Nationality United Kingdom Occupation Military nurse | Known for Matron-in-Chief Name Emily Blair | |
Born 1892 Scotland Died 25 December 1963 (aged 71)London, England | ||
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Dame Emily Mathieson Blair DBE, RRC (1892 – 25 December 1963) was a Scottish nurse and Matron-in-Chief of both the Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service and the British Red Cross Society.
Blair trained at the Western Infirmary in Glasgow and during the first world war served with the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service. When the Royal Air Force was formed in 1918 she moved to the Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service becoming Matron-in-Chief in 1938. During the second world war she was mentioned-in-dispatches.
In 1943, she became Matron-in-Chief of the British Red Cross Society and was responsible supplying trained nurses for service in hospitals and convalescent homes. She was awarded the Florence Nightingale Medal by the International Committee of the Red Cross. Blair retired in 1953 but remained a member of the Council of the British Red Cross until she died on 25 December 1963 in a London nursing home.