Blanche Badcock

**Blanche Margaret Mary Badcock** (1892 – 20 Janairu 1957) 'yar Birtaniya ce mai harbin bindiga . Ita ce mace ta farko da ta shiga gasar Sovereign's Prize kuma ta farko da aka zaba a Gasar Kolapore, bi da bi, mafi shahara a gasar mutum ɗaya da ƙungiya a harbin bindigar Birtaniya. Ita ce abokiyar rayuwa ta Marjorie Foster, mace ta farko da ta lashe kyautar Sovereign's Prize.

An haife ta a Birtaniya Indiya a shekarar 1892, Badcock 'yar wani ma'aikacin gwamnati ce ta Ingila, kuma ta yi rayuwarta ta farko a Kent da Cheltenham. Ta zama ma'aikaciyar jinya ta Sa-kai da kuma direban Rundunar Sojojin Ruwa a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Ɗaya, inda ta haɗu da Marjorie Foster. Bayan yaƙin, Foster da Badcock sun ƙaura zuwa gonar kaji kusa da Bisley Camp da ke Surrey, cibiyar harbin bindiga ta Burtaniya, inda Foster ya ƙarfafa Badcock ya fara wasan. A shekarar 1926, Badcock ta zama mace ta farko da ta fafata a gasar Sovereign's Prize, kuma ta kai wasan ƙarshe na gasar a shekarar 1932. A matsayinta na mai harbin ƙungiya, ta wakilci Hampshire da Indiya: an zaɓe ta a matsayin wurin ajiye motoci na ƙarshe a wasan Kolapore na 1938.

A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, Badcock ta yi aiki a matsayin jami'i a rundunar sojojin sama ta mata, kuma an naɗa ta a matsayin ƙarin memba na ƙungiyar daular Burtaniya . Ta zauna tare da Foster a gonarta har tsawon rayuwarta, kuma ta mutu a ranar 20 ga Janairu 1957.

## Rayuwa
An haifi Blanche Margaret Mary Badcock a ƙasar Birtaniya a shekarar 1892. [ 1 ] Ita 'yar Francis Badcock ce, ɗan asalin Taunton a Somerset da ke aiki a Indiya tare da Ma'aikatan Gwamnati na Indiya, da matarsa ta biyu, Adele Margaret. A shekarar 1895, Francis Badcock ya koma Ingila, inda ya fara ƙaura zuwa Detling a Kent, inda wata mai kula da harkokin gwamnati ta yi wa Badcock karatu. A shekarar 1911, iyalin suna zaune a College Green a Cheltenham, inda a wannan lokacin ne ilimin Badcock ya ƙare. 

A watan Disamba na shekarar 1914, bayan barkewar Yaƙin Duniya na Ɗaya, Badcock ta zama ma'aikaciyar jinya ta Sa-kai ta Asibitin Suffolk Hall da ke Cheltenham, inda ta riƙe wannan matsayi har zuwa Janairun 1917.  Ta kuma yi aiki a matsayin direba a Rundunar Sojojin Ruwa .  A lokacin yaƙin, ta haɗu da abokiyar rayuwarta, Marjorie Foster, direba a Ƙungiyar Mata Masu Motoci . [ 4 ] Bayan yaƙin, sun gudanar da gonar kaji kuma suka koma gida tare a Coleford Paddocks a ƙauyen Frimley Green,  kusa da Bisley Camp da ke Surrey, cibiyar harbin bindiga ta Burtaniya. 

A watan Oktoban 1925, Foster ta shawo kan Badcock ya fara harbin bindiga,  kuma dukkansu suka shiga South London Rifle Club, ƙungiyar Bisley guda ɗaya tilo da ta karɓi mata.  A shekarar 1926, Badcock ta zama mace ta farko da ta shiga gasar King's Prize, gasar da ta fi shahara a harbin bindiga mai kama da na Burtaniya, wanda a lokacin aka takaita ta ga masu fafatawa waɗanda suka yi aiki a rundunar sojojin Burtaniya. [ 7 ] Ta kai mataki na biyu cikin matakai uku na taron,  ta rasa cancantar shiga gasar ɗari na ƙarshe da maki ɗaya cikin 150.  Ta kai wasan ƙarshe na gasar King's a shekarar 1932.  A wannan shekarar, tare da Foster, ta yi harbi ga Hampshire a gasar County Championship Short Range: duka sun sami maki 141, mafi girma a cikin ƙungiyar.  A shekarar 1938, an zaɓe ta a matsayin wurin ajiye motoci ga Indiya a wasan Kolapore, babban gasa a harbin ƙungiyar Commonwealth, ta zama mace ta farko da ta zama memba a ƙungiyar Kolapore.  Ta yi harbi a wasan ƙasa da ƙasa na Mackinnon a shekarun 1936, 1938, 1939 da 1946, a shekarar ƙarshe da ta wakilci Indiya. 

Mai gidan Coleford Paddocks, Reginald Cory, ya bar wa Badcock gonar bayan mutuwarsa a shekarar 1934; wataƙila an kammala canja wurin mallakarta zuwa mallakarta a shekarar 1938. [1] A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, Badcock ya yi aiki a Rundunar Sojan Sama ta Mata : [1] an naɗa ta mataimakiyar kamfani, mafi ƙarancin matsayi na jami'i, daga ranar 24 ga Oktoba 1939, [1] daga baya kuma ta zama jami'ar jirgin sama . [1] A shekarar 1940, an naɗa ta a matsayin Ƙarin Memba na Order of the British Empire ; an ba da adireshinta a cikin Jaridar London a matsayin Indian Rifle Club a London. [1] Ta ci gaba da gudanar da gonar kaji, tare da Foster, har tsawon rayuwarta. [ 15 ] Ta mutu a ranar 20 ga Janairu 1957, ta bar wani kadara mai darajar £7,302 10s 6d ( equivalent to £222,385 a shekarar 2023 ) ga 'yar uwarta Estelle wadda mijinta ya rasu. [1]

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