Hilda Horniblow

Emilie Hilda Dalton, (née Horniblow; 24 June 1886 – 2 January 1950) was an English army officer and teacher.

She served as chief controller of Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps.

Biography Emilie Hilda Horniblow was born on 24 June 1886 in Charlbury, Oxfordshire, the daughter of Frederick Thomas and Sarah Ellen (née McCulloch) Horniblow. She was educated at Oxford High School and University College, Reading. She became a teacher in Scarborough but left teaching during the First World War.

She was then appointed as deputy to Florence Leach, controller of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, which was renamed in April 1917 as Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps (QMAAC). She was promoted to chief controller and sent to France, arriving in Le Havre on 9 July 1917.

After the war Horniblow became headmistress of a women's evening institute in London and in 1935 she was appointed staff inspector for women's subjects in technical institutions. She was promoted to Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1919 Birthday Honours "for valuable services rendered in connection with the War".