Jocelyn Woollcombe
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Dame Jocelyn May Woollcombe, DBE (May 9, 1898 - January 30, 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 Supt. on 14 May 1940.
She was named CBE in 1944 and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1950.
[edit] Post War Background
- 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 WRNS Benevolent Trust - 1942-1967
- President, Association of Wrens - 1959-1981
[edit] External links
Stark, Suzanne. Female tars: Women aboard ship in the age of sail; Naval Inst. Press: Annapolis, Maryland (1996); ISBN1557507384/LCCN#95046459.
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