- Title:
- Medal group, Dame Mary Tyrwhitt, Women's Royal Army Corps
- Object name(s):
- Defence Medal 1939-45
- Brief description:
- Medal group, Dame Mary Tyrwhitt, Women's Royal Army Corps. Medal group comprising (left to right): Defence Medal 1939-45; British War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Decoration; Women’s Voluntary Service Long Service Medal. Dame Mary Joan Caroline Tyrwhitt (1903-1997) was born in Dublin in 1903. The daughter of an admiral, she rose to the rank of Brigadier in the British Army. Tyrwhitt was the last Director of the Auxiliary Territorial Service, from 1946-1949, and the first Director of the Women’s Royal Army Corps from 1949-1950. She was succeeded as Director of the WRAC by Dame Mary Coulshed. Brigadier Mary Tyrwhitt was awarded her DBE in 1949.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Medals
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study collection
- Object name:
- Defence Medal 1939-45
- Object number:
- NAM. 1997-05-28-2
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
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