Roberta Whyte

Air Commandant Dame Roberta Mary Whyte, (6 June 1897 – 25 January 1979) was a British nurse and Royal Air force officer. From 1952 to 1956, she was matron-in-chief of Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service.

She trained as a nurse at the King's College Hospital. After this she joined Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service in 1929. She served until 1956, and, from 1952 to 1956, was matron-in-chief.

Whyte never married, and died in 1979, aged 81.

Honours

• Royal Red Cross (1949)
• Queen's Honorary Nursing Sister (1952)
• Commander (Sister) of the Venerable Order of St John (1953)
• Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1955)

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