Audrey Lynne
Voluntary clerk for the British Red Cross Devon division, Instructor, Honorary Secretary for Teignmouth Urban District Council's war refugee committee
Date of Birth: 1875
Place of Birth: Lower Beeding, Sussex
Date of Death: 1967 aged 92
Awarded the Medaille de la Reine Elisabeth an MBE, the Defence Medal and the British Red Cross Service Medal.
Some of Audrey Lynne's medals. © 2019 - WorthPoint Corporation
Audrey Lynne was born in 1875 at Lower Beeding, Sussex. The 1901 census shows Audrey living with her mother Margaret Ann and sister Gwendoline at Marine Parade, Shaldon.
At the start of WW1 Audrey was appointed a voluntary clerk for the British Red Cross Devon division.
She instructed hundreds of people in First Aid through two world wars and the years in between.
Audrey acted as Honorary Secretary for Teignmouth Urban District Council's war refugee committee.
Audrey Lynne
In recognition of her hard work with Belgian refugees, she was awarded the Medaille de la Reine Elisabeth in July 1918.
Audrey Lynne 1918 London Gazette
Miss Audrey Lynne Honorary Secretary, Teignmouth Belgian Refugees Committee.
By the time of her death in 1967 aged 92 she also held an MBE, the Defence Medal and the British Red Cross Service Medal.
Audrey Lynne Medaille de la Reine Elisabeth and M.B.E. letter © IWM (WWC D8-6-455)
The letter reads:
"Audrey Lynne M.B.E June 3rd 1918.
"Medaille de la Reine Elisabeth" June 10th 1918
Hon. Sec. Teignmouth Urban District Council war Refugees Committee from Jan 1915 to April 1918.
WD 3/V1/455"
