Margaret Caroline Ralston, WRNS and WRAF.

Handwritten text of a talk about her service in the WRNS including training at Crystal Palace and posting to the seaplane station RNAS (later RAF) Calshot. Printed directive by Katharine Furse, Director of WRNS, to be kept in pocket book. Logbook of WRNS attached to RAF Calshot, with entries providing information on strength of personnel, health, events, etc., between 22 June 1918 and 30 November 1918. Two issues of the printed Calshot Seaplane Station magazine ‘Splash!’, containing photographs and illustrations, between July 1918 and January 1919 (Special Victory Number). Loose photographs including portraits of Ralston, RAF Calshot personnel, aerial views of Calshot Spit and nearby buildings at Eaglehurst and Lepe.

Object Details

ID: WRN/8
Type: Manuscript
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 1918-1919
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 1 folder: 1 volume
Parts: Women's Royal Naval Service; Small Collections. (Manuscript)
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