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Awards and decorations conferred upon women in the First World War


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Hi,

I'm sure that quite a number of people have made a stab at this over the years. I've often encountered an MBE here and there (quite apart from all the Royal Red Cross awards) but have never systematically recorded them.

I was wondering if anyone is compiling this data?

For what it's worth, here's one I stumbled across the other day, an unusual example of a description accompanying the MBE.

Marjorie Beryl Brisley, WRAF, made a gallant attempt at extricating the occupants of a crashed aeroplane on 17 December 1918. Brisley was credited with rescuing one and assisting in the removal of the second member of the aircrew:

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31378/supplement/7035 

As may be noted, although it was an incident in December 1918 I'd imagine there was little/no prospect of this being considered for the New Year's Honours List. I'm nevertheless surprised it didn't feature as a media item prior to the King's Birthday honours.

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