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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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Other Empire Force Administrator Hall Walker Hospital for Officers Hall Walker Hospital for Officers
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Other Empire Force British Red Cross Society attached Red Cross Duchess of Westminster Hospital
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Born 1869
Died 1960
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 22/342 Matron in Chief New Zealand Army Nursing Service
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British Army Unit Administrator Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps
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Other Empire Force President British Women’s Work Association, Shanghai
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Born 1873
Died 1943
British Army Doctor
British Army Doctor and Chief Surgeon Women's Hospital Corps
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Born 1878
Died 1959
Other Empire Force Superintendent British Red Cross Society St. Dorothy's Convalescent Home for Soldiers
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Born 1876
Canadian Expeditionary Force Matron Canadian Army Medical Corps Canadian General Hospital
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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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Born 1856
Died 1954
Other Empire Force Superintendent Soldiers' Club and Rest Camp Kantara Railway Station
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Other Empire Force Gold Coast Red Cross Fund
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Born 1874
Died 1955
Other Empire Force Chief Lady Superintendent Woolwich Arsenal
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Died 1920
Other Empire Force Commandant Princess Christian Auxiliary Hospital, South Norwood.
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Born 1843
Died 1936
Other Empire Force Founder National Association for Supplying Female Medical Aid to the Women of India
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British Army 1 Lieutenant First Aid Nursing Yeomanry
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Born 1859
Other Empire Force Chairman British Red Cross and Order of St John Irish War Hospital Supply Depot
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Born 1867
Died 1942
Other Empire Force Commandant Red Cross Auxiliary Hospital, Leintwardine, Herefordshire
Other Empire Force President British Red Cross
More about Georgina Martha Jebb