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Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) Officers
1939-1945

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Caddy, L.M.S. to
Currie, A.J.

Caddy, L.M.S. to Currie, A.J.

Caddy,
Lovell Mary [S] (née Scott)
(Mrs.)
L.M.S. Caddy

Married ((09)).1927, Wirral, Cheshire) ... Caddy.

(09?).1902
Birkenhead district, Cheshire / Merseyside
-

C/O	29.11.1942

Cameron,
Marian Louisa
(Mrs)
M.L. Cameron

?
-

C/O	17.07.1939

MBE

02.02.1945

(07.1945)

HMS Victory III (accounting section, Wantage, Berks)

Carpenter,
Joan
(Miss)
J. Carpenter

?
-

Supt.

19.06.1939

CBE

02.06.1943

HM's birthday 43

05.08.1944

(07.1945)

Deputy Director Welfare, WRNS HQ, Admiralty [HMS Pembroke III]

Catchpool,
Mary
(Miss)
M. Catchpool (Photo courtesy of Mr Michael Boxall)

Married (post-war) Reginald Charles Boxall (died 1967, aged 49); one son.

01.11.1919
Carlisle, Cumbria
-
03.11.2001
Worthing, West Sussex

3/O	08.04.1944
2/O	15.10.1945 (reld < 04.1946)

23.05.1944

(07.1945)

HMS Prosperine (minesweeping & anti-submarine base, Lyness, Scapa Flow) (for security duty)

Cecil,
Anne Mary Gascoyne
(Miss)
M.I. Chatfield-Gilbert

Married (1945/46?) David Wilson, a Canadian naval officer.

29.07.1918
-

Wren	?
3/O	22.04.1940
A/2/O	03.09.1941
2/O	26.10.1944 (reld < 04.1946)

(02.1941)	-	(12.1941)	HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)
08.09.1943	-	(10.1944)	HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)
15.05.1945	-	(07.1945)	HMS Pembroke III (for WRNS training and drafting depots; duty at Princess Gardens)

Chatfield-Gilbert,
Marie Isobel
(Mrs.)
M.I. Chatfield-Gilbert

?
-

C/O	01.01.1945

Cholmondeley,
the Marchioness of;
Sassoon, Sybil Rachel Betty Cecile
S.R.B.C. Sassoon, Marchioness of Cholmondeley

Daughter of Sir Edward Albert Sassoon (1856-1912), 2nd Bt, and Baroness Aline Caroline de Rothschild (1865-1909). Sister of Rt.Hon. Sir Philip Sassoon, PC, 3rd Bt, GBE, MP. Married (06.08.1913) George Horatio Charles Cholmondeley (19.05.1883-16.09.1968), since 1938 5th Marquess of Cholmondeley; two sons, one daughter.

20.01.1894
London
-
26.12.1989
Houghton Hall, King's Lynn, Norfolk

Supt.

09.02.1945

CBE

1946

12.11.1939

1946

Chief Staff Offcier to Director WRNS, WRNS HQ, Admiralty [HMS Pembroke III]

Literature: Peter Stansky. Sassoon : the worlds of Philip and Sybil (2003)

Chrystal,
Catherine Macrae
(Miss)
C.M. Chrystal

1918
Partick district, Glasgow City, Scotland
-
1982
Largs district, Ayrshire, Scotland

A/3/O	05.03.1944
3/O	06.10.1944, seniority 05.03.1944

(04.1944)	-	(10.1944)	HMS Spartiate II (WRNS training establishment, Tullichewan) *
20.12.1944	-	(07.)1945	HMS Bee (Coastal Forces base, Holyhead)
27.07.1945	-	(04.1946)	HMS Ringtail (RN Air Station, Burscough, nr Ormskirk, Lancashire)

* indexed, but not listed as such

Clarke,
Audrey
(Miss)
A. Clarke

Married Capt. (E) George Andrews Hewett, CBE, DSC, RN.

?
-
09.2009

A/3/O	08.05.1944
3/O	1945?, seniority 08.05.1944

08.05.1944	-	(10.1944)	HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock)
(01.1945)	-	(07.1945)	HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) *
(04.1946)			HMS Pembroke III (WRNS accounting base, London) *

Model, fashion journalist and public speaker.
* indexed, but not listed as such

Cooper,
Joan
(Miss)
J. Cooper (Photo courtesy of Mr Peter Barrow via Mrs Kathryn Finora)

Married ((06?).1946, Horsham district) Lt. Norman MacLehose Barrow, RNVR; one son, two daughters.

22.08.1921
Bombay, India
-
03.10.2007
Pembury, Kent

A/3/O	14.05.1944
3/O	?, seniority 14.05.1944 (reld < 04.1946)

14.05.1944	-	12.1944	HMS Watchful (RN base, Yarmouth)
13.12.1944	-	(07.1945)	HMS Lanka (RN base, Ceylon)

Cowie,
Margaret Elizabeth (née Lawrenson)
(Mrs.)
M.I. Chatfield-Gilbert

22.08.1918
-
03.2008 still alive

3/O	28.02.1942?
2/O	28.02.1944
1/O	01.01.1946

28.02.1942	-	(06.)1944	HMS Cochrane II (supply & accounting base for tenders, Rosyth)
03.07.1944	-	(07.1945)	in charge, WRNS, West Hartlepool [HMS Paragon (minesweepers base, Hartlepool)]
01.03.1946	-	(04.1946)	HMS Quebec (combined training centre, Inverary)

Currie,
Agnes Jean
(Miss)
A.J. Currie

Daughter of late John Currie, 31 Westbourne Gardens, Glasgow, W.

30.05.1899
[Glasgow, Scotland ?]
-
17.10.1968
[Aldeburgh, Suffolk ?]

2/O	12.10.1939
1/O	1940?
C/O	27.07.1940
Supt.	21.02.1941 (reld 11.05.1946)

CBE

14.06.1945

HM's birthday 45 [investiture 19.11.46]

Education: Laurel Bank School, Glasgow; The Mount School, York; also Switzerland; WRNS Officers' Training Course, Greenwich

12.10.1939	-	11.05.1946	WRNS service:
?	-	(04.1940)	HMS Boscawen (RN base, Portland)
?	-	(02.)1941	HMS Lynx (RN base, Dover)
21.02.1941	-	03.10.1943	on Staff of Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches [HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)]
28.01.1944	-	(06.)1944	Superintendent, WRNS Training [HMS Pembroke III]
25.08.1944	-	(10.)1944	on Staff of Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches [HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)]
20.11.1944	-	(07.1945)	on Staff of Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth [HMS Victory III]
(04.1946)			no appointment listed

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