Military Monday: Ancestry updates UK, Women’s Royal Naval Officers’ Service Records, 1917-1919

This updated collection contains 570 records, sourced from TNA ADM 318, for those who served as Officers in the Women’s Royal Navy Service (WRNS) from 1917-1919.
Most records are handwritten in English on pre-printed forms. Records may include a
pplication forms, enrollment forms, certificates of identification, and officer’s forms.

Information from the sometimes over 100 imaged pages per record may include:

  • Name, including maiden name if married
  • Rank
  • Birthplace
  • Birth date
  • Age
  • Date and place of enlistment
  • Date and place of discharge
  • Nationality
  • Residence
  • Marital status
  • Physical description
  • Regiment
  • Unit
  • Names of family members
  • Relationships to next of kin
  • Addresses of next of kin

These records, and many more in ADM 318 and ADM 336, are accessible through the TNA Discovery catalogue

One Reply to “Military Monday: Ancestry updates UK, Women’s Royal Naval Officers’ Service Records, 1917-1919”

  1. Great to see Ancestry are releasing much overlooked records that remind us that ladies played their part in the Great War.

    Thank you for bringing these records to our attention

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