Amy Curtis

Amy Curtis, (4 February 1894 - 29 July 1970) was an Irish administrator, superintendent of the Women's Royal Naval Service in the Portsmouth command and the final chief administrative officer of the Women's Land Army.

Early life Amy Curtis was born in Dublin on 4 February 1894. Her parents were George Frederick Wilkinson and Mary Noble Curtis (née Hewson). The family lived in 5 Proby Square, Blackrock, County Dublin. Curtis was educated at home, and later at Belgrave School, Rathmines.

In 1919 she received an MBE, and in 1946 a CBE. Curtis was an avid gardener, and moved to Ram Park Cottage, Kilpedder, County Wicklow. She died on 29 July 1970. Admiral Sir William James said of Curtis: "I am most fortunate in my Superintendent, a Miss Amy Curtis. She is a most remarkable woman and combines firmness, tact and charm to a degree rare in women of authority. The Wrens all admire and respect her ... though there are 6,000 Wrens, I have never had a disciplinary case to deal with. I put this down to her fine example and leadership." She was buried in St Patrick's Church Graveyard, Enniskerry.