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Women's Royal Voluntary Service

British  

noun

  1.  WRVS.  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

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Search and rescue teams and their dogs, the Salvation Army, the Women's Royal Voluntary Service, and locals from the town were all involved.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025

David McCullough, chief executive of WRVS, formerly the Women's Royal Voluntary Service, which has 40,000 volunteers supporting older people across the UK, says loneliness is widespread.

From BBC • Jul. 9, 2012

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