A care home resident has fulfilled a "lifelong dream" after being presented with a Royal Naval cap to mark her 100th birthday ...

A retired headmistress has been presented with a Naval cap to mark her 100th birthday, after saying that she had always wanted to join the Royal Navy. Margaret Grey had a successful career in ...

Wren Kathleen Oates was having a quiet but pleasant time on the Castletown base. So, there were no real complaints from her – ...

The Princess Royal has dedicated a stone to mark the centenary of the Association of the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS), known as the Wrens. She was joined by veterans at the National Memorial ...

Suzanne Sparrow joined the Women's Royal Naval Service (Wren) at 17, working in the Plymouth dockyard where preparations were made for D-Day. It was her job to ferry personnel from ship to shore ...

T HE FINAL signal sent by Horatio Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 is etched in the minds of officers in the Royal ...

From ferry rides with POWs to the drama of the sick bay - the letters reveal a rich tapestry of life in the 1940s ...