At its peak in 1944, the Women’s Royal Naval Service (WRNS, or the “Wrens”) branch of the British Royal Navy counted at least 74,000 members. These women occupied 200 different positions as ...

Mabel said: ‘The Chief Wren put a mug on the counter for each of the sailors as they came along. ‘Then the Wrens were given a tot of rum too. We had to split it between four of us.

To mark the 300th anniversary of the death of Christopher Wren—one of the giants of British architecture, and creator of London landmarks including St Paul's Cathedral and the Royal Hospital ...

A British naval officer who helped draw up maps for the D-Day invasion has been awarded the Legion d'honneur by President Macron. Christian Lamb, who is 103 and lives in London, was honoured at ...

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Wren supposedly wept at the news, and with reason: the building would have been a far more elegant and radical structure than the cathedral eventually built. The second design was to a traditional ...

Wikimedia CommonSir Christopher Wren, the foremost architect in Britain in the 17th century, was born 382 years ago today on Oct. 20, 1632.