'Sea Ranger - February, 1943', 1947. Princess Elizabeth (future Queen Elizabeth II) in uniform during the Second World War. On 26 February 1943, the sixteen-year-old princess was enrolled as a Sea Ranger on the SRS President III, having been a Girl Guide from the age of eleven. From 1920 onwards, Senior Guides were known as Rangers, and a separate unit, the Sea Rangers, was established for those with a strong naval interest. During the Second World War, the work of the Rangers contributed to the war effort. Princess Elizabeth was made a Sea Ranger Commodore in 1945. From "Princess Elizabe
'Sea Ranger - February, 1943', 1947. Princess Elizabeth (future Queen Elizabeth II) in uniform during the Second World War. On 26 February 1943, the sixteen-year-old princess was enrolled as a Sea Ranger on the SRS President III, having been a Girl Guide from the age of eleven. From 1920 onwards, Senior Guides were known as Rangers, and a separate unit, the Sea Rangers, was established for those with a strong naval interest. During the Second World War, the work of the Rangers contributed to the war effort. Princess Elizabeth was made a Sea Ranger Commodore in 1945. From "Princess Elizabeth: The Illustrated Story of Twenty-one Years in the Life of the Heir Presumptive", by Dermot Morrah. [Odhams Press Limited, London, 1947]
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