Mary Coulshed
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Brigadier Dame Mary Frances Coulshed, DBE
(10 November 1904 – 1998) was a British Army
officer who served as Director of the Women's Royal Army Corps
(WRAC).
She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
(DBE) for her services to the British Army and the WRAC in the Queen's Birthday Honours, 1953.
She died unmarried in 1998.
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
(10 November 1904 – 1998) was a British Army
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
officer who served as Director of the Women's Royal Army Corps
Women's Royal Army Corps
The Women's Royal Army Corps was the corps to which all women in the British Army except medical, dental and veterinary officers and chaplains and nurses belonged from 1949 to 1992.-History:The...
(WRAC).
She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
(DBE) for her services to the British Army and the WRAC in the Queen's Birthday Honours, 1953.
She died unmarried in 1998.