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Dora Sloane Tomkinson MBE (b. 1886) was a land agent who worked as a Section Director at the Ministry of Munitions in World War I.
She was one of thirteen children of Michael Tomkinson of Franche Hall, Kidderminster, and his wife Annie, née Stonehouse. Like the rest of her family, she was a keen cricketer.
Educated at Wakefield Girls' High School and at a boarding school, she was one of the first women admitted to degrees at the University of Oxford, gaining a BA from * in 1920.
During World War I she worked as a section director in the Establishment Branch of the Ministry of Munitions. She was awarded an MBE for her services in 1918.
Later working as a land agent and Justice of the Peace, Dora was known for her garden design and her involvement in the Women's Institute.