For this she was appointed Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in the 1920 civilian war honours.

Sausmarez was born in Wyham cum Cadeby, Lincolnshire, England, the daughter of clergyman Frederick William Mann from Guernsey and Eleanor Mary Pattison from Yorkshire.

[6][7] Between 1914 and 1919, Sausmarez served as president of the British Women's Work Association in Shanghai.

[9] Under her leadership, "hundreds of thousands of bandages, dressings, and hospital garments" were sent to troops serving in Mesopotamia during the war.

[10] For her service to the war effort, she was honoured as a Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in 1920.