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FANY

First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY), a British all-female unit, affiliated to the Territorial Army (United Kingdom), formed in 1907.

First Aid Nursing Yeomanry

It is open to volunteers between the ages of 18 and 45 who reside or work near London, within the M25.

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A small part of FANY - highly secret at the time and later famous - served as a parent unit for many women who undertook espionage work for the Special Operations Executive.

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