Roberta Whyte

{{Short description|British nurse}}

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|name= Dame Roberta Whyte

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|birth_date= {{birth date|1897|06|06|df=yes}}

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|death_date= {{death date and age|1979|01|25|1897|06|06|df=yes}}

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|allegiance= United Kingdom

|branch= Royal Air Force

|serviceyears= 1929–1956

|rank= Air Commandant

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|commands= Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service (1952–56)

|battles= Second World War

|awards= Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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Air Commandant Dame Roberta Mary Whyte, {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|DBE|RRC}} (6 June 1897 – 25 January 1979)

was a British nurse and Royal Air force officer. From 1952 to 1956, she was matron-in-chief of Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service.{{cite web |title=Whyte, Air Commandant Dame Roberta, (Mary), (6 June 1897–25 Jan. 1979) |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U160948 |website=Who Was Who |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=6 October 2022 |language=en |date=1 December 2007}}

She trained as a nurse at the King's College Hospital. After this she joined Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service in 1929. She served until 1956, and, from 1952 to 1956, was matron-in-chief.[https://www.abitofhistory.net/html/rhw/w_body.htm Biography], abitofhistory.net. Accessed 5 October 2022.

Whyte never married, and died in 1979, aged 81.