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2 Aug

On This Day….

On This Day in 1999 the last Royal Navy Command Field Gun competition took place at the final Royal Tournament at Earls Court. The winners were HMNB Devonport. A much […]

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11 Apr

On This Day…

On This Day in 2016 Dame Marion Kettlewell died aged 102. She entered the WRNS in 1941 as a driver (for then Vice Admiral Max Horton) and rose to the […]

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7 Mar

IWD – HMS Vernon Lookback

Fabulous look-back at Women who have served with the Minewarfare Division. Click on the link below for some great photos. https://www.facebook.com/groups/vernonmonument/permalink/10157311964907462/462

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15 Oct

On This Day….

On This Day 1993 Commandant Anne Spencer, the last Director of the Women’s Royal Naval Service retired & her post was abolished as the WRNS were integrated in to the […]

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8 Oct

First Wrens At Sea

WOMEN What Was It Like To Be Among The Navy’s First Female Sailors At Sea? In October 1990, the first female Navy personnel to go to sea joined HMS Brilliant in […]

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18 Sep

On This Day….

On this day in 1942, Petty Officer Telegraphist Ellen Whittall was the only fatality of an attack by German bombers on BRNC. A memorial plaque can be found close to […]

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