Eileen Nolan
Brigadier Eileen Joan Nolan was a former director of the Women's Royal Army Corps.
Early years
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. She attended King's Norton Grammar School on a scholarship. In 1942, she joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service and was posted to Halifax, Yorkshire. For much of the war she remained in the ATS's training branch. In early 1945 she joined the Officer Cadet Training Unit and earned her commission; she elected to remain in the military, becoming a career officer in the Army, and rising to the rank of Brigadier.Positions held
- Junior commander
- Staff Captain Q, War Office, responsible for moving freight to and from the Middle East
- Major, WRAC
- Home posting, WRAC
- Officer training wing, WRAC
- Lieutenant-Colonel, WRAC
- WRAC College