Margaret Collins (nurse)

Margaret Elizabeth Collins, was a British nurse and Royal Navy officer. Having served in the UK, Hong Kong, Malta and Gibraltar, she rose to become matron-in-chief of the Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service, her period of command coinciding with the Falklands War.

Biography

Collins was educated at St Anne's Convent School, an all-girls Catholic school in Southampton. She trained as a nurse at Royal Victoria Hospital, Bournemouth, qualifying as a state registered nurse in 1949.
In the 1978 Queen's Birthday Honours, Collins was appointed Member of the Royal Red Cross. In the 1983 New Year Honours, she was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire.