Embroidered Signatures ProjectRoyal Naval Friendly Union of Sailors’ Wives: Cloth

Owner
State Library of South Australia
Region
Adelaide
Creator
Royal Naval Friendly Union of Sailors' Wives
Measurements
137.5cm x 142cm
Historical Period/Date
20th Century (1930-1969 Mid)/c1942
ID Number
ESPO-157
Classifications
Appliqué,Cloths,Satin Stitch,Stem Stitch,

Physical Description

White cotton cloth with the emblem of the Royal Naval Friendly Union of Sailors' Wives (RNFUSW). The emblem is a yellow anchor appliquéd at an angle against an oval, solid navy background, encircled with an embroidered yellow rope and topped with a yellow crown. The anchor is crossed with a white band on which 'RNFUSW' is worked in yellow satin stitch. Around the emblem but within a larger, outer oval of embroidered yellow rope, there are names worked in navy stem stitch. Many other names, also embroidered in navy, cover most of the rest of the cloth.

Theme and Purpose

World War II. Royal Naval Friendly Union of Sailors Wives. Fundraiser. The cloth was embroidered as a fundraiser for the Royal Naval Friendly Union of Sailors' Wives (RNFUSW) World War II, 1939-1945. The cloth was signed by South Australian women (who made a donation for the privilege), including several prominent individuals, and the signatures were then embroidered.


Signatures

Below are the names that have been transcribed from this object. Multiple instances of a name on one object is indicated by a bracketed number after the name. A name in bold appears on other objects. Click these names to see the other objects.

Adams, Lilian

Addison, ?

Aikman, Hilda

Allen, Aileen G

Allen, Clarice M

Anders, Marjorie

Anear, Lavinia

Anear, Win

Asher, Ella

Asplin, R

Attrill, Laurene

Attrill, Mary

Attrill, Maureen

Attrill, Patricia

Austin, L M

Bagalne, M E

Baker, I V

Baker, Mabel

Baldry, Ivy G

Ball, E V

Banks, D O

Banks, P O

Barclay Harvey, Muriel

Barkla, Nita

Barnes, A

Barnes, P R

Barnes, R M

Barnett, D

Barrett, E S

Barrey, Violet

Barry, V N

Bartholomew, Hilda

Baty, E G

Begg, Nellie

Behneke, Ruby

Bell, Irene

Bell, L

Bell, M

Bennett, Georgina

Bennett, Winnie

Bentley, Clara

Beresford, Dorothy

Berry, Brenda J

Berry, Emmeline

Bicknell, Sophie

Birch, C

Birks, Margaret

Bishop, Caroline L

Bishop, Winifred

Bollen, Helen

Bolton, Olive

Booker, E

Boys, E C

Bracken, Marjorie

Bracken, Mary F

Bradbury, Eva

Bradwell, E G

Breatner, E

Brewer, Edith

Brice, Elsie

Briscoe, Alice

Brokenshire, Edith

Brooks, Hilda

Brown, Millicent

Buchanan, M

Buckley, M R

Buick, Ruby

Bullen, L C

Bunney, Greta

Burke, Alice

Burns, E

Burns, Florrie

Burns, Kate

Burns, Lily

Burnside, Elizabeth

Burridge, Evelyn

Burton, D I

Butler, Adeline

Butler, Geraldine

Butler, Kathleen R

Butler, Olive E

Buttery, Marjorie

Campbell, Mignon

Carpenter, Ada

Carroll, E R

Carter, Jean

Carter, Mabel

Carter, Ruby C E

Cartwright, Marjorie

Castle, B G

Castle, Edith M

Catt, Clarissa

Caust, Gertrude

Chaffey, Maida R

Challans, E M

Chambers, Ellen

Chambers, Lily M

Chapman, M H

Cheshire, Alice

Chinner, M

Chiuruer, Myrtle ?

