Anne Beadsmore Smith

Dame Anne Beadsmore Smith
Dame Anne Beadsmore Smith
Born	1869
Died	12 July 1960 (aged 90–91)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Rank	Matron-in-Chief
Commands	Territorial Army Nursing Service (1925–31); Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (1917–24)
Battles / wars	Second Boer War; First World War
Awards	Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire; Royal Red Cross & Bar; Knight of the Legion of Honour (France)

Dame Anne Beadsmore Smith, DBE, RRC & Bar (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 "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]

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