Helen Gwynne-Vaughan

Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan

Portrait by William Orpen, 1918
Birth nameHelen Charlotte Isabella Fraser
Born(1879-01-21)21 January 1879
Westminster, London, England
Died26 August 1967(1967-08-26) (aged 88)
Storrington, Sussex, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchAuxiliary Territorial Service
RankDirector
UnitFirst Chief Controller, Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps (QMAAC) in France
CommandsWomen's Royal Air Force
Spouse(s)David Thomas Gwynne-Vaughan
(m. 1911–1915, his death)

Dame Helen Charlotte Isabella Gwynne-Vaughan, GBE (née Fraser; 21 January 1879 – 26 August 1967) was a prominent English botanist and mycologist. During the First World War, she served in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and then as Commandant of the Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF) from 1918 to 1919. During the Second World War, from 1939 to 1941, she served as Chief Controller of the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS).