Christian Lamb

Christian Mary Wolseley Lamb (née Oldham, born 19 July 1920) is a British World War II veteran who helped to plan the D-Day landings in Normandy.

Early life and education Christian Mary Wolseley Oldham was born in Edinburgh Scotland on 19 July 1920. Her father was Rear-Admiral Ronald Wolseley Oldham OBE, a veteran of the First World War.

Military career Oldham joined the Wrens, the Women's Royal Navy Service, after an interview at their headquarters next to Admiralty Arch in Trafalgar Square. At the start of the Blitz, she and her colleagues were sent home before dark to their billets in North London.

One year later, Oldham went before the Officer Selection Board, and was selected to attend the Officer Training Course at Greenwich. when the Wrens were invited on board for drinks. Christian found herself plotting John's route from Belfast, and watched in trepidation as they received signals that the convoy had encountered roughly 40 U-boats waiting for them. Oribi rammed a German U-boat and sank it, later arriving safely in North America. After the war, they lived in Malta and Singapore with their children, and is a fellow of the Linnean Society and member of the Dendrology Society.

Books by Christian Lamb From the Ends of the Earth – Passionate plant collectors remembered in a Cornish garden (1995) I Only Joined for the Hat: Redoubtable Wrens at War...Their trials, tribulations, and triumphs (2007) This Infant Adventure – Offspring of the Royal Gardens at Kew (2011) Cruising Along – Around the world in 80 years (2015) Beyond the Sea – A Wren at War (2021)