The Women’s Royal Army Corps Association and our members mourn the death of our late Sovereign and Patron, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second.

Our sadness at this time is shared by people across the globe, as we remember with affection and gratitude the lifetime of service given by our longest-reigning Monarch, a former serving member of the Auxiliary Territorial Service.

The Queen demonstrated extraordinary dedication and commitment to duty throughout her reign. She ruled throughout decades of change, from the post war years through to the new horizons of the 21st century, providing strong continuity for the nation and Commonwealth.

The thoughts and prayers of the members of the WRAC Association are with the Royal Family at this time.

Watch our Service of Thanksgiving to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II held in Stirling on 17th September 2022

Book Of Condolences

Angeline Cull – Rest in Peace Ma’am stand down your duty is done

Tracey Billington – So so sad. A devastating loss to the nation. A life in service and duty. RIP Ma’am.

Ann Pellatt Sgt. – Proud to have served and met you. Thank you.

Joan Watts – RIP ma’am, my respect. Condolences to the family

Maureen Lay – Rest in Peace your Majesty. Back in the arms of your Phillip. Thank you for all your years of service. Proud to have served you.

Jenny Jackson – Goodbye & God Bless our Monarch (our boss)
Thank you for your service
R.I.P

Christine Smart – It was a honour to serve under you your majesty. Time for you to rest now. Sleep tight Ma’am xx

Pat Ballinger – Thank you for your service to our country.
Rest in peace

Louise Lingard-Snape – You have been a true and rare example of leadership, service and fortitude.
I thank you for your lifetime of devotion to duty and humbly pray for your peace in heaven.

Your obedient servant
Louise Lingard-Snape

Lucy Poole – Rest in eternal peace, Your Majesty. It was an honour and a privilege to serve under you.

Evon Roberts – God bless you Ma’am. We thank you for your service.

Lyn & Dana Norris Webb – To you My King may you reign over us with the loving kindness your mother Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
We are so sorry for the loss of a queen we adored and who served her country in a war she should have been kept safe from. I am so proud to have been a member of the WRAC and so proud to have been a part of this journey with my monarch

Jo Clarke – Our condolences to The Royal Family on the sad loss of The Queen. A truly magnificent role model for all. With love and thanks xx

Audrey Pearce – RIP your majesty.condolences to our future king and the rest of the royal family x

Chris Fretwell – RIP Ma’am, I was proud to have served you. My meeting you was a special day for me and is a special memory of you. Thank you

Kathryn Day – Your service, Your Majesty, to your Country has been exemplary. Your Duty done. Rest in Peace. With much love and affection. X

Barbara Anderson – Our hearts are broken by the news of your passing Your Majesty but we knew it was time for you to go.
My condolences to the Royal Family at this very sad time.
God save the King

Lyndsey McAdam – Our hearts are broken by the news of your passing Your Majesty but we knew it was time for you to go.
My condolences to the Royal Family at this very sad time.
God save the King

Janine Soyer – Very saddened to hear the passing of our Queen. No one could of given more to their country than she has over the years. Now with her beloved Philip but never forgotten. It was a privilege to have served under her.

Karen Lyndley – Proud to have served your Majesty. After a life of Service may you now rest together with your beloved Philip and continue to watch over our Nation. You will be greatly missed. Much love and thanks to you for all that you have done and achieved in this lifetime xxx

Diane Anstiss – The most amazing woman who ever walked on earth. So sad you have now left us. You will be remembered forever. Such an inspiration to the world. Thank you for everything you have done. Proud to be British. Love you forever. X

Di Lewis – Fly high back with Philip
Some of the Best years of my life were when you were my boss
Bless you

Major (Retd) Moira Watson – In deepest gratitude for your Majesty’s exemplary service and leadership.

Mary Rezlik – Thankyou ma’am, for everything

Wendy Cockerill – Ma’am I am proud to have served you. for 7 years there will never be another Queen like you R.I.P

Sue Morris – RIP your majesty. You were such a wonderful woman and an inspiration to the world. It was an honour to serve you.

