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Wallace-Smith,
Jessie Vida
 (Miss)
Miss J.V. Wallace-Smith		 (09?).1901
Islington district, Greater London
-
C/O
 		11.10.1943
       
Warden,
Marjorie
 (Mrs.)
Mrs. M. Warden		 ?
-
C/O
 		06.09.1943
       
Watson,
Katherine Agnes
(Miss)
Miss K.A. Watson		 21.06.1918
Ceylon
-
13.06.2008
hospital, Oxford
A/3/O
 		25.12.1943
3/O
 		1945?, seniority 25.12.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
26.03.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)
Welby,
Euphemia Violet (née Lyon)
(Mrs.)
Mrs. E.V. Welby		 28.09.1891
Stoke Damerel district, Devon
-
06.05.1987
Tintinhull nr. Yeovil, Somerset
Supt.
 		12.06.1939
  CBE 01.01.1944 New Year 44

JP

1914 - 1916 Hon. Sec. SS&AFA Devonport (later Hon. Sec. SS&AFA)
1916 - 1919 Red Cross Cook, Malta
1939 - 1945 WRNS service:
12.06.1939 - (07.1945) on Staff of Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth [HMS Drake]
      social work on committees in Plymouth and Chairman Astor Institute. JP Somerset, 1947
Wenden,
Jane
 (Miss)
Miss J. Wenden		 ?
-
C/O
 		01.01.1945
       
Williams,
Frances Hilary
 (Mrs.)
Mrs. F.H. Williams		 26.01.1901 ?
-
05.1989 ?
Haverfordwest, Dyfed ?
C/O
 		30.08.1943
       
Woollcombe,
[Dame] Jocelyn May
 (Miss)
Miss J.M. Woollcombe		 09.05.1898
Portsmouth, Hampshire
-
30.01.1986
Plymouth, Devon
C/O
 		08.1939
Supt.
 		14.05.1940
  DBE 02.01.1950 New Year 50
  CBE 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 44
Education: Moorfield, Plymouth
1916 - 1919 Admiralty, NID as Clerk
08.1939     joined WRNS, enrolled as Chief Officer
1943 - 1946 Deputy Director Manning, WRNS HQ, Admiralty [HMS Pembroke III]
1946 - 1950 Director, WRNS
      Hon. ADC to the King, 1949. General Secretary, British Council for Aid to Refugees (Hungarian Section), 1957-58. Governor, The Sister Trust, 1956-65; Gov., WRNS Benevolent Trust, 1942-67; Pres., Assoc. of Wrens 1959-81
Wright,
Dorothy Edith
 (Miss)
Miss D.E. Wright		 see: Dunsby,
Dorothy Edith
(Mrs) 		 
       
 
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