KENT, Edith Mary
From British Army Nurses
Sister Miss Edith Mary KENT served in the Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service (Reserve).
Nursing Service in the Boer War
Sister Edith Mary KENT served in Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service (Reserve), enlisting July 2 1900. Her service number was 679.[1][2][3][4][5]
The hospital at Deelfontein [Imperial Yeomanry] numbers 1,000 beds and a further branch will be established at Pretoria within a few weeks. The staff for the latter is now en route and consist of the following doctors and nurses, besides 82 orderlies and 8 ward maids:
Invalided to England
The Queen's South Africa Medal Roll notes: To England[6]
- ↑ WO 100/130 QSA Medal Roll p228 created at The Imperial Yeomanry Hospital, Pretoria; dated July 13, 1901
- ↑ WO 100/229 QSA Medal Roll p202 created at Kimberley; March 25, 1900
- ↑ War Office (1900) Nominal Roll of Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service (Reserve) as at 30th September
- ↑ The Times, July 10, 1900 p7c
- ↑ Census: Malmesbury, Wilts RG14; Piece: 11829; Schedule Number: 63
- ↑ Queen's South Africa Medal Roll
After Military Service
The 1911 Census shows her working as a Nurse companion in Malmesbury, Wilts.
