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Lieutenant Colonel '''Audrey Irene Purton''' [[OBE]] (8 May 1926 – 20 May 2016) was Deputy Assistant Provost Marshal of the [[Women’s Royal Army Corps]] (WRAC) from 1975 to 1982.<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/06/23/lieutenant-colonel-audrey-purton--obituary/</ref>
Lieutenant Colonel '''Audrey Irene Purton''' [[OBE]] (8 May 1926 – 20 May 2016) was Deputy Assistant Provost Marshal of the [[Women’s Royal Army Corps]] (WRAC) from 1975 to 1982.<ref name="telegraph">{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/06/23/lieutenant-colonel-audrey-purton--obituary/|publisher=telegraph.co.uk|title=Lieutenant Colonel Audrey Purton – obituary|accessdate=10 September 2016}}</ref>


Her 1982 OBE citation stated "that through her dedication, persistence and selfless concern for the Army and her policewomen she had created an elite branch of the Provost Service."<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/06/23/lieutenant-colonel-audrey-purton--obituary/</ref>
Her 1982 OBE citation stated "that through her dedication, persistence and selfless concern for the Army and her policewomen she had created an elite branch of the Provost Service."<ref name="telegraph"/>


[[She never married]].<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/06/23/lieutenant-colonel-audrey-purton--obituary/</ref>
[[She never married]].<ref name="telegraph"/>


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Revision as of 07:47, 10 September 2016

Lieutenant Colonel Audrey Irene Purton OBE (8 May 1926 – 20 May 2016) was Deputy Assistant Provost Marshal of the Women’s Royal Army Corps (WRAC) from 1975 to 1982.[1]

Her 1982 OBE citation stated "that through her dedication, persistence and selfless concern for the Army and her policewomen she had created an elite branch of the Provost Service."[1]

She never married.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Lieutenant Colonel Audrey Purton – obituary". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 10 September 2016.