Mary Coulshed
Dame Mary Frances Coulshed | |
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Nickname(s) | Mary Coulshed |
Born | 1904 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England |
Died | 1998 (aged 93 or 94) Hendon, London, England |
Allegiance | British |
Service/ | British Army |
Rank | Brigadier |
Commands held | Women's Royal Army Corps |
Awards | Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire Territorial Decoration |
Brigadier Dame Mary Frances Coulshed, DBE, TD (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 1953 Coronation Honours.
She died unmarried in 1998.
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