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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British Army Acting Sister Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service attached Casualty Clearing Station
Born 1888
Died 1938
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
Born 1864
British Army Matron Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
British Army Matron Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
British Army Assistant Principal Matron Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
Born 1854
Died 1937
Other Empire Force Dame British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem
Born 1890
Died 1919
Other Empire Force Ambulance Driver Voluntary Aid Detachment
Other Empire Force British Red Cross Society And Order Of Saint John Of Jerusalem
Other Empire Force Commandant British Red Cross Society Rivercourt Auxiliary Hospital, Maldon
Other Empire Force Lady Superintendent British Red Cross Society
Other Empire Force Lady Superintendent Wallacefield Auxiliary Hospital
Other Empire Force Ministry of Munitions
Other Empire Force Assistant Director for Bacon Distribution Ministry of Food
Born 1869
Died 1948
British Army Matron In Chief Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
Other Empire Force
British Army 39118 Hospital Letter Writer Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps
British Army Young Mens Christian Association
British Army Nurse French Red Cross
Born 1880
Died 1947
British Army Voluntary Aid Detachment
Royal Navy Deputy Director Women's Royal Naval Service
Born 1873
Died 1949
British Army Voluntary Aid Detachment British Red Cross Society
British Army Chief Controller Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps
Born 1878
Died 1949
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister, Matron Canadian Army Medical Corps