Margot Turner
Dame Margot Turner | |
---|---|
Born | Finchley, Middlesex | 10 May 1910
Died | 24 September 1993 Brighton, East Sussex | (aged 83)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1937–1968 |
Rank | Brigadier |
Commands held | Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (1964–68) |
Battles/wars | Second World War |
Awards | Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire Royal Red Cross Mentioned in Despatches |
Other work | Colonel-Commandant Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (1969–74) |
Brigadier Dame Evelyn Marguerite Turner, DBE, RRC (10 May 1910 – 24 September 1993), known as Margot Turner, was a British military nurse and nursing administrator. A prisoner of war during the Second World War, she resumed her career following liberation and served in a succession of foreign postings.
Nursing career
Turner served with Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service from 1937 to 1949 and Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC) from 1949 to 1968. She served as Matron-in-Chief of QARANC and Director, Army Nursing Services (1964–68) and was Colonel-Commandant of QARANC from 1969 to 1974.
Prisoner of war
Turner's obituary in The Independent recounted her horrific experiences as a prisoner of war held by the Japanese.[1]
The television series Tenko was created by Lavinia Warner after she had worked as a researcher for the edition of the television programme This Is Your Life which featured Turner, and was convinced of the dramatic potential of the stories of women prisoners of the Japanese.[2]
Honours
- Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE; 1946)
- Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE; 1965)
Death
Turner died at St Dunstan's home for disabled ex-servicemen and women in Brighton, East Sussex on 24 September 1993, aged 83 with nurses and her carer Geoffrey Wilcock present.
External links
- Disposition of Dame Evelyn Turner's will
- Oxford Biography Index entry #101053383 (subscription required)
References
- ^ "Obituary: Dame Margot Turner". The Independent. 11 October 1993.
- ^ Warner and Sandilands Women Beyond the Wire: A Story of Prisoners of the Japanese 1942–45, 1982, dustjacket
- Articles with short description
- Short description matches Wikidata
- Use dmy dates from June 2020
- Articles with FAST identifiers
- Articles with ISNI identifiers
- Articles with VIAF identifiers
- Articles with WorldCat Entities identifiers
- Articles with GND identifiers
- Articles with LCCN identifiers
- Articles with NTA identifiers
- 1910 births
- 1993 deaths
- English nurses
- British nursing administrators
- British World War II prisoners of war
- Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- People from Finchley
- Place of birth missing
- World War II prisoners of war held by Japan
- British women in World War II
- Members of the Royal Red Cross