Colonel Bridget Christina McEvilly, CBE, ARRC (1946 – 22 January 2024) was a British Army nurse and nursing administrator who served as Director Army Nursing Services and Matron-in-Chief of the Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC).
Bridget McEvilly | |
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Born | 1946 Middlesex, England |
Died | (aged 77) |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1977–2002 |
Rank | Colonel |
Commands | Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (1999–2002) |
Awards | Commander of the Order of the British Empire Associate of the Royal Red Cross |
Life and career
editBorn in Middlesex, McEvilly was commissioned in Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC) in 1977, having previously been a nurse in hospitals in, among other places, Canada, London, and the Falkland Islands.
McEvilly was later a nursing administrator at the Ministry of Defence,[1] and served as Assistant Director Army Nursing Services. She was awarded the Associate of the Royal Red Cross in the 1985 New Year Honours,[2] and appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2002 New Year Honours.[3]
McEvilly died after a long illness on 22 January 2024, at the age of 77.[4]
References
edit- ^ QARANC website
- ^ "No. 49969". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1984. p. 25.
- ^ "No. 56430". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2001. p. 5.
- ^ "Colonel Bridget Christina McEvilly CBE ARRC". The Telegraph. 26 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.