National Emergencies Trust Coronavirus Appeal. Members train every week, and are on call 24/7 to help in times of national emergency. The Corps is open to volunteers between the ages of 18 and 45 who reside or work near London, within the M25. Members are trained in communications, first aid skills, map reading, navigation and orienteering, shooting, self-defence, survival techniques and advanced driving. Their working dress is similar to that of the modern British Army; on formal occasions they wear a uniform similar to historic female British Army Service Dress. They also have their own 'rank' system. Ranks of FANY (PRVC) Notable members Enid Bagnold Sadie Bonnell Evelyn May Cridlan Lilian Franklin Beryl Hutchinson Grace McDougall Olive Mudie-Cooke Muriel Thompson Lise de Baissac Denise Bloch Andree Borrel Sonya Butt Madeleine Damerment Odette Hallowes Noor Inayat Khan Cecily Lefort Vera Leigh Maud MacLellan Eileen Nearne Jacqueline Nearne Eliane Plewman Lilian Rolfe Yvonne Rudellat Sue Ryder Krystyna Skarbek Violette Szabo Nancy Wake Pearl Witherington Julia Pirie Mary Railton See also Auxiliary Territorial Service Mechanised Transport Corps Military ranks of women's services in WWII Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps Women's Auxiliary Air Force Women's Royal Army Corps Women's Royal Naval Service References Bibliography Further reading Beardwood, Lynette. "Ellis, Mary Baxter (1892–1968)"; "Franklin, Lilian Annie Margueretta (1882–1955)"; "Hutchinson, Beryl Butterworth (1892–1981)"; "Thompson, Muriel Annie (1875–1939)"; "Washington née Waddell, Catharine Marguerite Beauchamp (1892–1972)"; "Talbot née Bonnell formerly Marriott, Sara (1888–1993)"; "Hallowes née Brailly formerly Sansom, formerly Churchill, Odette Marie Céline (1912–1995)"; "MacLellan, Maud Lilburn (1903–1977)"; "Villameur née Boucherville Baissac, Lise Marie de Baissac (1905–2004)"; in New Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004); online edition 2006. Ryder, Margaret Susan, Baroness Ryder of Warsaw (1924–2000). "Szabo née Bushell, Violette Reine Elizabeth (1921–1945)"; "Khan, Noor-un-Nisa Inayet aka Nora Baker (1914–1944)"; in New Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004); online edition 2006. Terry, Roy. "McDougall née Smith, Grace Alexandra (1887–1963)", "Gamwell Antonia Marian (1891–1977)"; in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004); online edition, May 2006. External links First hand account of being a member of FANY and collecting blood donations during the Second World War (video interview) 1907 establishments in the United Kingdom Health charities in the United Kingdom British women in World War I British women in World War II Military nursing Female wartime nurses First aid organizations