Margaret Collins
British nurse and naval officer
About Margaret Collins
Lived 1927 – 2023 (aged 95–96). Margaret Collins was a British.
Margaret Elizabeth Collins, (13 February 1927 – 26 January 2023) was a British nurse and Royal Navy officer. Having served in the UK, Hong Kong, Malta and Gibraltar, she rose to become matron-in-chief of the Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service (1980 to 1983), her period of command coinciding with the Falklands War.
Biography Collins was educated at St Anne's Convent School, an all-girls Catholic school in Southampton. She trained as a nurse at Royal Victoria Hospital, Bournemouth, qualifying as a state registered nurse (SRN) in 1949. In the 1983 New Year Honours, she was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).
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British nurse and naval officer
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Margaret Collins was born in 1927.
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Margaret Collins died in 2023.
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