Dame Anne Beadsmore Smith DBE RRC* (1869 – 12 July 1960), also known as Ann or Annie, was a British nurse and British Army officer. She was a military nurse during the Second Boer War and the First World War. She then served as Matron-in-Chief of the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service from 1917 to 1924 and Matron-in-Chief of the Territorial Army Nursing Service from 1925 to 1931.[1][2][3]

Honours

In the 1918 New Year Honours, Smith was awarded a bar to her Royal Red Cross (RRC*) "in recognition of [her] very valuable services during the war".[4] She was also made a Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur by France for her war service, and she was granted permission to wear the award in 1920.[5] In the 1925 King's Birthday Honours, she was made Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in recognition of her work as Matron-in-Chief of Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service, and thereby granted the title of dame.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Smith, Dame Ann Beadsmore, (died 12 July 1960)". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2007. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "Dame Anne Beadsmore Smith". The Times. No. 54823. 14 July 1960. p. 16.
  3. ↑ "Dame Ann Beadsmore Smith". The Daily Telegraph. No. 32732. 13 July 1960. p. 14.
  4. ↑ "No. 30450". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1917. p. 54.
  5. ↑ "No. 32113". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 November 1920. pp. 10741–10742.
  6. ↑ "No. 33053". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 June 1925. p. 3775.
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