Jocelyn Woollcombe
Encyclopedia
Dame Jocelyn May Woollcombe, DBE
(9 May 1898 — 30 January 1986) was Director of the Women's Royal Naval Service
from 1946 to 1950.
She joined the WRNS, enrolling as Chief Officer in August 1939 and was named Superintendent on 14 May 1940.
in 1944 and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1950.
Order of the British Empire
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(9 May 1898 — 30 January 1986) was Director of the Women's Royal Naval Service
Women's Royal Naval Service
The Women's Royal Naval Service was the women's branch of the Royal Navy.Members included cooks, clerks, wireless telegraphists, radar plotters, weapons analysts, range assessors, electricians and air mechanics...
from 1946 to 1950.
She joined the WRNS, enrolling as Chief Officer in August 1939 and was named Superintendent on 14 May 1940.
Honours
She was named CBEOrder of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
in 1944 and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1950.
Post War
- Hon. ADC to HM, the King - 1949
- General Secretary, British Council for Aid to Refugees (Hungarian Section) - 1957-1958
- Governor, The Sister Trust - 1956-1965
- Governor WRNSWomen's Royal Naval ServiceThe Women's Royal Naval Service was the women's branch of the Royal Navy.Members included cooks, clerks, wireless telegraphists, radar plotters, weapons analysts, range assessors, electricians and air mechanics...
Benevolent Trust - 1942-1967 - President, Association of Wrens - 1959-1981
Sources
- Stark, Suzanne. Female tars: Women aboard ship in the age of sail; Naval Inst. Press: Annapolis, MarylandAnnapolis, MarylandAnnapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Maryland, as well as the county seat of Anne Arundel County. It had a population of 38,394 at the 2010 census and is situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, south of Baltimore and about east of Washington, D.C. Annapolis is...
(1996); ISBN1557507384/LCCN#95046459.