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Euphemia Welby

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Euphemia Violet Welby, CBE, JP (née Lyon; 28 September 1891 – 6 May 1987) was commissioned as a superintendent in the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) on 12 June 1939. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) on 1 January 1944.

Background

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Parents: Admiral Herbert Lyon & Frances Violet Inglis

  • 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: 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

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Euphemia Violet Lyon married Richard Martin Welby (1886–1930), a naval officer who rose to the rank of Captain, who was the son of the Rev. Abraham Adlard Welby and Bertha Sobranoa. The couple had four children.

Death

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Euphemia Welby died in 1987, aged 95. She is buried alongside her mother in the graveyard of All Saints' Church, Freshwater.

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