Description:A group of WRENS at HMS Fledgling E-15, Mill Meece. Mrs Chrys Hill (nee Wood), is sitting in the front row third in from the right.
HMS Fledgling.
In April 1943 the Admiralty decided to release more men for wartime service, by training WRENS as aircraft mechanics, the large camp at Millmeece in Staffordshire was taken from the Ministry of Supply for this purpose, becoming the first purely WRNS technical training camp. The camp opened in 1943 - post World War Two it became HMS Cabbala which trained servicemen for civilian life, the camp closed in 1948