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Helen Gillespie

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Dame Helen Gillespie
Birth nameHelen Shiels Gillespie
Born(1898-03-26)26 March 1898
Died1974
Allegiance United Kingdom
RankBrigadier
CommandsQueen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps
Battles / warsWorld War I
AwardsDame Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Brigadier Dame Helen Shiels Gillespie DBE RRC QHNS (26 March 1898 – 1974) was a British nursing matron during World War II.

From 1952 until her retirement on 31 July 1956 on completion of her term, Gillespie served as Matron-in-Chief of Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (QAIMNS/QARANC). Helen Gillespie was appointed Honorary Nursing Sister to the Queen on 25 June 1952, succeeding Anne Thomson.[1]

Honours

She was named a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1954.

References

  1. ^ Profile, gazettes-online.co.uk; accessed 1 January 2017.