Babs Hyndman – Queen Elizabeth was a special person that gave her all for the nation, working up to almost her last day.
You will be missed
Thank you ma’am. Xx

Ann Stack – Your Majesty,

What a wonderful, dignified and truly inspiring Queen you have been. You led by example and I feel honoured to have served you.

Your legacy of hard work, decency and loyalty to our Nation will live on through your family and will be forever recorded in history.

Your obedient servant,

Ann Stack

Susan Cartwright – RIP ma’am thank you for your years of service. I will swear my oath to your son. Now our King.
God save the King.

Jañn Brant Cassidy – It was my honour and privilege to sign my oath of allegiance to you, and to have you as “my boss” for the last 52 years.
Rest in peace ma’am, back in the arms of your beloved Phillip xxx

Maggie Purkis – Your Majesty, we are all immeasurably saddened by our sudden loss. Your service over the last 70 years has been an inspiration, not only to those of us who were proud to serve in your Armed Forces, but to all your loyal subjects.
Our prayers go out to all those of your family, especially, who will be grieving at this time.
Thank you Ma’am; I am sure that you will Rest in Peace, reunited with your rock and soul-mate.

Lisa McGuinness – A gracious ‘humble and dignified role model .Thank-you for creating so many historical memories and touching so many lives. Proud to have served you. Truly a lioness RIP Ma’am my respect and condolences to the family.

Pat Williams – R I P now Ma’am your duty is done so proud to have served you, Condolence to the Royal Family, God Save The King

Diane Peele – I am so proud to have served under your Reign Your Majesty.
Rest in Peace , God Bless You.

Mari Preece – Ma’am you were a much loved Monarch and a true friend to all nations. Now your duty is fulfilled it is time to Rest in Peace.
You served your country to the best of your ability and your legacy will live on when King Charles picks up the ‘Reigns’. God save the King!

Elaine Simpson – Thank you for being an inspiration to all and a beautiful soul and now you can be with your beloved Philip
Proud to have served

Maureen Simpson – RIP Ma’am…..your duty is done. Thank you for your service to our country.
God Bless you and your family.

Anne Gurney – R.I.P your. majesty, Thankyou for your constant dedication to a lifetime of service

Gail Jones – Rest in peace ma’am.
Such sad news that you have passed but much love and respect will go with you. So proud to have served you. My condolences to the rest of the royal family.

Sheila Balmer – A life time keeping the promises you made as a young woman in 1953. Rest in peace now your majesty. Though you will be sadly missed.

Pip Flegel – As a Veteran my heart is broken
My Oath of Allegiance Has No Expiry Date
RIP Ma’am Thank You For Your Service

Sharon Cocker – Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning’s hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry.
I am not there. I did not die.

I salute you, Ma’am.

Alice Masters – Thank you for all your years of service. Proud to have served you. RIP your Majesty

Roslyn Crolla – Thank you for all the years of generous service ma’am, god bless you and all your family x

Martin Bisiker – Head of the Armed Forces and the first female member of the Royal Family in 1000 years to serve full-time. What a woman and may she rest in peace. God Save the King

Liz King – RIP your Majesty. It was an honour to serve you and your country. You will be missed.

Janet L Vickers – My Deepest Condolences To The Royal Family And Our Country On The Passing Of Our Queen Elizabeth. May you Rest In Peace, Back In The arms Of Phillip. Thank You For Your Service.

Pat Hickman – Proud to have sworn my allegiance to you and to have served under you. Stand easy Your Majesty, your duty is done. RIP
God receive our wonderful Queen
God save the King

Lieann Andrew – Thank you for your service & dedication to your country & the British Community across the world. You were a true inspiration to me & many others. I am broken hearted that you have gained your wings but know that you are now with your soul mate & where you need to be with your duty we & truly done x
REST IN PEACE
Long Live the King x

Jane Harris – In deepest gratitude for your Majesty’s 70 years of exemplary service and leadership of our country. It was an honour and a privilege to have served in your armed forces. God save the King

Lynda Armstrong – Rest in Peace your Majesty. Thank you for all your years of service to your country. Goodnight, God bless, So proud to have served in The WRAC with you as our Patron. My sincere condolences to King Charles lll and all the family.

