COUTTS, Edith Elizabeth

From British Army Nurses

Sister Miss Edith Elizabeth COUTTS served in the Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service (Reserve).

Nursing Service in the Boer War

Sister Edith Elizabeth COUTTS served in Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service (Reserve), enlisting October 31 1899. Her service number was 122.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

The Canada left for England December 12, with the following on passage home:

The Queen's South Africa Medal Roll notes: To Cape Town for England November 30, 1900[7]

  1. WO 100/229 QSA Medal Roll p55 created at No8 General Hospital, Bloemfontein; dated August 4, 1901
  2. War Office (1900) Nominal Roll of Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service (Reserve) as at 30th September
  3. The London Gazette, September 10, 1901; p5958
  4. The Times, December 15, 1900 p12b
  5. Nursing Record & Hospital World, February 17, 1900, p132
  6. Census: RG14/ 108 1911 Kensington
  7. Queen's South Africa Medal Roll

Honours and Awards

MID (by Earl Roberts)

After Military Service

The 1911 Census shows her working as a civilian nurse in London