Being awarded an OBE for her war work at H.M. Factory Gretna
Honours
Order of the British Empire
Maud Bruce pictured in the Dumfries and Galloway Standard on 29th August 1917, after she was awarded the OBE.
Maud Ellen Bruce (20 December 1894 — 8 January 1995) was a forewoman and a member of the fire brigade at H.M. Factory Gretna during World War I.[1] She was also the recipient of an O.B.E. for her actions at the factory.[2] In World War Two she worked at ROF Aycliffe, where during an accident with some ammunition, she was severely burnt.[3] She lived to be 100 years old and was one of the first women in Britain to receive plastic surgery.[2]
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