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title: 'Join the Wrens: and free a man for the fleet (Women''s Royal Naval Service)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-join-the-wrens-free-a-man-for-the-fleet-1939/
description: A smiling Wren in a hat lettered 'H.M.S. Pemb[roke]' lights a sailor's cigarette on a yellow ground, with the line 'and free a man for the fleet'.
section: Collection
---

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[![Join the Wrens: and free a man for the fleet, 1939 UK poster: A smiling Wren in a hat lettered 'H.M.S. Pemb\[roke\]' lights](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-join-the-wrens-free-a-man-for-the-fleet-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-join-the-wrens-free-a-man-for-the-fleet-1939.jpg)

# Join the Wrens: and free a man for the fleet (Women's Royal Naval Service)

A smiling Wren in a hat lettered 'H.M.S. Pemb[roke]' lights a sailor's cigarette on a yellow ground, with the line 'and free a man for the fleet'. The slogan presents women's service as releasing men for sea duty, and the friendly pairing makes a social scene stand for service, which are the transfer tells.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
Join the
WRENS
WOMENS ROYAL NAVAL SERVICE

AND FREE A MAN FOR THE FLEET

Director W.R.N.S.
Admiralty, S.W.1
or nearest
Employment Exchange

PRINTED FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE BY J. WEINER LTD., LONDON, W.C.1. 51-381
```

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