Edith Helen Pratt

In 1917, she received her OBE in recognition of her service during the First World War, and later achieved the rank of deputy commander.

[2] Educated at Girton College, Cambridge, she gained her BA (Hons) from the University of London in 1905.

[3] During the First World War, Pratt held the posts of Staff Inspector of National Filling Factories (August 1915 – March 1917) and Deputy Chief Controller In France for the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (March 1917 – 1918), during which time she was awarded the OBE in the first honours list in 1917.

[3] From the 1920s, the Pratt family home, Prattshayes, had hosted camping trips for local children.

[6] In August 2017, the blue plaque commemorating Edith Pratt was unveiled at The Swallows Guest House, the former site of the Southlands School.