Dame Roberta Whyte | |
Birth Date: | 6 June 1897 |
Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
Branch: | Royal Air Force |
Serviceyears: | 1929–1956 |
Rank: | Air Commandant |
Commands: | Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service (1952–56) |
Battles: | Second World War |
Awards: | Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire Royal Red Cross |
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.[1]
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.[2]
Whyte never married, and died in 1979, aged 81.