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
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Admiralty (Director W.R.N.S.), printed for H.M. Stationery Office by J. Weiner Ltd, London W.C.1
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Recruit
- Themes
- War and the military, Gender and suffrage, Labor
- Event
- World War II
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (UK Crown copyright, 50 years from publication, expired before 1996; no URAA restoration)
Admiralty (Director W.R.N.S.), printed for H.M. Stationery Office by J. Weiner Ltd, London W.C.1. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), World War II Foreign Posters, local identifier 44-PF-252a.
Text on the object
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
