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Hales, F.M.
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Holland, J.K.

 
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Hales,
Frances Mary
 (Mrs.)
F.M. Hales		 ?
-
C/O
 		01.01.1945
       
Hallaran,
Kay
 (Miss)
K. Hallaran		 ?
-
1940s/50s ?
USA
2/O 28.01.1944
25.01.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) [on staff of Adm. Max K. Horton]
(01.1945)     no appointment listed
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
01.12.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Sultan (RN base, Singapore)
Halliday,
Elizabeth Reid
(Miss)		 see: Bamber,
Elizabeth Reid (née Halliday)
 (Mrs.) 		 
Hayward,
Irene
(Miss)		 see: Nussey,
Iren (née Hayward)
 (Mrs.) 		 
Hawkins,
Audrey Dora
 (Miss)
A.D. Hawkins
Daughter of ... Hawkins, and ... Owen.
Married ((06?).1943, Plymouth district, Devon) Lt. Terry Deacon, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (1919-1944). 		(12?).1917
Deal, Eastry district, Kent
-

Harpenden, Hertfordshire
Ldg. Wren ?
3/O 21.10.1940
A/2/O 20.02.1942
2/O 17.07.1943, seniority 20.02.1942
A/1/O 01.04.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) MBE 01.01.1978 New Year 78: Secretary, Hertfordshire Council for Voluntary Service
Letter of Praise LoP 1944? Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44)
10.12.1940 - (06.)1944 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)
(10.1944)     HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) *
(01.1945)     no appointment listed
(07.1945)     HMS Trelawney (RN base, Loch Alsh) *
Published: Diary of a Wren, 1940-1945 : war years in the Women's Royal Naval Service (2001).
* indexed, but not listed as such
Heigham,
Vida Mary
 (Mrs.)
V.M. Heigham		 ?
-
C/O
 		28.08.1943
       
Hesslegrave,
Dorothy Alice
 (Mrs.)
D.A. Hesslegrave		 ?
-
C/O
 		25.01.1943
       
Hill,
Rosanne Maureen
 (Mrs.)
R.M. Hill		 ?
-
C/O
 		18.11.1943
       
Hodge,
Anne Lesley
 (Miss)
A.L. Hodge		 21.01.1916
-
25.10.1985
3/O
 		?
A/2/O
 		15.07.1942
2/O
 		?, seniority 15.07.1942
A/1/O
24.08.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
08.07.1943
 -
 		(06.1944)
 		HMS Spartiate II (WRNS training establishment, Tullichewan)
24.08.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Shrike (RN Air Station, Maydown, Northern Ireland)
Holland,
Joan Kathleen
 (Miss)
J.K. Holland		 06.12.1912
-
12.1990
Westminster, London
C/O
 		25.01.1943
       
Holt,
Rowena Mary Vesey
 (Miss)
R.M.V. Holt (Phot courtesy of Mr Nicholas Holt)
Daughter (with two brothers and one sister) of V.Adm. Reginald Vesey Holt, CB, DSO, MVO, and Evelyn Constance Day.
Sister of Lt. Christopher Robert Vesey Holt, CVO, VRD, RNVR & Cdr. John Geoffrey Vesey Holt, OBE, RN.
Married (11.01.1962) Cdr. Arthur John Cinnamond Pomeroy, RNVR; .. children.		 12.10.1920
-
01.2012 still alive in Canada
Ldg. Wren ?
3/O 21.06.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
21.06.1942 - (10.)1943 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)
(12.1943)     no appointment listed
10.12.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar)
Hyatt-Box,
Barbara Courtenay
(née Linton)
 (Mrs)
B.C. Hyatt-Box (Photo courtesy of Mrs Jane Drakard)
Daughter of ... Linton, and ... Bowen.
Married 1st (15.01.1944) Maj. John Allan Hyatt-Box, RAC (marriage dissolved 1951); one daughter.
Married 2nd Lt.Col. William Carson Alford, OBE, RAMC.
 25.02.1922
Cardiff, Glamorgan
-
11.2008 still alive
A/3/O
 		11.04.1943
3/O
 		13.11.1943, seniority 11.04.1943
2/O
 		18.08.1944 (reld 13.08.1945)
01.1941
  
 		 
 		joined WRNS
1942
 -
 		1943
 		Cypher Office, HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool & HQ of Commander-in-Chief Western Approaches)
1943
 -
 		1943
 		officer training, RN Staff College, Greenwich
11.04.1943
 -
 		(06.)1944
 		Cypher Officer, HMS Lynx (RN base, Dover) (Normandy invasion preparations)
(10.1944)

HMS Lynx (RN base, Dover) *
(03.1945)
  
 		 
 		on staff of Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill (Yalta Conference)
1945
 -
 		13.08.1945
 		Port of London Authority
* indexed, but not listed as such
 
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