Mary Tyrwhitt: Difference between revisions

Dame Mary Joan Caroline Tyrwhitt
Dame Mary Joan Caroline Tyrwhitt
Nickname(s)	Bovvy
Born	1903
Died	1997 (aged 93 or 94)
Allegiance	Britain
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Brigadier
Commands	Auxiliary Territorial Service; Women's Royal Army Corps

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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.

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

Military offices
Preceded by Dame Leslie Whateley	Director, Auxiliary Territorial Service 1946–1949	Succeeded by Appointment abolished
Preceded by New appointment	Director, Women's Royal Army Corps 1949–1950	Succeeded by Dame Mary Coulshed

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