Themes

The Navy's People

• Naval Lives

• In Focus: Women in the Navy

  • The story of the WRNS

  • The Image of Women in the Navy

  • Free a Man for the Fleet

  • Camaraderie

• In Focus: Recreation and Time off

• In Focus: Discipline and Punishment

Learning

• How To: Understand Naval Medals

Wren Despatch Riders

Wrens on Wheels

During World Wars One and Two Wrens undertook the dangerous job of being Despatch Riders delivering messages around Naval Bases and Dockyards.

Wren despatch rider, WWI (RNM)

Article highlights

• Wrens on wheels

• Despatch Riders

• 'We were always taken for men'

• Women on wheels - three stories of WRNS Despatch Riders

Related External Links

• BBC Website - Peoples War