Edith Frances Crowdy

Edith Frances Crowdy
CBE
Born (1880-08-25)25 August 1880
79 Victoria Road, Wandsworth, London
Died 23 July 1947(1947-07-23) (aged 66)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Women's Royal Naval Service
Rank Deputy Director

Edith Francis Crowdy CBE (25 August 1880 – 23 July 1947) was the Deputy Director of the Women's Royal Naval Service,[1] and served as the first general secretary of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts.

She was born on 25 August 1880 at 79 Victoria Road, Wandsworth, London, one of the four daughters of solicitor James Crowdy and his wife, Mary Isabel Anne Fuidge.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Jane Carmichael's book First World War Photographers referred to at https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/121077-edith-frances-crowdy-womens-royal-naval-service/
  2. ↑ http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/62129
  3. ↑ Who Was Who: CROWDY, Edith Frances, CBE 1919; 3rd d. of late James and Isabel Crowdy; unmarried; died 23 July 1947. Hon. Serving Sister Order of St John of Jerusalem, 1917. Education: Home. Career: VAD, 1912-17; Deputy Director, Women's Royal Naval Service, 1917-19; Secretary, Hellenic Travellers' Club, 1926-39. Recreation: Reading and music. Clubs: University Women's, Ex-Service Women's. Address: 100 Beaufort St, Chelsea, SW. Aled
  4. ↑ UK, Navy Lists, 1888-1970 Soldier, Veteran & Prisoner Rolls & Lists http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?uidh=000&rank=1&new=1&so=3&msT=1&gsln=Crowdy&MSAV=1&cp=0&cpxt=0&catBucket=rstp&gl=39&sbo=t&gsbco=Sweden&noredir=true

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