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19 de feb. de 2023 · The first Wren recruit to the Western Approaches Tactical Unit wargaming team was Jean Laidlaw – also the first woman to qualify as a chartered accountant in the UK – followed by 66 other women. Captain Johnnie Walker, a British escort commander, had invented the Buttercup tactic, which involved escort ships moving outside a convoy and firing flares whenever a U-boat was spotted.
19 de mar. de 2022 · Winning the War from the FLOORBOARDS. 19th March 2022. Features. BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC. It was arguably the most critical campaign in British history, yet the outcome of the Battle of the Atlantic may well have rested on the shoulders of a retired naval commander, his staff of Wrens, and some chalk. Ellie Evans investigates.
19 de dic. de 2020 · Jean Laidlaw, la Wren de 21 años que manejaba el análisis estadístico, apodó la operación "Raspberry" (Frambuesa), ya que era una "razz", o burla, de desprecio hacia Hitler y sus submarinos.
11 de abr. de 2023 · The new experimental unit, set up in 1942, was staffed by Roberts and two other retired naval officers, along with four Wren officers – Elizabeth Drake, Jane Howes, Jean Laidlaw and Nan Wailes – and four Wren ratings, all recruited for their mathematics skills. Their ages ranged from just 17 to 21.
30 de abr. de 2023 · Wrens were a supplementary service for the Navy that provided support services like cooking and repair. 4 Wren officers (Elizabeth Drake, Jane Howes, Jean Laidlaw, and Nan Wailes) and 4 privates (only name I could find is Janet Okell, who was only 17 at the time) were assigned. They were all thrilled to be doing “serious work”.
7 de nov. de 2020 · Sixty-six women served at the WATU between 1942 and 1945. The women ranged in age from seventeen (June Duncan) to twenty-one (Jean Laidlaw). There were ten Wrens who were acknowledged by Roberts as key contributors. They included Laura Janet Howes (1920−2000), Elizabeth Drake, Nancy Wales, Jean Laidlaw, and Janet Okell (1922−2005). Janet Okell.
They were ten Wrens, ranging in age from June Duncan, who was just 17, to the 21-year-old Jean Laidlaw. Yet as well as their youth and gender, they were distinguished by unusual brightness and ...
