Mary Railton
Dame Mary "Molly" Railton, DBE (28 May 1906 – 12 November 1992) was a senior British Army officer. She served as Director of the Women's Royal Army Corps (WRAC) from 1954 to 1957, and its Deputy Controller Commandant from 1961 to 1967. She had joined the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry as a driver in 1938, and at the outbreak of the Second World War was a corporal in the WRAC's predecessor, the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS): she was the first WRAC director to have served in the other ranks.[1][2][3][4]
References
- ^ "Railton, Brig. Dame Mary". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-174980. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ "Brigadier Dame Mary Railton". The Times. No. 64491. 16 November 1992. p. 21.
- ^ Terry, Roy (21 November 1992). "Brigadier Dame Mary Railton". The Independent. No. 1903. p. 49.
- ^ "Deputy Controller Commandant, W.R.A.C.". The Times. No. 54969. 3 January1961. p. 10.
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