One report was of a Wren of twenty-three who addressed an important communication to the wrong admiral resulting in an incident at the war office. The Chief Petty Officer (CPO) in charge of the mail section was summoned to the CO and told ‘to sort the ninny out.’

 

Apparently the procedure for ‘sorting out’ was to have the miscreant Wren undress down to her stockings, suspenders and bra, having removed her knickers and then bent over the CPO’s knee to have her bottom spanked.

 

Another report from a lady and former Wren, now an octogenarian, was that corporal punishment was common for minor offences at some establishments. On the base she was posted to, there was one old officer who was notorious for handing out beatings to the younger Wrens for trivial offences.