Alan Judd

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Though women had for centuries nursed and cooked for British sailors, it wasn’t until 1917 that they were officially recruited by the Royal Navy

  • A History of the Royal Navy: Women and the Royal Navy

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    I.B. Tauris, pp. 264

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