Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service (WRCNS)

Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service

WRCNS

The Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service (WRCNS) was established on 31 July 1942 during the Second World War. It was the naval counterpart to the Canadian Women’s Army Corps and the Royal Canadian Air Force Women’s Division, which had preceded it in 1941. The WRCNS was established as a separate service from the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). It was disbanded on 31 August 1946.

For King and Country

Lest We Forget

Arbeau, Cora - 14 May 1945

Bouffard, Margaret L. - 29 Jun 1946

Britton, Dorothy F. - 28 Mar 1945

Clegg, Olive I. - 17 Jun 1944

Floyd, Ruth - 28 Jul 1945

Grundy, Florrie - 08 Jul 1945

Le Pape, Olive I.F. - 21 Apr 1944

McGill, Margaret A. - 24 May 1945

Neal, Winifred L. - 03 May 1946

Rech, Mary - 24 Jul 1944

Stever, Imelda - 24 Jul 1944

** In Memory of those who have Crossed the Bar **

* A Second World War letter - This letter is from a RCAF member named Fred to a woman named Jean - presumably his girlfriend. It does not mentioned any Wren by name but does refer to them on page 3 in a somewhat comical way.

* A Wren at War - Female Codebreakers of the RCN

* HMCS CONESTOGA

* Serving Their Country: The Story of the Wrens - 1942-1946

* The creation of the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service and its role in Canadian naval intelligence and communications, 1939-45 - Thesis by Julie Anne Redstone-Lewis 2007

* The Toronto Wrens Association - Women's Royal Naval Service, Toronto

* Trade Badges of the WRCNS

* WRCNS Uniform Regulations - Substantive and Non-Substantive Badges - Excerpts from NGOs - Nov 1945

Newspaper articles (not including obituaries) that mention names of those who served in the WRCNS