Mary Tyrwhitt

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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.

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

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  1. Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 1985, ed. Charles Kidd, David Williamson, p. 875
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Military offices
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check Director, Auxiliary Territorial Service
1946–1949 Template:S-ttl/check
Post abolished
New post Director, Women's Royal Army Corps
1949–1950 Template:S-ttl/check
Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by

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