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WRNS, Women's Royal Naval Service
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MARSDEN SMEDLEY, Mrs Agatha H (1895-1985)

  • MARSDEN SMEDLEY, AH
  • Collection
  • 1918-1919

Papers and photographs relating to the life and career of Agatha H Mardsen Smedley, 1918-1935, notably her work with the WRNS, 1918-1919, British Red Cross Society, 1928-1935, and Auxiliary Territorial Service, 1938-1945, dated 1918-1919, 1928, 1932, 1935, 1942-1946. Papers relating to the celebrations held to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the formation of the WRAF, WRAC and WRNS, 1967. Photocopy of minutes of Greater London Branch of the WRAC Association, Aug 1974, and Marsden Smedley's WRAC Association membership card, 1976.

Smedley, Agatha Hilda Marsden, 1895-1985

BLAGROVE, Supt Edith Gordon (1895-1979)

  • BLAGROVE, EG
  • Collection
  • [1945]

Copies of papers relating to her work as an WRNS administrator at Bletchley Park Decoding Centre, notably two drafts of a text on WRNS at Bletchley Park, [1945], an account of the employment of WRNS at Bletchley Park and outstations, [1945]; copy photograph of Blagrove and her assistant Doreen Scott, [1944], and photocopies of photographs of buildings and WRNS personnel at Walton Hall, Wavenden, Gayhurst and Eastcote, 1944-1945; copies of papers relating to a reunion of ex-HMS PEMBROKE V WRNS personnel, 1978, notably a text of Blagrove's speech on HMS PEMBROKE V and an attendance list; copy of obituary from The Wren, Jun 1979.

Blagrove, Edith Gordon, 1895-1979, Superintendant WRNS