Warwickshire in 100 Objects: Civil Defence Corps Certificate of Enrolment

Certificate of enrolment to the Civil Defence Corps for Hilda Hodges of 21 Anderson Avenue, Rugby. It is signed by the town clerk on behalf of the Warwickshire (Rugby) Division of the Civil Defence Corps. Hilda was a WREN (acronym for those serving in the Women’s Royal Naval Service), and met her husband who served in the Royal Navy while they were both posted in Portsmouth during World War 2. They moved to Rugby in 1948 to settle down and have their family.