Euphemia Welby

Euphemia Violet Welby (née Lyon), CBE, JP (28 September 1891 – 6 May 1987) was named Supt. of the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) on 12 June 1939. She was named CBE on 1 January 1944

Background

* 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 on Staff of Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth [HMS Drake]

In civilian life, she did social work on committees in Plymouth and became Chairman of the Astor Institute and was a Justice of the Peace in Somerset, England in 1947.

Family

Euphemia Violet Lyon was married to Richard Martin Welby (b. 1886 - d. 1930), son of the Rev. Abraham Adlard Welby and Bertha Sobranoa; it is not clear if they had any children.

Links

* [http://www.unithistories.com/officers/WRNS_officersM.html WRNS Website]