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Place of birth

Devonport Devon [2]

Kensington London [2]

Kingston, Kingsbridge, Devon [2]

- probably - Blairgowrie and Rattray, Perth and Kinross, Scotland [1]

79 Victoria Road Wandsworth London [1]

81 Nelson St, Manchester [1]

Anstruther, Fife, Scotland [1]

Barton, Lancashire [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Beckenham Kent [1]

Broadlands, Isle of Wight [1]

Buckland, Kent [1]

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk [1]

Camberwell London [1]

Chorlton, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Clifton Hill House, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Clitheroe, Lancashire [1]

Cork [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Devonport, Plymouth, Devon [1]

Dublin [1]

Ealing [1]

Eastbourne [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Estcourt, Natal [1]

Exeter, Deevon [1]

Folkestone, Kent [1]

Fulham London [1]

Gayton-le-Marsh Lincolnshire [1]

Glasgow [1]

Great Yarmouth Norfolk [1]

Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England [1]

Islington London [1]

Kilburn [1]

Kings Lynn Norfolk [1]

Kingstown [now named Dún Laoghaire], County Dublin [1]

Lerwick Shetland Islands Scotland [1]

Lincoln [1]

Llandovery, Carmarthenshire [1]

Lytham, Lancashire [1]

Millbrook, near St Germans, Cornwall [1]

Newport, Monmouthshire [1]

North Shields Northumberland [1]

Nottingham [1]

Ontario [1]

Penn Fields, Staffordshire [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Portland, Dorset [1]

Portsmouth Hampshire [1]

Rank

Assistant Principal [12]

Clerk [9]

Telephonist [9]

Chief Section Leader [7]

Divisional Director [7]

Steward [7]

Senior Writer [5]

Director [4]

Ledger Clerk [4]

Motor Driver [4]

Principal [4]

Superintendent [3]

Assistant Director [2]

Chief Section Leader, Clerk [2]

Deputy Assistant Director of Administration [2]

Deputy Assistant Director of Personnel [2]

Deputy Director [2]

Deputy Divisional Director [2]

General Domestic Worker [2]

Member [2]

Messenger [2]

Nurse [2]

Shorthand Typist [2]

Stewardess [2]

Worker [2]

Writer [2]

Air Commandant [1]

Assistant Administrator [1]

Assistant Director of Inspection [1]

Assistant Director of Recruiting [1]

Assistant Principal and Secretary to Director [1]

Canteener [1]

Chief Officer [1]

Chief Section Leader (Clerk) [1]

Chief Section Leader Steward [1]

Chief Section Leader, Draughtswoman [1]

Chief Section Leader, Steward [1]

Chief Theatre Sister [1]

Civilian Surgeon [1]

Cleaner [1]

Commandant [1]

Cook [1]

Deputy Assistant Director [1]

Deputy Assistant Director of Recruiting [1]

Deputy Medical Assistant Director [1]

Deputy Principal [1]

Directeur [1]

Divisional Director for Scotland [1]

Electrician [1]

Electrician, Chief Section Leader [1]

Unit

Women's Royal Naval Service [111]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [3]

Women's Royal Air Force [3]

Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) [3]

British Red Cross Society [2]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [2]

British Women's Royal Naval Service [2]

French Red Cross [2]

British Committee, French Red Cross [1]

British Red Cross [1]

British Red Cross Society/Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Corps [1]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service [1]

Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service [1]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Scottish Women's Hospitals (French Red Cross) [1]

Scottish Women's Hospitals (French Red Cross). [1]

Women' Royal Naval Service [1]

Women's Royal Naval Sce [1]

Women's Royal Naval Service - H.M.S. "Crescent," [1]

Women's Royal Naval Service. [1]

Women's Royal Naval service [1]

Women's Royal Navy Service [1]

Women’s Royal Naval Service [1]

Service

Royal Navy [116]

British Army [9]

Other Empire Force [9]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Last name first letter

C [16]

D [13]

B [11]

M [11]

