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Doris Beale

British nursing administrator

Died when: 81 years 158 days (977 months)
Star Sign: Leo

 

Doris Beale

Dame Doris Winifred Beale, DBE, RRC & Bar (9 August 1889 – 14 January 1971) was a British military nurse and nursing administrator who served as Matron-in-Chief of Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service from 1941 to 1944 during the Second World War.

In the 1944 Birthday Honours she was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE), a first in the Royal Naval Nursing Service.

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