Edna Iris Prudence Gwynne (Miss)

2 Sep 1939 Service in ranks at Infantry Training Centre Queen's Royal Regiment

Aug 1941 Service in ranks Command Ordnance Workshops

7 Jul 1942 OCTU

21 Aug 1942 Commissioned. Posted to Aldershot Field Stores Group as Platoon Officer

28 June 1943 Detached to Deputy Director ATS South East Command

14 Aug 1943 "Q" Branch HQ Sussex District during Exercise Harlequin, an amphibious exercise to practice the loading of troops for the first three days of an invasion. Troops went through the sequence of moving to the ports of Dover, Newhaven, Portsmouth and Southampton, but stopped short of getting onto the ships.

29 Sep 1943 Interview with Auxiliary Units ATS Commander Beatrice Temple in London (most likely at Harrods Department Store)

1 Nov 1943 Posted to Auxiliary Units Special Duties

Beatrice Temple recorded on 20 Oct 1943 that Gwynne was transferred as a swap for Hilary, who was wanted by the War Office.

In 2003 an article in The Hampshire Chronicle recounted her memories; "I never told a soul at the time and have never spoken publicly about it. Conditions were spartan, with just two beds and two wireless sets, and the three women in each unit just had each other for company. Perhaps not surprisingly, they often fell out. It was terribly lonely and it really got me down after a bit. I did almost two years. It was boring work and tremendously claustrophobic"

22 May 1944 "Q" Branch HQ South East Command for Operation Overload

1 Oct 1944 Posted as Assistant Adjutant to ATS Group, HQ South East Command

7 Mar 1945 Posted to SOE Headquarters, London. Employed on military records, including casualties and honours and and awards.

It was there she met her late husband, Eric, an army major in the Special Intelligence Corps. She married Eric Worsley Battersby in 1946.

1 Jan 1946 Appointed Acting Junior Commander

1 Apr 1946 Appointed Temporary Junior Commander and employed on the liquidation of SOE. She undertook administration of military officers, other ranks and dealt with casualties and Naval queries among other duties

1 Jul 1946 Ceased to be specially employed (reverts to Army duties and pay)