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I feel they’re watching me – Pride of Wren aged 100 as she visits old barracks

One of the last surviving Wrens has told of her pride at representing the generation who “gave their all” as she visited the site of her former barracks near Edinburgh. Dorothea Barron, aged 100, said she felt her departed comrades “watching me” as ...

07 Aug 2025 at 13:48

Blitz survivor who joined Wrens aged 18 recalls efforts to defeat Nazi Germany

A 100-year-old veteran has described how she went “from school uniform into naval uniform” when she joined the Wrens to help defeat Nazi Germany during the Second World War. Growing up in London, Dorothea Barron had been a schoolgirl during the ...

03 May 2025 at 14:53

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Visit to Scotland ‘means the world’ to 100-year-old veterans, says charity

A charity preparing to bring three Second World War veterans to Scotland said it “means the world” to them to be revisiting sites linked with their wartime service. Donald Turrell, 100; Dorothea Barron, 100; and Eugeniusz Niedzielski, 101, are ...

13 Jul 2025 at 10:00

100-year-old former Wren Dorothea recalls ‘fighting spirit’ of Second World War

One of the last surviving Wrens who fought in the Second World War has told how she put cardboard in her shoes so she was tall enough to join the service. Dorothea Barron, aged 100, said she was “dying to get involved” in the war effort, ...

05 May 2025 at 00:01

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