Women's Royal Voluntary Service

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(Social Welfare) a British auxiliary service organized in 1938 as the Women's Voluntary Service for work in air raids and civil defence: active throughout World War II and since 1945 in providing support services for those in need: became the Women's Royal Voluntary Service in 1966 Abbreviation WRVS

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