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Mary Tyrwhitt

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
Birth nameMary Joan Caroline Tyrwhitt
Nickname(s)Bovvy
BornDecember 22, 1903
DiedMarch 18, 1997(1997-03-18) (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 edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 1985, ed. Charles Kidd, David Williamson, p. 875
  2. ^ "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.)

External links edit

  • Oxford Index
Military offices
Preceded by Director, Auxiliary Territorial Service
1946–1949
Post abolished
New post Director, Women's Royal Army Corps
1949–1950
Succeeded by


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