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Mary Tyrwhitt

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Dame Mary Joan Caroline Tyrwhitt
Nickname(s)Mary
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 1903–1997) 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.


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