Clare, Ellen M

Claridge, Amy

Clark, J

Clarke, E E

Clarke, Linda

Clegg, Marjorie

Cleland, Audrey E

Cochrane, P

Collins, G I

Conlon, R

Constable, B L

Constable, Mari E

Cook, D

Cook, Emily E

Cooper, Edith

Cotter, Eileen

Cotton, Madge

Coulson, G A

Coulter, Jean

Cowling, Ruth

Cox, Gladys M

Cox, Gladys Ruby

Cullingford, Muriel

Cundell, Naomi

Currey, Gwen

Dark, W F

Davidson, E

Davidson, May

Davis, M L

Davis, Pauline

Dawson, M A

Deer, Ina

Dinham, P

Dobbs, L D

Donkersley, Eileen

Drew, L F

Dunn, Stella

Durant, Helen

Dyer, Betty

E Reddin

Eckersley, Annie

Edmonds, K M

Edwards, D M

Edwards, Dorothy G

Edwards, Ivy

Ellis, Florrie C

Emery, J L

Entwistle, Edith

Ewens, Ida Ruby

Ewens, Peggy

Farmer, Nora B

Faulkner, Albania

Field, Dora E

Finn, Marie

Fisher, Annie

Fitzgerald, Mina

Forde, Netta

Forewood, Gwen

Foster, Catherine

Fox, Claire

Fox, M M

Franklin, Ethel

Franklin, V A

Fraser, W N

Fry, J

Fuller, Joan

Fulston, Annie

Galvin, S J

Gardner, Mary

Garrard, Dulcie

Garsia, D

George, D

George, Elizabeth

George, Maude

Gilbert, E W

Gillen, V

Gillies, Claire

Glova, Barbara

Godson, E M

Godson, W

Golding, Alma R

Good, G R

Goodwin, Brenda

Goodwin, Gertrude

Gordon, Gladys

Gow, T G

Gowrie, Zara

Grabia, Dulcie

Grange, Myrtle

Grant, Eleanor E

Grant, Kate M

Gray, Edna

Greaves, Hermione W

Green, Nellie M

Greening, Ada F

Gregor, F I

Grigan, Alma

Grove, Daisy F

Grundy, Rosamund

Gunn, Violet

Gurner, Joan

Gwynne, Neste

Hacker, Hilton H J

Hall, Jess M

Hall, Myrtle

Hancock, Doris

Handby, Violet C

Handley, Violet C

Hannan, Una V

Harding, V

Hargrave, Ursula

Harrell, Doreen

Harrell, Irene

Harris, E M

Harris, Lucy A

Harrison, A F

Hartley, Ella

Hartley, Mary G

Hartwell, E M

Hastwell, Gwen

Hauke, Christine

Hawker, Irene

Hawkins, E

Hawkins, Lucy

Haynes, Maud

Hayward, Jean

Hazel, P

Headford, J

Healey, J

Hefferan, D J

Hefferan,D Y

Heggie, Ariel

Hehir, Annie

Henderson, Judy

Herbert, Connie

Heritage, Cleary

Hewett, M

Hewish, E

Hilbig, K

Hill, I M

Hill, Olive

Hill, Rhoda M

Hisco, Mary E?

Hoffman, Anne

Hoffrichter, Helena S

Holland, Ethel

Holton, Dora

Hood, Winnie

Horn, Dorothy

Houston, M H

Howden, V E

Howland, Eva

Howlett, A E

Hughes, Ethel L

Hughes, May

Huppatz, Olive

Hyde, Kathrine

Ingerson, Brenda

Ingerson, M M

Ingham, A F

Ingham, G E G

Irvin, Mary

Iskess, Betty ?

Jacobs, Coralie May

Jacobs, Ethel

Jacobs, Winifred

James, Jean D

Jenner, J

Jennings, Alice

Jensen, B

Johnson, A M

Johnson, Elsie

Johnson, Peggy

Johnson, Winifred L

Johnston, Winnifred

Jolly, Jenny

Jones, A

Judell, O

Kain, Melva

Keane, Mary

Kellett, L

Kelly, A A

Kelly, Ethel D

Kennedy, Marjorie

Kerr, G

Kerr, Gladys, M

Keyes, Eva

Kilgariff, A C

Kimber, E V

King, O H

Knight, G

Krieg, A E

Kruger, Helen

Lace, H E

Ladhams, Myrtis M

Laffer, Amy

Laidlaw, E R

Laing, Adelia

Lane, M

Lane, Margaret ?

Lange, Rodney

Langley, Doris

Laskey, L J

Lawton, Amy

Lawton, Joan

Lawton, Lois

Le Messurier, Ruby

Le Ray, N E

Lee, Eva

Lee, Linda

Lehman, Louisa

Lester, B E

Lewis, G

Lewis, Gwen

Lewis, Stella ?

Lill, M V

Lillecrapp, Elizabeth

Lindsay, Evelyn

Llewellyn, G

Lock, Ivy

Lord, A M

Lucas, Babs

Lumb, Constance

Lur , Maude ?

Lynch, L

Mack, Albina

Mackay, S

Mahoney, Ida F

Maigen, Grace

Makings, Violet

Malone, E E

Mantell, L

Maraun, Muriel

Marcus, Edith

Marshall, L Irene

Marshall, Madge

Marshall, Rose M

Marston, E A

Martin, H M

Martin, J I

Martin, M J

Martyn Smith, Nancy

Maskell, R

Matson, I W

Maxwell, M

Mayo, Claire ?

