Euphemia Violet Welby,

CBE 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 o ...

, JP (née Lyon; 28 September 1891 – 6 May 1987) was commissioned as a

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in the

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(WRNS) on 12 June 1939. She was appointed

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(CBE) on 1 January 1944.

Background

Parents: Admiral Herbert Lyon & Frances Violet Inglis * 1914 – 1916: Hon. Sec. SS&AFA Devonport (later Hon. Sec. SS/AFA) * 1916 – 1919: Red Cross Cook, Malta * 1939 – 1945: WRNS service: * 12 June 1939 – July 1945: Staff of Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth MS Drake In civilian life, she did social work on committees in

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and became Chairman of the Astor Institute and was a

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in 1947.

Family

Euphemia Violet Lyon married Richard Martin Welby (1886–1930), a naval officer who rose to the rank of Captain, who was the son of the Rev. Abraham Adlard Welby and Bertha Sobranoa. The couple had four children.

Death

Euphemia Welby died in 1987, aged 95. She is buried alongside her mother in the graveyard of

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External links

WRNS Website
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