H [8]

W [8]

P [7]

T [7]

L [5]

R [5]

E [4]

N [4]

F [3]

J [3]

K [3]

S [3]

A [2]

G [1]

I [1]

O [1]

U [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [102]

Country

United Kingdom [49]

Ireland [2]

Malta [1]

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Place of birth

Devonport Devon [2] Kensington London [2] Kingston, Kingsbridge, Devon [2] - probably - Blairgowrie and Rattray, Perth and Kinross, Scotland [1] 79 Victoria Road Wandsworth London [1] 81 Nelson St, Manchester [1] Anstruther, Fife, Scotland [1] Barton, Lancashire [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Beckenham Kent [1] Broadlands, Isle of Wight [1] Buckland, Kent [1] Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk [1] Camberwell London [1] Chorlton, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Clifton Hill House, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Clitheroe, Lancashire [1] Cork [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Devonport, Plymouth, Devon [1] Dublin [1] Ealing [1] Eastbourne [1] Edinburgh [1] Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Estcourt, Natal [1] Exeter, Deevon [1] Folkestone, Kent [1] Fulham London [1] Gayton-le-Marsh Lincolnshire [1] Glasgow [1] Great Yarmouth Norfolk [1] Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England [1] Islington London [1] Kilburn [1] Kings Lynn Norfolk [1] Kingstown [now named Dún Laoghaire], County Dublin [1] Lerwick Shetland Islands Scotland [1] Lincoln [1] Llandovery, Carmarthenshire [1] Lytham, Lancashire [1] Millbrook, near St Germans, Cornwall [1] Newport, Monmouthshire [1] North Shields Northumberland [1] Nottingham [1] Ontario [1] Penn Fields, Staffordshire [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Portland, Dorset [1] Portsmouth Hampshire [1]

Rank

Assistant Principal [12] Clerk [9] Telephonist [9] Chief Section Leader [7] Divisional Director [7] Steward [7] Senior Writer [5] Director [4] Ledger Clerk [4] Motor Driver [4] Principal [4] Superintendent [3] Assistant Director [2] Chief Section Leader, Clerk [2] Deputy Assistant Director of Administration [2] Deputy Assistant Director of Personnel [2] Deputy Director [2] Deputy Divisional Director [2] General Domestic Worker [2] Member [2] Messenger [2] Nurse [2] Shorthand Typist [2] Stewardess [2] Worker [2] Writer [2] Air Commandant [1] Assistant Administrator [1] Assistant Director of Inspection [1] Assistant Director of Recruiting [1] Assistant Principal and Secretary to Director [1] Canteener [1] Chief Officer [1] Chief Section Leader (Clerk) [1] Chief Section Leader Steward [1] Chief Section Leader, Draughtswoman [1] Chief Section Leader, Steward [1] Chief Theatre Sister [1] Civilian Surgeon [1] Cleaner [1] Commandant [1] Cook [1] Deputy Assistant Director [1] Deputy Assistant Director of Recruiting [1] Deputy Medical Assistant Director [1] Deputy Principal [1] Directeur [1] Divisional Director for Scotland [1] Electrician [1] Electrician, Chief Section Leader [1]

Unit

Women's Royal Naval Service [111] Voluntary Aid Detachment [3] Women's Royal Air Force [3] Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) [3] British Red Cross Society [2] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [2] British Women's Royal Naval Service [2] French Red Cross [2] British Committee, French Red Cross [1] British Red Cross [1] British Red Cross Society/Voluntary Aid Detachment [1] First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Corps [1] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service [1] Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service [1] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Scottish Women's Hospitals (French Red Cross) [1] Scottish Women's Hospitals (French Red Cross). [1] Women' Royal Naval Service [1] Women's Royal Naval Sce [1] Women's Royal Naval Service - H.M.S. "Crescent," [1] Women's Royal Naval Service. [1] Women's Royal Naval service [1] Women's Royal Navy Service [1] Women’s Royal Naval Service [1]

