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Line 1: {{Short description\|British Army officer}} {{distinguish\|~~Jacqueline~~Jaqueline Tyrwhitt}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox military person \|image= \|name= ~~Dame~~ Mary ~~Joan Caroline~~ Tyrwhitt \|~~ALTERNATIVE NAMES~~ birth_name= ~~Brigadier Dame~~ Mary Joan Caroline Tyrwhitt▼ \|birth_date=22 December 1903 ~~\|death_date=1997 (aged 93 or 94)~~ \|death_date={{death date and age\|1997\|3\|18\|1903\|12\|22\|df=y}} ~~\|birth_place=~~ \|birth_place= [[Dublin]], Ireland<ref>''Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1655–1915''</ref> ~~\|death_place=~~ \|death_place= [[Warwickshire]], England \|caption= \|nickname= Bovvy Line 17 ⟶ 20: \|battles= }} [[Brigadier]] '''Dame Mary Joan Caroline Tyrwhitt''', [[Order of the British Empire\|DBE]], [[Territorial Decoration\|TD]] (22 December 1903 – 18 March 1997) was a [[British Army]] officer. She was the last director of the [[Auxiliary Territorial Service]] (ATS) and the first director of the [[Women's Royal Army Corps]] (WRAC) when it was established on 1 February 1949. Her father was Sir [[Reginald Tyrwhitt]], [[Tyrwhitt_baronets#Tyrwhitt_baronets,_of_Terschelling_and_Oxford_(1919)\|1st Baronet]], a [[Royal Navy]] [[Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy)\|Admiral of the Fleet]].<ref>''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' 1985, ed. Charles Kidd, David Williamson, p. 875</ref><ref>{{Cite ODNB\|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-65699\|title=Tyrwhitt, Dame Mary Joan Caroline [known as Bovvy Tyrwhitt] (1903–1997), army officer\|year=2004\|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/65699}}</ref> ==Death== Brigadier Dame Mary Tyrwhitt died in 1997, aged 93, unmarried. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101065699/ Oxford Index] [https://web.archive.org/web/20070220140101/http://web.ukonline.co.uk/m.gratton/Names/Mary.htm UK online] {{s-start}} {{UKs-mil~~-bio-stub~~}}▼ {{s-bef\|before=[[Leslie Whateley\|Dame Leslie Whateley]]}} {{s-ttl\|title=[[Auxiliary Territorial Service\|Director, Auxiliary Territorial Service]]\|years=1946–1949}} {{s-non\|reason=Post abolished}} {{s-new\| post}} {{s-ttl\|title=[[Women's Royal Army Corps\|Director, Women's Royal Army Corps]]\|years=1949–1950}} {{s-aft\|after=[[Mary Coulshed\|Dame Mary Coulshed]]}} {{s-end}} ~~{{Persondata~~ ~~\|NAME = Tyrwhitt, Mary~~ ▲\|ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Brigadier Dame Mary Joan Caroline Tyrwhitt ~~\|SHORT DESCRIPTION = Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire~~ ~~\|DATE OF BIRTH = 22 December 1903~~ ~~\|PLACE OF BIRTH =~~ ~~\|DATE OF DEATH = 18 March 1997~~ ~~\|PLACE OF DEATH = }}~~ {{DEFAULTSORT:Tyrwhitt, Mary}} [[Category:1903 births]] Line 39 ⟶ 48: [[Category:Auxiliary Territorial Service officers]] [[Category:Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] [[Category:~~Women~~British women in World War II]] [[Category:Women's Royal Army Corps officers]] [[Category:~~Place~~Daughters of ~~birth missing~~baronets]] [[Category:~~Place~~British ~~of death missing~~Catholics]] [[Category:People from Dublin (city)]] {{UK-army-bio-stub}} ▲{{UK-mil-bio-stub}}