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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 1880
Died 1947
Other Empire Force Commandant Mount Stuart Royal Naval Hospital
More about Augusta Mary Monica Crichton-Stuart -
Born 1876
Died 1938
Other Empire Force British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem
More about Muriel Evelyn Vernon Paget -
Born 1866
Other Empire Force Chairwoman Women's Hospital Committee
More about May Webster -
Died 1951
Other Empire Force President Hospital Bag Fund
Other Empire Force President Blue Cross Society for the Care of Wounded and Sick Horses and War Dogs
More about Olive Smith-Dorrien -
Born 1875
Died 1952
British Army Voluntary Aid Detachment Voluntary Aid Detachment
British Army 633 British Red Cross Society
Royal Navy Director Women's Royal Naval Service
More about Katharine Furse -
Born 1856
Died 1927
Other Empire Force Founder Lady Sclater's Workrooms for Hospitals at Home & Abroad
Other Empire Force Founder Smokes for Soldiers and Sailors
More about Edith Harriet Sclater -
British Army Doctor Royal Army Medical Corps
More about Constance Muriel Astley Maer -
British Army Area Controller, Abbeville Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps
More about Mary Sophie Frood -
Other Empire Force President British Red Cross, Australia
More about Helen Hermione Munro Ferguson Gbe -
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 1880
Died 1967
British Army Sister Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service attached Casualty Clearing Station
More about Minnie Wood, Rrc O.b.e -
Born 1885
Other Empire Force Young Mens Christian Association 3rd Army Rest Camp
More about Phyllis Hermione Coke -
Born 1857
Died 1941
Other Empire Force Chairman National War Savings Committee Women's Advisory Committee
More about Sybil Margaret Thomas -
Born 1855
Other Empire Force Commandant and Nursing Sister British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem Belgrave Square Hospital
More about Laura Elizabeth Mclaren -
Born 1854
Died 1940
Other Empire Force President British Red Cross Society Scottish Branch
More about Violet Hermione Graham -
Born 1865
Died 1948
Other Empire Force Founder War Refugees Committee
More about Edith Sophy Lyttelton -
Born 1860
Died 1944
Other Empire Force Cobham Hall military hospital
More about Florence Rose Bligh -
Born 1857
Other Empire Force Founder Bluebirds' Nest, Home of Rest for Tired Nurses
More about Fanny Lucy Byron -
Born 1877
Died 1958
British Army Sister Civil Hospital Reserve General Hospital
British Army Staff Nurse Civil Hospital Reserve General Hospital
British Army Staff Nurse 14 General Hospital
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More about Edith Elizabeth Appleton, Rrc -
Born 1892
Died 1969
Other Empire Force British War Mission
More about Margery Townshend Later Fish, Mbe