Karen Flood – RIP Ma’am back with Prince Philip. It was an honour to serve you.

Samantha Tarbuck – Your Majesty our hearts are broken Queen Elizabeth you were so loved and respected and the tears are hard to stop , you have been out one constant in life and one of us with your military service we have and will forever have that bond you were simply the best. Rest in peace Ma’am your service is done and we will forever be grateful for your love, guidance and your radiant smile . You will forever be missed and we are so lucky to have served under you.

Chris Whitworth – Rest in peace Ma’am x

Pauline – Your majesty, you were an example for lots of us, you were the guide of our determination. Rest in peace

Louise Hudson – An honour to have served and met you Ma’am.
Your example to us all on the meaning of duty is unsurpassed.
RIP

Allison Chippendale – Rest In Peace Ma’am, it was an honour and a privilege to have served under your reign. You were an example to us all, you will be deeply missed and can never be replaced. May you find eternal peace and love with your Prince xx

Catherine Munro MBE – Ma’am,

It has been an honour and a privilege to serve under you. Whilst you may have passed on, my Oath of Allegiance has no expiry date – The Girls in our most Northern of Battalions are bulling their shoes in anticipation of your arrival. God speed Ma’am

Forever your Servant.

Jane Donnelly – Proud to have served you ma’am, may you RIP along side your beloved Philip.

Thank you.

Ruth Gaddess – I have served you my liege, I thank you for that opportunity. May God go with you, RIP

Susan Jennings – Very proud and privileged to have served you Ma’am, RIP

Jane Griffin-Ash – Thank you Your Majesty for your service to our country, I was proud to serve under you. My condolences to your family. God Save The King and the whole of the Royal Family.

Doreen Ritchie – Thank you for being you
You will be missed
Proud to have served you. Rest in piece. xx

Margaret Ahmed Mohamed – Proud to have served you Ma’am. Rest in eternal peace with your loved ones

Heather Bradbury – Proud to have served you for 24 years and saddened by your passing. RIP Ma’am, condolences to members of the Royal family who are mourning your loss.

Barbara Johnson – I had the honour and privilege to meet our remarkable Monarch, Queen Elizabeth II at the Army & Navy Club in London in October 2017 at a reception to mark the Centenary of the formation of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps. How wonderful Her Majesty made us all feel that day, taking time to speak to each of us and recollecting with wit and humour, events from her own time spent in military service. Your Majesty, you embodied respect, resilience, kindness and grace. You gave your life to serve us and did so magnificently, your Nation could not be prouder of its Queen. You have left an incredible legacy and set the highest of standards to guide your heirs. Rest in eternal peace.

Lynda Bradshaw – Thank you your Majesty for your long service to this country and your people, rest now and thank you from us all

Paula Jowitt – My deepest condolences on the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Our Sovereign and Commander in Chief.

Sara Shuttle – RIP Your Majesty, thank you for your life long service and dedication. You will be sadly missed by your loyal subjects. A pleasure to have served you. Condolences to your family

Caroline McEwan-Smith – Your Majesty, My heart breaks at your passing. Never a braver, truer heart led a nation as yours. Your reign was groundbreaking and admired the world over as it will be for eternity. I am proud to of sworn my Allegiance to you, your heirs and successors, and served you for 26 years.
I will never forget meeting you your smile melted my heart. Rest in perfect peace Ma’am and rise in glory.
God Save The King.

Maureen Keane – R I P Your Majesty. It was an honour to serve you in the WRAC. May your family find condolence in knowing that you were loved by so many. Now reunited with your beloved husband, Prince Philip

Patricia Ratcliffe – Proud to have served your Majesty R.I.P

Jean Hayes – Rest in Eternal peace your Majesty, thank you for your unfailing and loyal service to us all, you will be greatly missed.