McBride, Mary

McDonald, Heather

McDonald, Janet

McDougall, Gwen

McFarlane, Mary F

McGlinchey, Mable

McInnes, Doris

McIntosh, Islay

McKenzie, Kathleen

McLachlan, A

McLaughlin, E

McMahon, A

McManus, Vera

Medlen, M

Mehan, M

Mellor, Jessie

Metcalfe (Mrs)

Michells, Betty E

Micklem, V E

Miigge, Alma

Millard, G A

Millard, Kathleen

Miller, Florence

Millington, Gladys

Mills, E L

Milson, D A

Milton, Gwen

Mitchell, E E (JP)

Mitchell, Gladys

Mitchell, Win

Moffat, Hilda

Moncrieff, Ina G

Moncrieff, Ina G (2)

Morgan, ? (Admiral)

Morgan, Myrtle, M

Morgan, Winifred E

Morley, L E

Morrissey, Florence

Morrow, Iris

Mudge, Jessie

Muirhead, Freda

Nairn, Hilda

Neck, J

Neil, C B

Neill, Adelaide

Netherton, D D

Newell, Annie D

Newth, Jean

Nicholls, R E M

Nordlund, Ivy V

Norman, G B

Norrie, Patricia

Norton, C

O'Brien, Olive D

O'Callaghan, C A

O'Reilly, Kathleen

Ogden, C E

Oldham, Catherine

Olsson, M

Orchard, Alice

Ormond, Maude

Osborn, Louasa

Palamountan, A E

Palmer, Louie

Paris, M E

Paterson, Beatrice M

Paterson, Esma L

Paterson, Margaret (5AN)

Pedersen, Kathleen

Pedler, P

Peggy

Perryman, Nansie

Peterson, Doris H

Pettiman, Greta

Phillips, E Isabel

Phillips, Judie

Physick, Maud

Pilgrim, Caroline

Playford, Lorna

Polkinghorne, Joan Patricia

Polkinghorne, Nella Jean

Pollard, Laurel

Ponton, Gladys

Pope, E M

Porteous, Rosa

Pott, G E

Potter, P

Powell, Betty

Powell, S N?

Pratt, E G

Pratt, Laurel E

Pretty, A D

Priest, E

Priest, N V

Prosser, Marie

Pullman, Phyllis

Purling, Millie

Quinn, A I

Randell, M

Read, Helen a'Beckett

Reade, D E

Reaney, J E

Rebbeck, Violet

Reed, Margaret

Reeves, N ?

Reid, Jessie A

Reschmueller, T B

Richards, Esther

Richards, M E

Richards, Violet

Rischbieth, Eileen

Roberts, Lillian May

Robertson, Hilda

Robins, F Nathalie

Rockett, Aida

Rosenthal, Audrey

Roseveer, Gertrude

Rossini, Dora

Rowe, Helen

Rupert, Madeline

Russell, D G

Rymill, Margaret

Sampson, Coral

Saunders, Katie M

Saxby, Gertie

Scarfe, Veda

Schmidt, Pansy

Schulz, Ada

Scott, E W

Scott, Mollie, C

Seddon, Violet

Sexton, Winn

Shearing, H Beryl

Simmonds, Dorothy

Simmons, Edna

Simonett, Annie E

Sitters, E

Skinner, Gladys Mary

Smedley, Lilian

Smith, Alice

Smith, Grace

Smith, Jane I

Smith, Margaret

Smith, Mary R

Smith, Myrtle

Smoker, Vera

Sneyd, Maud

Solheld, E W

South, Clara

Spencer, E

Springgay, M O

Stafford, Amy V

Stanley, Helen

Stanley, R

Stanton, May

Stephens, Janet

Stokes, Ida

Sturm, Kitty

Sugars, D

Sweetman, N M

Sykes, Doone E

Symonds, Beryl Joan

Symonds, Caroline M

Symonds, Hettie

Tamblyn, Opal

Tanner, Joan

Taylor, Carlyn ?

Taylor, Jean

Taylor, S R

Thatcher, Edith

Thomas, E

Thompson, E M

Thompson, Mildred

Thurston, Barbara

Tiley, V B

Tohl, Mary A

Tolley, Kathleen

Traeger, V

Tremethick, Margaret

Trenaman, E M

Trenaman, Gwen

Trevor, Irene

Trott, Janet H

Twiss, Kath

Underhill, E M

Vanstone, Constance

Vanstone, Eleanor M

Veilgaard, Alice ?

Verco, Gwenyth

Vivian, F E

Wagland, Rita

Wald, Ethel M

Wales, T (Mrs)

Walker, Freda C

Wallace, Vera V

Wallenson, Nettie

Waller, A Anne

Walsh, Gertrude H

Walsh, Lorna D

Ward, Coral

Ward, E R

Ward, F Winifred

Ward, Margaret

Warner, Ethel

Warren, Alice M

Waterhouse, Edith

Watson, H A

Waye, M E

Webb, Taffy

Weeks, Florence I

Welch, Eileen Muriel

Welch, Lilian

Welch, Winifred Taylor

Wesley, M

Whelan, E

White, Lydia

Whittam, Kathleen

Whyte, Ellen

Wicks, Nell

Wilder, L

Williams, Annie M S

Williams, C M

Williams, E E

Williams, Hilda

Williams, Olive

Williams, Phillis

Williams, T M

Wilson, A M

Wisdon, Ida

Woods, D H

Woore, F H

Worrall, C M

Wright, Doll

Wright, Gwen

Wright, Maude

Wyatt, Elsie

Wyatt, Josephine

Yeates, Violet R

Young, Thelma

Yule, Phyllis

Zubinich, F J