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Sister Miss Emma Maud '''McCARTHY''' served in the Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service (Reserve). Enlistment: Transferred to QAIMNS 30 Mar 1903.
Sister Miss Emma Maud '''McCARTHY''' served in the Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service (Reserve). Enlistment: Transferred to QAIMNS 30 Mar 1903.


==Nursing Service in the Boer War==
==Nursing Service in the Boer War==
Sister McCARTHY served as Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service (Reserve).<ref>Employment Status (Medal Rolls)</ref>
Sister Emma Maud '''McCARTHY''' served in Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service (Reserve), enlisting December 18 1899. Her service number was 135.<ref>WO 100/229 QSA Medal Roll p4 created at No1 General Hospital, Wynberg; dated July 14, 1901</ref><ref>WO 100/229 QSA Medal Roll p173 created at No19 General Hospital, Pretoria; November 22, 1901</ref><ref>War Office (1900) Nominal Roll of Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service (Reserve) as at 30th September</ref><ref>The London Gazette, September 10, 1901; p5959</ref><ref>The London Gazette, September 27, 1901; p6324</ref><ref>The London Gazette, May 26 1903, p3365</ref><ref>The Times, December 25, 1899 p8b</ref>


==Nursing Service before WW1==
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: ?
Sister McCARTHY is recorded as Matron (Aldershot) RRC in the Army List 1903 (QAIMNS).<ref>Army List 1903 (QAIMNS)</ref>
<references />
Sister McCARTHY is recorded as Matron (Aldershot) RRC in the Army List 1904 (QAIMNS).<ref>Army List 1904 (QAIMNS)</ref>
Sister McCARTHY is recorded as Matron RRC in the Army List 1906 (QAIMNS).<ref>Army List 1906 (QAIMNS)</ref>
Sister McCARTHY is recorded as Matron RRC in the Army List 1908 (QAIMNS).<ref>Army List 1908 (QAIMNS)</ref>
Sister McCARTHY is recorded as Matron RRC in the Army List 1909 (QAIMNS).<ref>Army List 1909 (QAIMNS)</ref>
Sister McCARTHY is recorded as Kensington in the Census 1911.<ref>Census 1911</ref>
Sister McCARTHY is recorded as Principal Matron RRC in the Army List 1913 (QAIMNS).<ref>Army List 1913 (QAIMNS)</ref>


==Nursing Service in WW1==
==Honours and Awards==
Sister McCARTHY is recorded as Principal Matron in the Army List 1915 (QAIMNS).<ref>Army List 1915 (QAIMNS)</ref>
MID (by Earl Roberts)<br>RRC
Sister McCARTHY is recorded as Principal Matron in the Army List 1917 (QAIMNS).<ref>Army List 1917 (QAIMNS)</ref>
Her WO 399 service record reference is WO 399/TFNS 12912.
WO 95/3988: mobilised as Matron in Chief BEF<ref>WO 399 service record</ref>


==Awards==
==After Military Service==
MiD 15/6/1916, 21/6/1916, 1/12/1916; RRC 1/1/1918; GBE 7/6/1918
Appointed to QAIMNS as Matron 17th February 1903
 
She was involved in the formation of the QAIMNS and was promoted Matron within the service in February 1903. During the next 7 years she was Matron of Aldershot, Netley and Millbank hospitals. In 1910 she was appointed Principal Matron at the War Ofice. At the outbreak of war she went to France as part of the BEF. She was Matron-in-Chief of the BEF in France and Flanders. She remained in this post throughout the war. She was appointed GBE in 1918, recieved a bar to her RRC and was  awarded the Florence Nightingale Medal, the Belgian Medaille de la Reine Elizabeth, the French Legion d?Honneur and Medaille des Epid?mies.. She was Matron-in-Chief Territorial Army Nursing Service from 1920 to her retirement in 1925.
==References==
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Latest revision as of 11:01, 7 May 2026

Sister Miss Emma Maud McCARTHY served in the Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service (Reserve). Enlistment: Transferred to QAIMNS 30 Mar 1903.

Nursing Service in the Boer War

Sister Emma Maud McCARTHY served in Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service (Reserve), enlisting December 18 1899. Her service number was 135.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

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: ?

  1. ↑ WO 100/229 QSA Medal Roll p4 created at No1 General Hospital, Wynberg; dated July 14, 1901
  2. ↑ WO 100/229 QSA Medal Roll p173 created at No19 General Hospital, Pretoria; November 22, 1901
  3. ↑ War Office (1900) Nominal Roll of Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service (Reserve) as at 30th September
  4. ↑ The London Gazette, September 10, 1901; p5959
  5. ↑ The London Gazette, September 27, 1901; p6324
  6. ↑ The London Gazette, May 26 1903, p3365
  7. ↑ The Times, December 25, 1899 p8b

Honours and Awards

MID (by Earl Roberts)
RRC

After Military Service

Appointed to QAIMNS as Matron 17th February 1903 She was involved in the formation of the QAIMNS and was promoted Matron within the service in February 1903. During the next 7 years she was Matron of Aldershot, Netley and Millbank hospitals. In 1910 she was appointed Principal Matron at the War Ofice. At the outbreak of war she went to France as part of the BEF. She was Matron-in-Chief of the BEF in France and Flanders. She remained in this post throughout the war. She was appointed GBE in 1918, recieved a bar to her RRC and was awarded the Florence Nightingale Medal, the Belgian Medaille de la Reine Elizabeth, the French Legion d?Honneur and Medaille des Epid?mies.. She was Matron-in-Chief Territorial Army Nursing Service from 1920 to her retirement in 1925.

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