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Female Wartime Appointments to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Female Wartime Appointments to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
This community aims to gather WW1 women appointed Dame Grand Cross (GBE), Dame Commander (DBE), Commander (CBE), Officer (OBE), and Member (MBE) of the Order of the British Empire. The community was inspired by the Scarlet Finder site, http://www.scarletfinders.co.uk/192.html, and its extensive list of women who were honoured in this way. Many other women -- munitions workers, telephonists, those who served with Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps -- were awarded the Medal of the Order of the British Empire (MOBE). A separate community exists for them here: https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/community/2956.
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Born 1866
Other Empire Force Chairwoman Women's Hospital Committee
More about May Webster -
Born 1871
Died 1964
Other Empire Force Honorary Director-General British Empire Leave Club
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Other Empire Force Lady Superintendent Women's Legion Motor Driving School
More about J Athol Levey Now Renton -
British Army Area Controller, Abbeville Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps
More about Mary Sophie Frood -
Other Empire Force
British Army 39118 Hospital Letter Writer Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps
More about Mary Bradford -
Born 1865
Died 1927
British Army Lady Helpers
Other Empire Force Rouen Coffee Stall
More about Mabelle Annie Egerton -
British Army British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem
More about Mary Elizabeth Harmsworth -
British Army 1 Lieutenant First Aid Nursing Yeomanry
More about Lilian Annie H Franklin -
Other Empire Force Gold Coast Red Cross Fund
More about Augusta Margaret Buckner -
Born 1880
Died 1947
Other Empire Force Commandant Mount Stuart Royal Naval Hospital
More about Augusta Mary Monica Crichton-Stuart -
Born 1854
Died 1937
Other Empire Force Dame British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem
More about Sarah Ann Swift, Gbe -
Other Empire Force Assistant Commandant British Red Cross Society Digswell House Auxiliary Hospital
Other Empire Force Tredegar House - Training School London Hospital
Other Empire Force St Thomas Hospital
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More about Katharine Acland -
Born 1873
Died 1949
British Army Voluntary Aid Detachment British Red Cross Society
British Army Chief Controller Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps
More about Lila Davy -
Born 1852
Died 1932
Other Empire Force Lady of Grace Order of St John of Jerusalem
Other Empire Force President British Red Cross Society County Dublin Branch
More about Isabel Charlotte Talbot Formerly Gurney -
Born 1866
British Army Vice President Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Board
More about Mabell Frances Elizabeth Ogilvy -
Born 1871
Died 1946
Other Empire Force Newcastle Women's Volunteer Reserve
More about Minnie Gibson Davison -
Born 1887
Died 1974
Other Empire Force British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem
Other Empire Force Doctor Scottish Women's Hospital
More about Katherine S Macphail -
Born 1884
Died 1964
Other Empire Force Voluntary Aid Detachment
Other Empire Force Principal Commandant of VADs in France Voluntary Aid Detachment
More about Rachel Eleanor Crowdy Dbe -
Died 1951
Other Empire Force President Hospital Bag Fund
Other Empire Force President Blue Cross Society for the Care of Wounded and Sick Horses and War Dogs
More about Olive Smith-Dorrien -
Born 1876
Died 1938
Other Empire Force British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem
More about Muriel Evelyn Vernon Paget