serviceyears laterwork branch commands death_date allegiance unit awards name battles birth_date rank article_title birth_name
1937 -- 1968 colonel-commandant 1969 -- 74 -rrb- queen alexandra 's royal army nursing corps -lrb- british army matron-in-chief 1964 -- 68 -rrb- queen alexandra 's royal army nursing corps -lrb- 24 september 1993 united kingdom queen alexandra 's royal army nursing corps dame royal red cross mentioned in despatches commander of the order of the british empire dame margot turner second world war 10 may 1910 brigadier margot turner
 evelyn marguerite turner
margot turner

brigadier dame evelyn marguerite turner -lrb- 10 may 1910 -- 24 september 1993 -rrb- , known as margot turner , was a british military nurse and world war ii prisoner of war .
after the war she resumed her career with a succession of foreign postings .
