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Yeoman 2nd Class (F) Frances Gormley, USNRF (in service, 1918-19).
Later, Mrs. Frances Gormley Field

Frances Gormley enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve Force at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in September 1918. She served during and after the First World War with two other Yeomen (F) who had joined the Navy with her, Cora Dell Croft and Mabel Nora Croft, at the Bureau of Navigation in Washington, D.C. Frances Gormley was formally discharged from the Naval service at New Orleans in December 1920.

This page features photographs of Yeoman (F) Frances Gormley.


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Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

Photo #: NH 65585

Yeoman 2nd Class (F) Frances Gormley (Field), USNRF


Portrait photograph in uniform, circa 1918-19.
She enlisted at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on 16 September 1918 and was discharged on 20 December 1920.

Courtesy of Mrs. Mabel Croft Graham, 1968.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 54KB; 495 x 765 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 65805

Yeoman (F) Mabel Nora Croft
(seated) and
Yeoman (F) Frances Gormley (standing)

Photographed circa 1918.
Their beret-style hats appear to be standard Navy enlisted "flat hats" with the grommets removed.

Courtesy of Mrs. Mabel Croft Graham, 1968.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 43KB; 410 x 765 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 65571

Yeomen (F) Cora Dell Croft, Mabel Nora Croft and Frances Gormley
(listed left to right)

Standing near the Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., December 1918.
They enlisted in the Navy on the same day, spent their entire service time together and were discharged at the same time.

Courtesy of Mrs. Mabel Croft Graham, 1968.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 70KB; 470 x 765 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 65579

Walter Reed Army Hospital, Washington, D.C.


Yeomen (F) Mabel N. Croft (left center) and Frances Gormley (right) with two of the hospital's patients, November 1918.
Note beret-type hat worn by Mabel Croft.

Courtesy of Mrs. Mabel Croft Graham, 1968.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 85KB; 600 x 675 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 65575

Personnel of the Payroll Department, Bureau of Navigation


At the rear of one of the wings of the Navy or Munitions Building, Washington, D.C., December 1918.
The people at right are (from right): Chief Shoales, unknown, Cora Dell Croft, Chief C.G. Patterson and Irene Haddigan. Eighth girl from left (marked by "x") is Frances Gormley. Others present are unidentified.

Courtesy of Mrs. Mabel Croft Graham, 1968.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 81KB; 740 x 470 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 65581

Personnel of the Payroll Department, Bureau of Navigation


At the rear of one of the wings of the Navy or Munitions Building, Washington, D.C., December 1918.
The people at right are (from right): unknown, Cora Dell Croft, Chief Shoales, Irene Haddigan and Chief C.G. Patterson. Yeoman (F) in left center, marked by "x", is Frances Gormley. Others present are unidentified.
See Photo # NH 65575 for another view of this group.

Courtesy of Mrs. Mabel Croft Graham, 1968.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 74KB; 740 x 465 pixels

 


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5 May 2000