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Helen Gwynne-Vaughan
(1879-1967)
woman, leader of the first women’s army corps, and botanist
Died aged 88
Wikidata WikipediaDame Helen Charlotte Isabella Gwynne-Vaughan, GBE (née Fraser; 21 January 1879 – 26 August 1967) was a prominent English botanist and mycologist. During the First World War, she served in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and then as Commandant of the Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF) from 1918 to 1919. During the Second World War, from 1939 to 1941, she served as Chief Controller of the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS).
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Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan 1879-1967 Botanist and a leader of the first women’s army corps lived in flat 93 1915-1964
Flat 93, Bedford Court Mansions, Fitzrovia, London, United Kingdom where they lived (1915-1964)