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Dame Mary Joan Caroline Tyrwhitt
Nickname(s)Bovvy
Born1903
Died1997 (aged 93)
AllegianceVereinigtes Königreich Britain
Service/branchBritish Army
RankBrigadier
CommandsAuxiliary Territorial Service
Women's Royal Army Corps

Brigadier Dame Mary Joan Caroline Tyrwhitt, DBE, 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, 1st Baronet, a Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet.[1][2]

Death

Brigadier Dame Mary Tyrwhitt died in 1997, aged 93, unmarried.

References

  1. ^ Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 1985, ed. Charles Kidd, David Williamson, p. 875
  2. ^ "Tyrwhitt, Dame Mary Joan Caroline [known as Bovvy Tyrwhitt] (1903–1997), army officer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/65699. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
Military offices
Preceded by Director, Auxiliary Territorial Service
1946–1949
Succeeded by
Appointment abolished
Preceded by
New appointment
Director, Women's Royal Army Corps
1949–1950
Succeeded by