Episode 3 - Anna Whitehead

About this episode

This episode features Anna Whitehead OBE, the first surviving Commanding Officer of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, discussing her tenure and contributions.

In this 3rd episode, we meet the first of our (surviving) Commanding Officers, Anna Whitehead OBE, who became the CO in 1990. The daughter of an Army Officer, Col Leonard Dismore, who had served with the SOE in WW2, and the wife of a naval officer, David Whitehead, Anna served as CO until 1997. She hit the ground running: within her first year the Corps deployed to provide support during the 1991 Cannon Street rail crash. One of Anna’s enduring legacies is our Long Service Medal, introd...

People in this episode

Guest: Anna Whitehead OBE

Topics covered

• Commanding Officers
• First Aid Nursing Yeomanry
• Military History

Keywords

• Cannon Street rail crash
• Long Service Medal
• military service

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Long Service Medal

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