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DBE
Women named Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire due to their contributions to the war effort.
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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 1851
Died 1930
Other Empire Force Commandant British Red Cross Society
More about Florence Eveleen Eleanore Bell -
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 1871
Other Empire Force Lady of Grace Order of St John of Jerusalem
More about Margaret Agnes Davidson, Dbe -
Born 1864
Died 1945
Other Empire Force Director HRH Princess Victoria's Rest Clubs for Nurses
More about Blanche Gordon-Lennox -
Born 1843
Other Empire Force Fundraiser and Donor British Red Cross Woodfield, Werneth, Oldham
More about Sarah Lees -
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 -
Born 1856
Died 1954
Other Empire Force Superintendent Soldiers' Club and Rest Camp Kantara Railway Station
More about Alice Isabel Chisholm Dbe -
Born 1843
Died 1936
Other Empire Force Founder National Association for Supplying Female Medical Aid to the Women of India
More about Hariot Georgina Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood Dbe -
Born 1859
Other Empire Force Chairman British Red Cross and Order of St John Irish War Hospital Supply Depot
More about Caroline Sydney Arnott -
Born 1880
Died 1947
Other Empire Force Commandant Mount Stuart Royal Naval Hospital
More about Augusta Mary Monica Crichton-Stuart -
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 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 -
Born 1857
Died 1941
Other Empire Force Chairman National War Savings Committee Women's Advisory Committee
More about Sybil Margaret Thomas -
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