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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 1878
Died 1959
Other Empire Force Superintendent British Red Cross Society St. Dorothy's Convalescent Home for Soldiers
More about Emily Ethel Link, Mbe -
British Army Directrice French Red Cross
British Army British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem
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Other Empire Force Commandant British Red Cross Society Rivercourt Auxiliary Hospital, Maldon
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Other Empire Force Administrator Hall Walker Hospital for Officers Hall Walker Hospital for Officers
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Born 1854
Died 1940
Other Empire Force President British Red Cross Society Scottish Branch
More about Violet Hermione Graham -
Born 1857
Other Empire Force Founder Bluebirds' Nest, Home of Rest for Tired Nurses
More about Fanny Lucy Byron -
Born 1871
Other Empire Force Lady of Grace Order of St John of Jerusalem
More about Margaret Agnes Davidson, Dbe -
Born 1880
Other Empire Force British Red Cross Society Englefield House Auxiliary Hospital
More about Marion Benyon, Mbe -
Other Empire Force President British Women’s Work Association, Shanghai
More about Annie Elizabeth De Sausmarez -
Born 1881
Died 1948
Other Empire Force Bacteriologist Scottish Women's Hospitals (French Red Cross) Royaumont, France
British Army Medical Women attached Royal Army Medical Corps
British Army Doctor Royal Army Medical Corps
More about Elsie Jean Dalyell -
Born 1885
Died 1977
Other Empire Force Ladies Auxiliary Committee, Munitions Section, YMCA
More about Clementine Churchill -
Born 1873
Died 1956
Other Empire Force Matron Curative Hospital Lord Roberts Memorial Workshops
More about Georgina Ruth Reeve -
Born 1892
Died 1969
Other Empire Force British War Mission
More about Margery Townshend Later Fish, Mbe -
Born 1873
Died 1943
British Army Doctor
British Army Doctor and Chief Surgeon Women's Hospital Corps
More about Louisa Garrett Anderson -
Born 1856
Died 1954
Other Empire Force Superintendent Soldiers' Club and Rest Camp Kantara Railway Station
More about Alice Isabel Chisholm Dbe