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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 1873
Died 1956
Other Empire Force Matron Curative Hospital Lord Roberts Memorial Workshops
More about Georgina Ruth Reeve -
Born 1871
Died 1946
Other Empire Force Newcastle Women's Volunteer Reserve
More about Minnie Gibson Davison -
Born 1879
Died 1967
Other Empire Force Chief Controller Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Air Force (RAF/RFC) Commandant Women's Royal Air Force
British Army Major-General Auxiliary Territorial Service
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More about Helen Charlotte Isabella Gwynne-Vaughan -
Born 1858
Died 1919
Other Empire Force Commandant British Red Cross Society Englefield Auxiliary Hospital
More about Edith Isabel Benyon, Gbe -
Born 1878
Died 1959
Other Empire Force Colonel in Chief Women's Volunteer Reserve
Other Empire Force Founder Women's Legion
More about Edith Helen Vane-Tempest-Stewart -
Born 1876
Died 1921
Other Empire Force Commandant Voluntary Aid Detachment, Spondon Auxiliary Hospital
More about Mary Lewty -
Born 1867
British Army Superintendent Women's Forage Corps
More about Ellen Frances Stewart -
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Born 1851
Died 1930
Other Empire Force Commandant British Red Cross Society
More about Florence Eveleen Eleanore Bell -
Born 1866
British Army Vice President Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Board
More about Mabell Frances Elizabeth Ogilvy -
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 1885
Died 1950
Other Empire Force Honorary Secretary Imperial War Museum, Women's Work Committee
More about Agnes Ethel Conway -
British Army British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem
More about Mary Elizabeth Harmsworth -
Born 1871
Died 1964
Other Empire Force Honorary Director-General British Empire Leave Club
More about Decima Moore -
Born 1858
Other Empire Force Young Mens Christian Association
Other Empire Force Organizer and Controller Canteen, Young Men's Christian Association
More about Madeline Louisa Beasley, Mbe -
Born 1882
Died 1962
Other Empire Force Head Sculptor Surgical Requisites Association, Queen Mary's Needlework Guild Plastic Department
More about Annie Crawford Acheson -
Born 1880
Other Empire Force British Red Cross Society Englefield House Auxiliary Hospital
More about Marion Benyon, Mbe -
Born 1865
Died 1927
British Army Lady Helpers
Other Empire Force Rouen Coffee Stall
More about Mabelle Annie Egerton -
Born 1875
British Army Unit Administrator Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
More about Lilias Ida Gill -
Born 1871
Other Empire Force Lady of Grace Order of St John of Jerusalem
More about Margaret Agnes Davidson, Dbe