EVANS, Clara
Sister Miss Clara EVANS served in the Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service (Reserve).
Nursing Service in the Boer War
Sister Clara EVANS served in Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service (Reserve), enlisting December 18 1899. Her service number was 132.[1][2][3][4][5]
The Dunotter Castle sailed from Southampton at 6:15 p.m. Saturday [23/12/99] with Lord Roberts for SA. ... The following officers also sailed in the Dunotter Castle:
Died at Bloemfontein on May 31st 1900, of dysentery.
The Queen's South Africa Medal Roll notes: At the monthly meeting of the St Helens County-Borough Council, Alderman J. Forster, at the outset, asked leave to refer to a resolution passed by the Council two or three months ago, to the effect that all local volunteers who had gone out for service at the Cape, should have their names inscribed in tablet form, and placed in the Town Hall. He suggested that the resolution be improved by the addition of the name of the late Miss Clara Evans, of the Army Nursing staff, who had died at Bloemfontein. Miss Evans was formerly a resident of St Helens, and she was selected by the Princess of Wales to go on the nursing staff to South Africa ... the Council unanimously agreed to adopt the suggestion.[6]
- ↑ WO 100/229 QSA Medal Roll p2 created at No1 General Hospital, Wynberg; dated July 14, 1901
- ↑ WO 100/229 QSA Medal Roll p259 created at AMD; December 7, 1901
- ↑ War Office (1900) Nominal Roll of Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service (Reserve) as at 30th September
- ↑ The Times, December 25, 1899 p8b
- ↑ Nursing Record & Hospital World, June 16, 1900, p478
- ↑ Queen's South Africa Medal Roll
