Anne Beadsmore Smith

Dame Anne Beadsmore Smith, (1869 – 12 July 1960), also known as Ann or Annie, was a British nurse and British Army officer. She was a military nurse during the Second Boer War and the First World War. She then served as Matron-in-Chief of the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service from 1917 to 1924 and Matron-in-Chief of the Territorial Army Nursing Service from 1925 to 1931.

She trained at St Bartholomew's Hospital, qualifying in 1894 and became a member of the College of Nursing in 1919. She was also made a Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur by France for her war service, and she was granted permission to wear the award in 1920.

In the 1925 King's Birthday Honours, she was made Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in recognition of her work as Matron-in-Chief of Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service, and thereby granted the title of dame.