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Wren New Recruit Standing Outside Arundel WRNS Hostel In Brighton 1940

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Wren New Recruit Standing Outside Arundel WRNS Hostel In Brighton 1940
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Violet Howden (née Turner) joined the Women’s Royal Naval Service aged twenty-one.

The Roedean School in Brighton was used as a Navy shore base during the war.

Donor number: 0093-007

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Location:
Brighton
Categories:
Daily Life
Tags:
1940 1940s bench brick Brighton cap details forces hostel jacket navy outdoor Second World War Shadow shirt skirt smiling standing stockings THELMA tie uniform wartime window women world war two Wren WRNS
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