Cargill, Helen

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Cargill, Helen

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1896-1969

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Born in Edinburgh. Trained as a nurse at St George's 1919-1923.

Joined the Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service in 1923; promoted to sister in 1926 and senior sister in 1939, serving in the UK and in the Middle East. Acting matron during the Second World War. Appointed Associate of the Royal Red Cross in 1941. Matron of the RAF Hospital in Normandy following the Normandy Landings, and in 1944-1945 in Brussels, Belgium. Member of the Royal Red Cross in 1945. Matron at the RAF Hospital in Matlock, Derbyshire, a psychiatric hospital specialising in treating former prisoners of war. Matron-in-chief of Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service 1948; given the rank of air commandant in 1949 when the women's forces were integrated into the British Armed Forces. Commander of the Order of St John 1949. Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1951. Retired 1952.

Died in 1969 in Edinburgh.

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