Dame Mary Frances Coulshed
Nickname(s)Mary Coulshed
Born10 November 1904
Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Died28 September 1998(1998-09-28) (aged 93)
Hendon, London, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom British
Service/branchBritish Army
RankBrigadier
Commands heldWomen's Royal Army Corps
AwardsDame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Territorial Decoration

Brigadier Dame Mary Frances Coulshed, DBE, TD (10 November 1904 28 September 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 on 28 September 1998, aged 93.[1]

References

  1. "Obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 30 September 1998. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
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