HARDY, Alice
Biography
Alice HARDY was born in Lincolnshire. Her home address was 28 Swine Gate, Grantham, Lincolnshire. Her next of kin was her father, H.P. Hardy, at the same address. Before mobilisation she was a Staff Nurse at the General Hospital, Nottingham.[1]
Nursing Service in WW1
Staff Nurse Alice HARDY joined the Territorial Force Nursing Service on 10th May 1916.[1] She embarked for Salonika from London on 9th January 1917, disembarking on 23rd January 1917. She served at the 33rd General Hospital, Salonika, joining for duty on 31st January 1917.
In late 1917 she was admitted to hospital with a sore throat, which progressed to diphtheria. She was struck off strength on 22nd December 1917 but returned to duty on 8th January 1918 after a period of convalescence. She subsequently joined the 63rd General Hospital, Salonika on 26th January 1918.
She was invalided home on 17th August 1918. She was demobilised at the Dispersal Hostel, Brockenhurst on 3rd April 1919, having served from 29th May 1916 to that date.[1]
The Matron-in-Chief, TFNS, issued the following testimonial on 20th May 1919:
"Miss Hardy is an excellent Surgical and Medical Nurse, is a good administrator, and her work has been done most efficiently. Her influence is good, and the Reports submitted by the Matrons under whom she worked have been most satisfactory. She has done excellent work in the Service."[1]
After Military Service
Following demobilisation Alice Hardy returned to district nursing. In 1920 she resigned from the Territorial Force Nursing Service, noting that she was undertaking a course for her Certificate of Health and Beauty, a qualification she considered would be to her advantage as a district nurse. Her demobilisation form recorded that she had hoped to serve in the Indian Military Service following the war.[1]
