20 Mar

Fundamental changes to Armed Forces processes to better support Women in UK Defence

Fundamental changes to Armed Forces processes to better support Women in UK Defence As part of a series of changes to eradicate unacceptable behaviours in the military a new Tri-Service […]

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20 Mar

AOW OFFICE – MARCH NEWSLETTER

March 2025 Spring is in the air! We celebrated International Women’s Day on 8th March – did you make the most of it? Membership Have you renewed for 2025/2026? If […]

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17 Mar

Miriam Tod (nee Cobb)

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 […]

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17 Mar

WWI Ratings are served dinner in their mess room

What a fantastic image we have found of Ratings being served dinner in their mess room at the WRNS base on Osea Island, Essex, during the First World War.   […]

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27 Feb

Gwyneth Everett (nee Gay)

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 […]

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24 Feb

FO Madeleine Bayard – Lost at Sea 1943

First Officer Madeleine Victorine Bayard (21 February 1911 — 1 January 1943), who served as Madeleine Barclay aboard HMS Fidelity on agent-running operations into Vichy France, was a French agent of the Special Operations Executive during World War II. She […]

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