FARLEY, Martha Sabina

From British Army Nurses

Sister Miss Martha Sabina FARLEY served in the Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service (Reserve).

Nursing Service in the Boer War

Sister Martha Sabin FARLEY served in Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service (Reserve), enlisting March 2 1900. Her service number was 358.[1][2][3][4]

  1. WO 100/229 QSA Medal Roll p45 created at No5 General Hospital, Wynberg; dated July, 1901
  2. WO 100/229 QSA Medal Roll p187 created at Lines of Communication, Capetown; August 13, 1901
  3. War Office (1900) Nominal Roll of Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service (Reserve) as at 30th September
  4. Nursing Record & Hospital News, June 2, 1900, p437

After Military Service

Continued in military nursing and was sent to Flanders at a front line hospital where she was gassed by Phosgene Gas. She was sent to Adelaide Hospital, Dublin to recuperate. On October 24, 1917 she was awarded the RRC and presented it by King George V at Buckingham Palace. She was appointed Matron of the Army hospital at Fermoy but never really recovered from the Phosgene and died there in January 1918.