Service

Royal Navy [116] British Army [9] Other Empire Force [9] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Last name first letter

C [16] D [13] B [11] M [11] H [8] W [8] P [7] T [7] L [5] R [5] E [4] N [4] F [3] J [3] K [3] S [3] A [2] G [1] I [1] O [1] U [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [102]

Country

United Kingdom [49] Ireland [2] Malta [1]

Florence Ada Whittle

Born 1898

Died 1994

Royal Navy G4978 General Domestic Worker Women's Royal Naval Service London Division

Royal Navy G4978 Telephonist Women's Royal Naval Service London Division

Royal Navy G4978 Messenger Women's Royal Naval Service HMS Shikari [an S-class destroyer under construction till 1919]

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Dorothy Clare Tollemache

Born 1896

Royal Navy G5366 Chief Section Leader Women's Royal Naval Service London Division

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Elsie May Mccolgan

Born 1895

Died 1928

Royal Navy G4192 Electrician Women's Royal Naval Service

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Muriel May Lauder

Born 1895

Died 1923

Royal Navy G4977 Telephone Operator Women's Royal Naval Service London Division

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Mabel Lockhart

Born 1886

Died 1918

Royal Navy G84 Chief Section Leader Women's Royal Naval Service

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Hilda Emma Hillier

Born 1894

Royal Navy G5365 Women's Royal Naval Service London Division

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Sarah Ann Hall

Born 1886

Died 1918

Royal Navy G2676 Women's Royal Naval Service

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Lily Winifred Martin

Born 1885

Royal Navy G2159 Ledger Clerk Women's Royal Naval Service London Division

Royal Navy G2159 Ledger Clerk Women's Royal Naval Service H.M.S Attentive II

Royal Navy G2159 Ledger Clerk Women's Royal Naval Service London Division

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Joan Carpenter

Born 1895

Died 1987

Royal Navy G4622 Motor Driver Women's Royal Naval Service Dover

Royal Navy Superintendent Women's Royal Naval Service

Royal Navy Deputy Director Women's Royal Naval Service Welfare

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Bessie Sambourne

Born 1901

Died 1938

Royal Navy G4361 Women's Royal Naval Service London Division

Royal Navy G4361 Women's Royal Naval Service HMS Shikari [an S-class destroyer under construction till 1919]

Royal Navy G4361 Messenger Women's Royal Naval Service London Division

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Elvira Sibyl Laughton

Born 1888

Died 1959

Royal Navy Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS)

Royal Navy Principal Women's Royal Naval Service

Royal Navy Director Women's Royal Naval Service

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Alice Knowles

Born 1897

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Munitions Worker

Royal Navy G6330 Clerk Women's Royal Naval Service London Division

Royal Navy G/6330 Telephonist Women's Royal Naval Service

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Evelyn Maud Northcote O.b.e

Born 1872

Died 1944

Royal Navy Principal Women's Royal Naval Service

Royal Navy Director Women's Royal Naval Service London Division

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S Susan Sophia Wills

Born 1882

Died 1918

Royal Navy G847 Greaser Women's Royal Naval Service

Royal Navy G/847 Member Women's Royal Naval Service attached Royal Air Force Cattewater

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Ethel Mary Westlake

Born 1895

Royal Navy G4363 Ledger Clerk Women's Royal Naval Service HMS Apollo [former cruiser converted to mine-layer]

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Margaret Alison Thorburn

Born 1897

Royal Navy Assistant Principal Women's Royal Naval Service

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Charlotte Sophie Duke

Born 1895

Died 1918

Royal Navy G3028 Cook Women's Royal Naval Service

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Winifred Mabel Heaton

Born 1901

Royal Navy G4373 Clerk Women's Royal Naval Service

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Dorothy Maria White

Born 1897

Died 1918

Royal Navy G/5160 Clerk Women's Royal Naval Service

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S Alice May Flannery

Born 1883

Died 1918

Royal Navy G1877 Section Leader Cook Women's Royal Naval Service

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