Posts Tagged ‘wrens’

Erin Investigates

08Jun16

“Eyes right,” the Senior Wren all but screamed, “And stand straight woman.” Catherine came to attention more or less correctly, this time remembering where to place her thumbs. “You are not in Tonbridge bloody Wells now,” the Senior Wren continued to berate her, “This is the Royal Navy,” she continued. Catherine Havers felt every nerve […]


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The Last of WRNS old-style discipline

21Aug15

Following on from yesterday’s story here is another true account of the caning of some wrens, this time from the early 1970s. Shortly after this time women were included within the Royal Navy proper and would have been, in theory at least, protected from such sanctions. This was sent in by one of our regular […]


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The WRNS and caning in wartime

12Jul11

Much has been written about the caning of women in the Royal Navy during the Second World War. These episodes seem to fall into two types of incident, the semi-official and the unofficial. Although, except for perhaps at Dartmouth, no serving man seems to have been subject to the same discipline. This was probably for […]


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