Eileen Nolan

Brigadier Eileen Joan Nolan CB (19 June 1920 – 29 December 2005) was a former director of the Women's Royal Army Corps (WRAC).

Eileen Joan Nolan was born at Bournville, near Birmingham.

Her father was a World War I veteran, later employed by Cadbury's as a technical adviser.

In 1942, she joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) and was posted to Halifax, Yorkshire.

Eileen Nolan died on 29 December 2005, aged 85 at Crowthorne, Berkshire, although her death was not announced until February 2006.