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A FORMER Navy wren, who served on Tyneside, has died at the age of 103.
Mary Rundle joined the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) as a first officer in 1939.
After a spell in Portsmouth, she joined the crew of HMS Calliope and was put in charge of the WRNS on board the vessel.
At the end of the war, Mrs Rundle was promoted to superintendent and worked on plans to make the WRNS a permanent part...