Anderson was the younger child and only daughter of Sir John Anderson, later the 1st Viscount Waverley, who was Home Secretary and Minister for Home Security at the outbreak of WWII, and his wife, Christina (née Mackenzie). She was educated at Sutton High School and the Villa Brillantmont in Lausanne.
Military serviceedit
She served with the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service, the forerunner of the Women's Royal Army Corps during World War II. She joined the ATS in 1941 and was commissioned the following year. By 1946, she was ATS Group Commander Highland District based in Perth and, discovering she enjoyed service life, decided to make it her career. On leaving Perth in 1946, she undertook her first speciality work within the WRAC as assistant provost marshal (WRAC) responsible for WRAC disciplinary matters for the British Army of the Rhine and in the UK.[1]
She was promoted to colonel in 1963, and then served as commandant of the WRAC (Training) Centre from 1964 to 1967. In 1967, she was promoted to brigadier and appointed director of the Women's Royal Army Corps.[1]
Marriageedit
She married Frithjof Pihl on 8 July 1973. He died in 1988.[citation needed]
Referencesedit
^ abc"Brigadier Dame Mary Pihl". The Times. 22 June 2006. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
^"Major Accessions to Repositories in 1994 relating to Military History". The National Archives. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
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