Bridget McEvilly

Colonel Bridget Christina McEvilly, CBE, ARRC (born 1946) is a retired British Army nurse and nursing administrator who served as Director Army Nursing Services and Matron-in-Chief of the Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC).

Bridget McEvilly
Born1946 (age 73–74)
Middlesex, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1977–2002
RankColonel
Commands heldQueen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (1999–2002)
AwardsCommander of the Order of the British Empire
Associate of the Royal Red Cross

Nursing career

Born in Middlesex, McEvilly was commissioned in Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC) in 1977, having previously been a nurse in hospitals in, among other places, Canada, London, and the Falkland Islands.

McEvilly was later a nursing administrator at the Ministry of Defence,[1] and served as Assistant Director Army Nursing Services. She was awarded the Associate of the Royal Red Cross in the 1985 New Year Honours,[2] and appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2002 New Year Honours.[3]

References
  1. QARANC website
  2. "No. 49969". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1984. p. 25.
  3. "No. 56430". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2001. p. 5.
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