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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 1877
Died 1936
British Army Doctor Royal Army Medical Corps
More about Agnes Moore Livingstone-Learmouth -
Born 1866
Other Empire Force Armenia's Flag Day Depot
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Born 1885
Died 1977
Other Empire Force Ladies Auxiliary Committee, Munitions Section, YMCA
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Born 1864
Died 1945
Other Empire Force Director HRH Princess Victoria's Rest Clubs for Nurses
More about Blanche Gordon-Lennox -
Born 1874
Died 1957
Other Empire Force Chairman British Red Cross Society, Voluntary Aid Detachment VAD Committee
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Other Empire Force Lady Superintendent British Red Cross Society
More about Florence Priscilla Norman -
Born 1843
Other Empire Force Fundraiser and Donor British Red Cross Woodfield, Werneth, Oldham
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Other Empire Force Lady Superintendent Women's Legion Motor Driving School
More about J Athol Levey Now Renton -
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 -
British Army Directrice French Red Cross
British Army British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem
More about Helen M Murray -
Born 1882
British Army Assistant Matron General Hospital
British Army Sister Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
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Other Empire Force Directress, BRCS Stores British Red Cross Society Rouen
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Born 1859
Died 1949
British Army Matron-in-Chief Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
More about Emma Maud Mccarthy, Gbe, Rrc And Bar -
British Army Sister Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
More about Norah Easeby -
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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 -
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British Army Chief Controller Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps
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