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title: Women's Royal Naval Service - Join the Wrens
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-join-the-wrens-salute-free-a-man-for-the-fleet-1939/
description: A uniformed Wren in a hat lettered 'H.M.S.' salutes against a blue ground under the words 'join the Wrens'. Tagged by technique, with source and rights.
section: Collection
---

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# Women's Royal Naval Service - Join the Wrens

A uniformed Wren in a hat lettered 'H.M.S.' salutes against a blue ground under the words 'join the Wrens'. The salute and uniform attach naval dignity to women's service, and the line 'and free a man for the fleet' presents enlistment as releasing a man for sea duty (transfer).

## 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

```
WOMEN'S · ROYAL · NAVAL · SERVICE
H.M.S.
join the Wrens
AND · FREE · A · MAN · FOR · THE · FLEET
APPLY TO DIRECTOR W.R.N.S. ADMIRALTY S.W.I.
OR THE NEAREST EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE
Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by J. Weiner Ltd., London, W.C.I. 51-2916
```

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