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Name
  
Euphemia Welby

Died
  
May 6, 1987

Euphemia Violet Welby (nee Lyon), CBE, JP (28 September 1891 — 6 May 1987) was named Supt. of the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) on 12 June 1939. She was named CBE on 1 January 1944.

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Background

Parents: Admiral Herbert Lyon & Frances Violet Inglis

  • 1914 - 1916: Hon. Sec. SS&AFA Devonport (later Hon. Sec. SS/AFA)
  • 1916 - 1919: Red Cross Cook, Malta
  • 1939 - 1945: WRNS service:
  • 12 June 1939 - July 1945: Staff of Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth [HMS Drake]

    • In civilian life, she did social work on committees in Plymouth and became Chairman of the Astor Institute and was a Justice of the Peace in Somerset, England in 1947.

    Family

    Euphemia Violet Lyon married Richard Martin Welby (1886—1930), son of the Rev. Abraham Adlard Welby and Bertha Sobranoa. The couple had four children.

    Death

    Euphemia Welby died in 1987, aged 95.

    References

    Euphemia Welby Wikipedia
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