1924 – 17th November 2023 Service Number 66430   Joan served as L/WREN Boats Crew at HMS Mastodon (Exbury House, Hampshire). War […]

In Memoriam – Wendy Karen Cunningham (née Eyre) 25 May 1958 – 13 May 2023 ‘Pull up a bollard and I’ll spin you a dit…’ Allow me to whisk you […]

Irene ‘Renee’ Causer 17 July 1923 to 15 August 2023 Renee lived in Preston and joined the WRNS during WWII serving 1942 -1946 in the Fleet Air Arm. Her training […]

During this period of national mourning, today marks the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth and sadly the death of POWren Telegraphist Ellen Whittall who […]

Jeanette ‘Ginny’ Carr 18 August 1941 – 28 June 2023 Jeanette grew up in the Lincolnshire and Yorkshire countryside. She joined the WRENS in the summer of 1959, three months […]

Marion Dytor 30 October 1922 – 6 December 2022 Marian Honora Cecilia Cronin was born in Liverpool on 30th October 1922 to Denis John Cronin and Georgina Kavanagh. She had […]

Rosie Wilson OBE 1950 – 2023 In thinking of what I should say in this brief tribute to that force of nature that went by the name of Rosie Wilson, […]

Doris Vera Ensoll (née Williams) 1923-2023 Mum wanted to do her bit for the war, and perhaps also to escape her duties as eldest daughter in a household of six […]

LAST WORD Mary “Stephanie” Higham (née Pigott) 1920 – 2023 Stephanie was born on 29th October 1920 in London and spent her early years travelling with her parents and siblings […]

Margaret Kliskey 1933 – 2023 Published below are Margaret’s memoirs My Life in the Wrens 1953 – 1957 As an only child living on a farm in the country I […]

2nd World war Wren, who became a renowned pony breeder, exhibitor and judge Margaret Runcie, who died on December 23rd 2022 aged 97, was a leading figure in the UK […]

Kathleen was born in 1926 to Kate and Percy Newman, she was the youngest of three sisters. Her elder sisters were Molly and Rosemary – who was my grandmother. They […]

Chief Officer Elizabeth Mary Sunley (78) died on 5 October 2022 while on holiday in Italy. Born in 1944, Elizabeth joined the WRNS after a secretarial course in London and […]

Julia Mansel Bennett (nee Lord) 20th September 1933 – 17th October 2022 Petty Officer WRN Signals served 1952–59 Julia was born in 1933 in Aberystwyth in West Wales one of […]

Christine Gale Lees (née Ecob), service number 115711, was born on the 28th of July 1940 at 29 Leicester Road, Blaby,Leicestershire. Chris joined the WRNS aged 18 in 1958 and […]

Hilda May Taylor (Lindley), Wren Lindley No 98009, was born in Webster Street, Bolton, Lancashire, on 16 August 1925, to Harry & Edith Lindley.  She excelled at school, though her […]

A CELEBRATION OF THE LIFE OF GWYNETH (GWEN] FRYER (nee Johnson) A Reflection on the Service held for Gwen Fryer by Ann Boulton. Gwen services in the WRNS from 1958 […]

JOYCE ELSIE HARDCASTLE, May 2, 1921 to August 13, 2022 Joyce was born in Portsmouth, England to Pelham William Evans and Elsie Clara Evans, now deceased. She was predeceased by […]

VIVIEN   CATHERINE MARGARET   CRINGLE    (Nee – CREESE) Vivien was born in Oxford in 1949. Her father worked in East Africa and as Vivien grew-up, she could speak […]

Joan Stevenson nee Ozanne died on the 30th November 2021 aged 92. The time she served in the WRNS was one of the happiest times of her life and she […]

Joan Allen (Nee Hale) died on 18th January 2022 – aged 101, following a fall and subsequently contracting pneumonia.  Her close family were with her – she was bright and chatty […]

Ruby Nicoll-Heijmans was born in Dundee on the 16th March 1923 and died on the 22nd November 2021 aged 98, peacefully in her adopted home of Leiden in the Netherlands. She […]

Vera Manuel (nee Bonny) was born on the 16th December 1925 at East Runton in Norfolk. She joined the WRNS on 1st March 1944, her service number was 75396, and […]

Excerpt from the memoirs of Valerie Pinker   It was 1946, I was nearly nineteen and I was getting restless about my future. It would be years before I could […]

Mollie Macartney was a Stoll veteran and resident who has passed away at 95 years old.  Mollie was adored amongst young and old.  She embraced life and her infectious smile […]

Obituary: Betty O’Connell. The Wren who was in the first team at Bletchley Park to operate the Colossus Mk 1 that cracked Hitler’s ‘Lorenz’ messages The Times – 28 Sep […]

1945 – 2020     Felicity “Fizz” Sellers, nee Pearce Felicity “Fizz” Pearce joined the WRNS in 1964 at the age of 19 and served with the MT (Motor Transport) […]

1922 – 2021   Edith Bruce Weames, née Townson When I joined the WRNS in January 1977, my Aunt was so proud, I am sure she would have rejoined with […]

Served 1955 –1979   Fleet Chief Wren (QA) Sheila Jean Snowley Sheila Snowley was born in Norwich in April 1929 and was brought up in March, Cambridgeshire until she left […]

04/07/1945 – 14/02/2021   ‘Crossed the Bar’ Former Fleet Air Arm Wren flies off into the sunset Our ‘oppo’ Janet Dalton a former ‘Jenny Wren’ – WRNS and shipmate of […]

06/03/1930 – 14/02/2021   Kathlyn Bray, née Mason Kathlyn passed away peacefully on 14th February 2021. She joined the Wrens on 12 July 1949 and served in Portsmouth in the […]

1926 – 2021   Paddy Wall (née O’Brien) former Secretary of the AOW and a Vice President. I am sad to announce the passing of our mother Patricia Wall, she […]