Mary Anderson (British Army officer)

Brigadier Dame Mary Mackenzie Pihl (née Anderson; 3 February 1916 – 18 June 2006)[1][2] was a British Army officer. She served with the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service, the forerunner of the Women's Royal Army Corps during World War II. By 1946, she was ATS Group Commander Highland District based in Perth and, discovering she enjoyed service life, decided to make it her career.

Mary Anderson
Born
Mary Mackenzie Anderson

(1916-02-03)3 February 1916
Died18 June 2006(2006-06-18) (aged 90)
NationalityBritish
OccupationArmy Officer
SpouseFrithjof Pihl (1973-1988; his death)

Anderson was the younger child and only daughter of Sir John Anderson, later the 1st Viscount Waverley, who was Home Secretary and Minister for Home Security at the outbreak of WWII, and his wife, Christina (née Mackenzie).

Educated at Sutton High School and the Villa Brillantmont in Lausanne, she joined the ATS in 1941 and was commissioned the following year. On leaving Perth in 1946, she undertook her first speciality work within the WRAC as assistant provost marshal (WRAC) responsible for WRAC disciplinary matters for the British Army of the Rhine and in the UK.

Marriage

She married Frithjof Pihl on 8 July 1973. He died in 1988.

References
  1. "Brigadier Dame Mary Pihl". The Times. 22 June 2006. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  2. "Major Accessions to Repositories in 1994 relating to Military History". The National Archives. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
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