As in the First World War when the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS or Wrens) was first established, the role of the WRNS was to take over work ashore so that men could be on active service at sea. By the Second World War, the WRNS was promoted as the most stylish of the women's services. The clean lines of the WRNS uniform are enhanced by the modernist graphic design of this poster with bold areas of flat colour and a suggestion of the airbrush technique which gained popularity during the war. The artist is not named but has much in common with the British War Office poster designer Abram Games.
This photograph was included in the exhibition "All Aboard: Stories of War At Sea", at the Imperial War Museum North, in Manchester, UK (17 July 1010 - 24 April 2011).
