WWII heroine Eileen Nearne was not "suitable" to be spy

[TimberWolf]

BBC - WWII heroine Eileen Nearne was not "suitable" to be spy

but what piqued my attention was this: "Her rank was volunteer in the F.A.N.Y Corps"

First Aid Nursing Yeomanry - a British independent all-female unit and registered charity affiliated to, but not part of, the Territorial Army.
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I feel better already.

[EternalOptimist]

BBC - WWII heroine Eileen Nearne was not "suitable" to be spy

but what piqued my attention was this: "Her rank was volunteer in the F.A.N.Y Corps"

First Aid Nursing Yeomanry - a British independent all-female unit and registered charity affiliated to, but not part of, the Territorial Army.
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I feel better already.

I always thought that was where the word came from in the first place.

[TimberWolf]

I always thought that was where the word came from in the first place.

That would explain a few things.