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Audrey Purton

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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.[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.