Sally Watson – Your kindness and dedication to the people and this wonderful country of ours throughout your reign has been beyond appreciated. Thank you ma’am.
You have left us in the most capable hands.
Rest in peace with your one and only beloved

Louise Fittall – Proud to have served you Ma’am

Margaret Brown – Ma’am, your duty is done, its time for you to rest, knowing that you fulfilled your obligation to the very last. It was an honour and privilege to have served under you. May you Rest In Peace eternally.

Kath Kirtley – I was very proud to have served my queen and country, rest In Peace your Majesty, you will be sadly missed.

Julie Tippett – Rest in Peace Ma’am
It was an honour to serve under you. You were a truly inspirational Woman.
My condolences to the Royal Family at this very sad time

Susan Goldsmith – I’m saddened by the death of our beloved Queen, you have served us well now R.I.P.

Ann Montgomery – Thank you for your generosity and dedication in giving your life to the service of our Great Britain. But for you, our lives may have been very different. Rest in Peace. Proud to have served.

Judy Faulkner – Thank you your Majesty for all the times that I have seen you at Sandringham
Thank you for speaking to my mum about the 1952 floods in Snettisham at the Memorial Service in the village.
Thank you also for breaking hard to avoid crashing into me at Wolverton, that was scary but we survived…..you were a fast driver
Christmas mornings will not be the same now as I won’t be visiting Norfolk
Safe journey to your beloved Philip
Just ……thank you for 70 years of service
RIP

Ann Fuller – RIP your Majesty. I am proud to have served 1964 – 1968. I now reside in Australia but have always remained a loyal subject. I thank you for you long and dedicated service

Tania Meaghan – The Guardian of our Nation, our Sovereign, our Queen. R.I.P. Ma’am , go to your Philip, I know you will watch over us.

Michelle D’Archer – RIP Your Majesty. Thank you for your dedicated service. Extremely proud to have served you.
Our Queen, The Queen

Sally Phillips – RIP your Majesty you have served us well, now it’s time to rest. You will be greatly missed but a job well done. Stand down your time is over.

Geraldine Bowman – I was born the year you ascended to the throne, you have always been my Queen and you always will be.
Thank you for your 70 years of devoted service to your people.

I was proud to serve.

RIP Ma’am.

Mary Ann Clark – RIP Ma’am , it was an honour to have served, will always miss you, you will always be in my thoughts and prayers.

Deborah Davies – I was deeply saddened by your passing. From one Veteran to you a Veteran, thank you for your service to the country, commonwealth. My families thoughts are with your family at this time.
God save the King.

Pam Sussex – RIP Your Majesty. For 70 years of My life I feel I have known you. I have served you twice in your life time.

Ivana Muir – Proud to have served Queen and Country

Sandra Cawley – Goodbye my Queen, the world will be a lonely place without you, , Thank you for your life long service, and your beautiful smile, rest in pease your Majesty you have certainly eared it, x

Christina Baker – May you RIP ma’am your duty is done. It was an honour and a privilege to pledge my allegiance to serve you and my country.

Julie Bateson – I was honoured to serve under you in the WRAC . You will be greatly missed.

Susan Feeney – God bless our late Queen Elisabeth , a truly inspirational Monarch. Thank you Ma’am for your devotion and service.

Plymouth Branch – The members of The WRAC Association Plymouth Branch wish to express our deepest condolences to the family of the late HRH Queen Elizabeth II.
May she rest in peace – duty done.

Elaine Simpson – So proud to have served. Ma’am you are an amazing and inspirational lady our northern most battalion needed it’s commander . Thank you Ma’am

Joyce Nicholls – Best Boss I ever had.
Re-united with Phillip
RIP MA’AM

Barbara Davies – Thank you Your Majesty for your life time of service and dedication to your country. May you now be at peace.

Rosina Kilpatrick – Rest in peace your Majesty. It was my privilege to have served under you from 1970- 1972.

WO1 (SMI) Retired Patricia Rosewell – I had the honour to serve HM for 23yrs.A wonderful Patron who served her country with pride and honour. Thank you Ma’am for paving the way for women in your Armed Forces. My sincere Condolences to your dedicated Family. Thank you Ma’am for your life Service. We will Remember you.

Ann Davis – My Queen it was an honour to have served you. Rest in peace.