BICKERDIKE, Elizabeth Mabel
Biography
Elizabeth Mabel Bickerdike was born about 1873 in Bombay, India. Her father was an East India merchant. The 1881 Census showed her living with her family in Surrey, England[1] as did the census for 1891[2] and she was educated at the Girls High School, Croydon. She trained as a nurse at the Infirmary in Bolton, Lancashire, and then worked at the Borough Fever Hospital, Croydon. She enlisted in the Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Service (Reserve) on the 13th October, 1899[3].
Nursing Service in the Boer War
Sister Elizabeth Mabel BICKERDIKE served in Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service (Reserve), enlisting October 13 1899.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
The Tagus left for England with the following on passage home: On Duty The Tagus arrived at Southampton yesterday morning with 27 officers and 1,031 men. ?The following were listed (On Duty): ? ?
The Queen's South Africa Medal Roll notes: p55: To Cape Town on July 11, 1901
p173: Left the unit[14]
- ↑ The National Archives: England Census 1881 RG11 823/39/11
- ↑ The National Archives: England Census 1891 RG12 590/132/4
- ↑ The War Office: Nominal Roll for the Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Service (Reserve) as at September 30th 1900
- ↑ WO 100/229 QSA Medal Roll p24 created at No2 General Hospital, Pretoria; dated August 27, 1901
- ↑ WO 100/229 QSA Medal Roll p45 created at No5 General Hospital, Wynberg; dated July, 1901
- ↑ WO 100/229 QSA Medal Roll p55 created at No8 General Hospital, Bloemfontein; dated August 4, 1901
- ↑ WO 100/229 QSA Medal Roll p173 created at No19 General Hospital, Pretoria; November 22, 1901
- ↑ War Office (1900) Nominal Roll of Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service (Reserve) as at 30th September
- ↑ The London Gazette, May 26 1903, p3365
- ↑ The Times, April 13, 1901 p12a&12b
- ↑ The Times, April 30, 1901 p11b
- ↑ Nursing Record & Hospital World, February 17, 1900, p132
- ↑ Census: RG12/ 590 1891 Croydon, Surrey
- ↑ Queen's South Africa Medal Roll
After Military Service
Appointed to QAIMNS as Staff Nurse 12th February 1903 The 1911 Census shows her working at Mount Vernon Hospital For Consumption, London as a civilian nurse
