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.
Mary Tyrwhitt | |
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| Birth name | Mary Joan Caroline Tyrwhitt |
| Nickname(s) | Bovvy |
| Born | December 22, 1903 |
| Died | March 18, 1997 (aged 93) |
| Allegiance |  Britain |
| Service/ | British Army |
| Rank | Brigadier |
| Commands held | Auxiliary Territorial Service Women's Royal Army Corps |
Her father was Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt, 1st Baronet, a Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet.[1][2]
Death edit
Brigadier Dame Mary Tyrwhitt died in 1997, aged 93, unmarried.
References edit
- ^ Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 1985, ed. Charles Kidd, David Williamson, p. 875
- ^ "Tyrwhitt, Dame Mary Joan Caroline [known as Bovvy Tyrwhitt] (1903–1997), army officer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/65699. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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