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Joan Whittington
Cicely Joan Whittington Commander of the Order of the British Empire, CBE (21 January 1907 – 23 March 1980)''England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007'' was an English Red Cross aid worker. Work during WWII Whittington joined the Red Cross in 1928. At the start of World War II, aged 32, she became a voluntary nursing assistant and was sent to Cairo, Cairo, Egypt. During the war, she also worked in Tripoli, Libya, Italy, and Greece. Post-war achievements After the war, Whittington began to work on expanding the Red Cross' overseas operations, setting up new branches and continuing her work in Kenya, Uganda, Borneo, Fiji, the Caribbean, and the United States. She eventually rose to become the Red Cross' Director of Overseas Branches. Whittington was also a Magistrates' court (England and Wales), magistrate and Chairman of the Bench in Oxfordshire, and was active in the Scouting, Scout movement. Whittington was successively made a Member of the Order of t ...
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Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established on 4 June 1917 by King George V and comprises five classes across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two of which make the recipient either a knight if male or dame if female. There is also the related British Empire Medal, whose recipients are affiliated with, but not members of, the order. Recommendations for appointments to the Order of the British Empire were originally made on the nomination of the United Kingdom, the self-governing Dominions of the Empire (later Commonwealth) and the Viceroy of India. Nominations continue today from Commonwealth countries that participate in recommending British honours. Most Commonwealth countries ceased recommendations for appointments to the Order of the British Empire when they cre ...
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