Duchess of Kent Visits The Wrns In The Dover Command -- The Duchess of Kent on the Admiral's balcony in Dover Castle Scans the French coast through binoculars that were taken from the Italian battleship "Littorio"."Dover would be the first battle honour if the WRNS carried colours" the Duchess of Kent who is the Commandant of the Wrens told them yesterday after inspecting their establishments in the Dover Command. One of the buildings she visited was the workshop of the Torpedo Wrans - The pluckiast girls in Britain - under shell and bomb fire they continued on their job day after day, checking, overhauling and cleaning torpedocs for light coastal craft which were keeping the Straits open. October 12, 1944.
Duchess of Kent Visits The Wrns In The Dover Command -- The Duchess of Kent on the Admiral's balcony in Dover Castle Scans the French coast through binoculars that were taken from the Italian battleship "Littorio"."Dover would be the first battle honour if the WRNS carried colours" the Duchess of Kent who is the Commandant of the Wrens told them yesterday after inspecting their establishments in the Dover Command. One of the buildings she visited was the workshop of the Torpedo Wrans - The pluckiast girls in Britain - under shell and bomb fire they continued on their job day after day, checking, overhauling and cleaning torpedocs for light coastal craft which were keeping the Straits open. October 12, 1944.