Nancy Rosser – Women’s Auxiliary Air Force

Leading Aircraftwoman Nancy Rosser – Women’s Auxiliary Air Force

Early Life

Nancy Rosser

Nancy Rosser was born in 1921, the daughter of Thomas John Rosser and Lily Oxenham. Very few surviving records shed light on her early years, and she appears only briefly in official documentation before the Second World War.

Military Service – Women’s Auxiliary Air Force

Nancy later enlisted in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force, serving as a Leading Aircraftwoman. Members of the W.A.A.F. undertook vital technical, communications, and operational duties across Royal Air Force stations, forming an essential part of Britain’s wartime air‑defence and support structure.

Nancy Rosser
St. Samlet Churchyard, Llansamlet
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Death and Burial

Nancy died in Shropshire from meningitis, a reminder of the many non‑combat dangers faced by servicewomen during the war. Her body was brought home to Swansea and laid to rest at St. Samlet Churchyard, Llansamlet, where her grave stands among the parish’s wartime burials.