womans rank ` forewoman`

[NEMO]

HI Good evening , ive just been doing some work on the Commonwealth war graves site and came across the listing of a lady ` CORA BALL ` who died whilst serving with the Queen Mary Army Auxilary Corps in France .

Her rank at the time of death is listed as `Forewoman ` ?
any one know or got any ideas please not heard this before is this an actual rank or was she a civilian ?

many thanks Michael.

[Tinto]

Hi Michael,
I have the WW1 medals of a woman marked "1838 FWN. L. MUNRO Q.M.A.A.C." so I guess Forewoman was a rank as such.
Cheers, Tinto

[Mike]

Re WAAC & QMAAC at the National Archives:


"The WAAC was divided into four sections: Cookery; Mechanical; Clerical and Miscellaneous. Most stayed on the Home Front but around 9,000 served in France. The women in the WAAC did not have full military status. They enrolled, they did not enlist, and breaches of discipline were dealt with by civil, not military, courts. The grades (ranks) were divided into Controllers and Administrators (the officers) and Members (the other ranks). Within the Members there were forewomen (sergeants), assistant forewomen (corporals) and workers (privates)."