Mary Tyrwhitt

Brigadier Dame Mary Joan Caroline Tyrwhitt, DBE, TD (22 December 190318 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.

Dame Mary Joan Caroline Tyrwhitt
Nickname(s)Bovvy
Born1903
Died1997 (aged 93)
Allegiance Britain
Service/branchBritish Army
RankBrigadier
Commands heldAuxiliary 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

Brigadier Dame Mary Tyrwhitt died in 1997, aged 93, unmarried.

References

  1. Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 1985, ed. Charles Kidd, David Williamson, p. 875
  2. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-65699
Military offices
Preceded by
Dame Leslie Whateley
Director, Auxiliary Territorial Service
19461949
Succeeded by
Appointment abolished
Preceded by
New appointment
Director, Women's Royal Army Corps
19491950
Succeeded by
Dame Mary Coulshed


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