Mary Tyrwhitt | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Mary Joan Caroline Tyrwhitt |
| Nickname(s) | Bovvy |
| Born | 22 December 1903 Dublin, Ireland[1] |
| Died | 18 March 1997 (aged 93) Warwickshire, England |
| Allegiance |  Britain |
| Service | British Army |
| Rank | Brigadier |
| Commands | Auxiliary Territorial Service Women's Royal Army Corps |
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.
Her father was Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt, 1st Baronet, a Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet.[2][3]
- ^ Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1655–1915
- ^ Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 1985, ed. Charles Kidd, David Williamson, p. 875
- ^ "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.)