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Dale, Barbara (née Gilks) (Mrs.) Married ((06?).1944, Lowestoft, Lothingland district) Lt. Geoffrey Raymond Dale, RNVR; one son, one daughter.	? -	A/3/O 14.03.1943 3/O 13.11.1943, seniority 14.03.1943 (reld < 04.1946)	01.07.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Minos (RN base, Lowestoft) (10.1944)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     no appointment listed
Darby, Molly (Miss) Daughter of ... Darby, and ... Woodhouse. Married ... Morgan; three daughters.	16.09.1922 Wandsworth district, Greater London - living in Chichester, Sussex	Wren ? Petty Officer ? A/3/O 21.05.1944 3/O 1945?, seniority 21.05.1944	1942 - 1944 served at Bletchley Park 21.05.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Pembroke V (base for WRNS units in London) 12.08.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, USA)
Davies, Jean Margaret (née Nelson) (Mrs) Married (12.1942, Oxford district, Oxfordshire) Arthur W. Davies; ... children.	? - ?	3/O 12.05.1942 (discharged 30.01.1945; own request)	(08.)1942 - 12.1942 HMS Cressy (RN base, Dundee) 13.12.1942 - (02.)1944 on staff of WRNS Officers' Training course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS Pembroke III (WRNS accounting base, London)] (04.1944) - (10.1944) HMS Boscawen (RN base, Portland) * (01.1945)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Davis, Joyce Winifred (Miss) Daughter of ... Davis, and ... Sanders. Married ((09?).1949, Surrey Northern district, Surrey) Leslie Francis Barter (10.11.1916 - 07.08.2003); two sons.	23.04.1922 Kingston district, Surrey - 24.11.2005 Shannon Court, Hindhead, Surrey	A/3/O 04.02.1945 3/O 04.04.1946, seniority 04.08.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	04.02.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Faraway (training establishment & HQ of Flag Officer Carrier Training at Greenock) (04.1946)     HMS Pembroke III (WRNS accounting base, London) * [probably serving with MI 9 based in the Metropole Building, Northumberland Avenue, London] * indexed, but not listed as such
Deacon, Audrey Dora (Mrs.)	see:	Hawkins, Audrey Dora (Miss)
Dempster, Doris Sanderson (Mrs.)	see:	Richardson, Doris Sanderson (Miss)
Devenish-Meares, Norah Winifred (Miss) Daughter (with two brothers and three sisters) of Ashley John Devenish-Meares (1868-1957), and Isabel Constance Marr (1877-1957).	14.07.1905 - 21.02.1999 Sydney, NSW, Australia	3/O 15.06.1941 2/O 25.01.1943 1/O 01.01.1945 (reld 04.01.1946)	(08.1941) - (08.)1942 HMS Cochrane II (supply & accounting base for tenders, Rosyth) (10.)1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset) 19.03.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) 01.01.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)
Dilks, Heather Amy (Miss) Daughter of Cdr. William Henry Dilks, OBE, RN, and Jessie C. Brewer. Sister of Third Officer Jessie M. Dilks, WRNS.	? -	3/O 27.02.1941 A/2/O 11.04.1943 2/O 1944?, seniority 11.04.1943 (reld < 04.1946)	(12.1941) HMS Elfin (submarine base, Blyth) (04.1944) no appointment listed (10.1944) no appointment listed (07.1945) HMS Warren (Combined Operations base, Largs) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Dilks, Jessie Marjorie (Miss) Daughter of Cdr. William Henry Dilks, OBE, RN, and Jessie C. Brewer. Sister of Second Officer Heather A. Dilks, WRNS.	(03?).1919 Weymouth district, Dorset -	A/3/O 16.05.1943 3/O 18.02.1944, seniority 16.05.1943 (reld < 07.1945?)	20.02.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt)
Douglas-Bate, Kathleen Hay (Mrs) Daughter of Henry Percy Douglas, and Catherine Chute Mackenzie. Married ((12?).1926, St George Hanover district, London) Cecil Louis Herbert Bate (01.05.1898 - 10.04.1957), who changed his surname to Douglas-Bate by deed poll of 09.02.1928.	21.10.1900 Polruan, Cornwall - 23.09.2001 Newbury, West Berkshire	C/O 13.05.1942	... - ... ... 12.10.1943 - 06.02.1944 in charge of WRNS, Dover Sub-Command [HMS Lynx] ... - ... ...
Down, Ruth Owen (Miss)	1900 ? Devonport, Devon ? -	C/O 12.10.1942
Drummond, Dorothy Margaret (Mrs.)	? -	C/O 01.01.1941
Dunsby, Dorothy Edith (née Wright) (Mrs.) Married (1942) Aircraftsman Edward Roland Dunsby, RAFVR; ... children.	15.11.1913 -	3/O 07.08.1941 (reld < 04.1946)	Education: Bridlington High School ; The Slade School of Art, University College London volunteered after Dunkirk and trained at the RN College, Greenwich 1940? - 1941? HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton) 21.08.1941 - (10.1943) HMS Merlin (RN Air Station, Donibristle, Fife) (04.1944) no appointment listed (07.1945) no appointment listed
Dunstan, Joyce Violet (Miss.) Daughter of ... Dunstan, and ... Dunning.	(12?).1921 Windsor district, Berkshire / Surrey -	A/3/O 06.05.1945 3/O 1946?, seniority 06.05.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	? - 1944 served at Bletchley Park 16.05.1945 - (07.)1945 Trade Division, Admiralty [HMS Pembroke III] 25.02.1946 - (04.1946) HMS President III

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