Catherine Roy

Catherine Murray Roy, CBE, RRC, MM (24 January 1883 – 14 August 1976) was a decorated Scottish military nurse who served at the front during the First World War.

In 1917, she was awarded the Military Medal for conspicuous gallantry, displayed in the performance of her duties on the occasion of hostile air raids on Casualty Clearing Stations in the field.

At the end of the war she was awarded the Royal Red Cross, receiving this honour from King George V at Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, on 5 July 1920.

[3] From 1934 she was Principal Matron at the War Office, a senior position with a rank equivalent to that of a lieutenant colonel.

She enjoyed music and art, and Elizabeth Mary Watt painted a portrait of her wearing her uniform and medals.