Mabel Lethbridge
English writer and businesswoman / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mabel Florence Lethbridge BEM (7 July 1900 – 14 July 1968) was a 20th-century English writer and business woman. She was the youngest person at the time to receive the British Empire Medal, an award affiliated to the Order of the British Empire, for her services in the Great War as a munitions factory worker. She was severely injured when a shell she was packing exploded and described her experiences in a series of autobiographies.
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Mabel Florence Lethbridge | |
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Portrait taken for Imperial War Museum by Colin Gill | |
Born | (1900-07-07)7 July 1900 Luccombe, Somerset, United Kingdom |
Died | 14 July 1968(1968-07-14) (aged 68) London, England, United Kingdom |
Other names | Peggy Lethbridge |
Occupation(s) | Writer, street performer, estate agent |
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