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| Mary Katherine Rosamund Colvin | |
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| 1907 - 1988 | |
| Allegiance |  British |
| Service/branch | British Army |
| Rank | Brigadier |
| Commands held | Women's Royal Army Corps |
| Awards | DBE, OBE, TD |
Brigadier Dame Mary Katherine Rosamund Colvin, DBE, OBE, TD, Honorary ADC (1907 - 1988) was a Director of the British Women's Royal Army Corps (WRAC). She was commissioned into the British Army before the war broke out in 1939. She commanded a Central Ordnance Depot ATS Group at Weedon, Northamptonshire (1943-44).
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Family
Mary Colvin was born into a military family, one of four children and the only daughter, of Lt. Col. Forrester Farnell Colvin (CBE, OBE, MC, DL; died 16 February 1936) and Isabella Katherine McClintock-Bunbury (b. 28 December 1874 - d. 30 March 1963), who married on 26 July 1894. They lived at Morleys, Shermanbury Grange, Horsham, Sussex, where their children were born.[1]
Death
Dame Mary Colvin died in 1988, having lived out her latter decades in Rutland.
Her personal papers are at The National Archives, along with those of other British military women, such as Dame Katharine Furse, Dame Rachel Crowdy, Brigadier Dame Mary Coulshed and others.
Legacy
The WRAC Accommodation block in Hong Kong was named Colvin House in her honour. It was situated within Victoria Barracks which was alongside the Wanchai district on the harbour side of the island. That barracks were demolished in the late 1970s/early 1980s when the new build at HMS Tamar was completed.[1]
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