Margaret Damer Dawson
Standard Name: Damer Dawson, Margaret
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September 1914
Two women's police forces were formed: the Women's Police Volunteers
and the Women Patrols
.
November 1914
The Women's Police Volunteers
, formed by Margaret Damer Dawson
, received their first assignment, for the British Army
, a few months after forming.
February 1915
Margaret Damer Dawson
formed the Women's Police Service
after the Women's Police Volunteers
disagreed over its level of cooperation with male police and the military surveillance of women.
7 July 1916
Representatives from the Women's Police Service
(Margaret Damer Dawson
and Mary Allen
) signed an agreement with the Ministry of Munitions
for the employment of women police to regulate and oversee the conduct of...
February 1918
Chief Commander Margaret Damer Dawson
and Sub-Commandant Mary Allen
of the Women's Police Service
were invested as Officers of the Order of the British Empire.