Nickname(s) Bovvy Service/branch British Army Rank Brigadier | Died March 18, 1997 Name Mary Tyrwhitt Allegiance United Kingdom | |
Commands held Auxiliary Territorial Service
Women's Royal Army Corps | ||
Brigadier Dame Mary Joan Caroline Tyrwhitt, DBE, TD (22 December 1903–18 March 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.
Death
Brigadier Dame Mary Tyrwhitt died in 1997, aged 93, unmarried.
References
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