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• 08:08, 26 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page ROBERTS, Margaret Dorothy (Created page with "Margaret Dorothy Roberts Place of birth: Dolgellau Service: Staff Nurse, QAIMNS Reserve / Wrth gefn, 29/09/1915 - 31/12/1917 Death: 1917-12-31, SS Osmanieh, Drowning Memorial: Cathedral Nurse, Llanelwy, Flintshire Notes: aged 47. SS Osmanieh was sunk by a German mine off Alexandria, Egypt. Grave in Hadra War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt. Born in the Workhouse in Dolgellau, she spent many years in Australia before returning to Britain to join the QAIMNS Reserves....")
• 08:07, 26 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page THOMAS, Margaret Evans (Created page with "Margaret Evans Thomas Place of birth: Pwllheli Service: Staff Nurse, TFNS, 1914 - 1918 Death: 1918-11-08, 1st London General Hospital, Pneumonia Memorial: War Memorial; Nurses Memorial; St Bartholomew's Hospital, Pwllheli; St Asaph, Caernarfon; Flintshire; London Notes: Margaret, from a Welsh-speaking family, was brought up in Pwllheli from the age of 9 by her aunt and uncle. She probably trained as a nurse in London, perhaps at St Bartholemew’s Hospital which became t...")
• 08:01, 26 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page BRACE, Frances Ethel (Created page with "==Biography== Frances Brace was born at Manorbier, Pembrokeshire, Wales and trained at Carmarthen Infirmary. She joined the QAIMNS(R) from there in July 1916. ==Nursing Service in WW1== 100px|rightShe was initially posted to the Lord Derby Hospital Warrington, but shortly after was sent to Salonika where she served at 21 Stationary Hospital. On 15th September 1916 Frances was evacuated on <I>HMS Dover Castle</I>. She was taken to Malta, and died in t...")
• 14:36, 25 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page COWARD, Laura (Created page with "==Nursing Service in WW2== 206068 Sister COWARD, Laura, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS) was serving in Singapore in 1942. She left Singapore on the SS Kuala, which was sunk by Japanese bombers on February 14, 1942. <blockquote>… not seen by any survivor since first attack on ship. Believed killed by a direct hit on her cabin ...<ref>Pether, M. (2012) SS Kuala Researched Passenger List version 3.3.5 (available from the COFEPOW website)...")
• 14:32, 25 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page COVEY, E (Created page with "==Nursing Service in the Boer War== Sister E COVEY served with the South African Constabulary<ref>The National Archives: War Office WO 100/272 QSA Medal Roll for the South African Constabulary, p.52.</ref>. ==References== <references /> Category:Boer War")
• 14:09, 25 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page CORLYON, Thomasina Lissette (Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==Biography== Thomasina Lissette CORLYON was born in 1874 at Crosshill in Refrewshire<ref name="census">The National Archives: England Census 1881 RG11/3671/4;/1</ref>, although she was baptised in Everton, Lancashire<ref>England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975</ref>. The 1881 Census shows her living with her Mother (shown as a widow) in Everton<ref name="census"/>, but by 1891 she had returned to Scotland<ref>The National Archives: Scotland Census 1891 Eas...")
• 14:00, 25 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page COOPER, Mary (Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==Biography== Mary COOPER trained at the Adelaide Hospital, Dublin from 1935-1939, and enrolled into the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (Reserve) (QAIMNSR), November 1939. She embarked for service in the Far East 28 September 1941<ref>The British Journal of Nursing, December 1945, p.143</ref>. ==Nursing Service in WW2== 206892 Sister COOPER, Mary, QAIMNSR was serving at the Alexandra Hospital, Singapore. She left Singapore on the SS Tan...")
• 13:50, 25 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page COLE, Mary Cecil Florence Kate (Created page with "==Nursing service after the Boer War== Appointed Matron in the newly formed Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Nursing Service (QAIMNS) in 1903<ref>The London Gazette, May 26, 1903, p.3364</ref>. ==References== <references /> Category:QAIMNS Category:Post Boer War")
• 13:46, 19 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page CLEWETT, Catherine Hilda (Created page with "==Nursing Service in WW2== 100px|right208176 Sister CLEWETT, Catherine Hilda, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS) was serving in Singapore in 1942. She left Singapore on the SS Kuala, which was sunk by Japanese bombers on February 14, 1942. <blockquote>… not seen by any survivors after raid on ship …<ref>Pether, M. (2012) <b>SS Kuala Researched Passenger List version 3.3.5</b> (available from the COFEPOW website)</ref>...")
• 13:40, 19 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page Category:Locally Employed Nurse (Created page with "This category lists those trained nurses in the wiki who were taken on locally to work in military hospitals.")
• 13:39, 19 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page CLAYTON, Kate (Created page with "==Biography== The Nursing Record and Hospital World<ref>The Nursing Record and Hospital World (1900); p.478</ref> gave an account of Mrs Kate CLAYTON after she died. Mrs Clayton (neé Collins) trained for two years at the General Hospital, Cheltenham (1880-1882) and subsequently obtained a three year certificate at the Salop Infirmary, Shrewsbury. Her appointment as Home Sister at the St Helena Home brought her to London, where she worked until 1895. After obtaining a ce...")
• 10:36, 19 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page CLARIDGE, Sarah Alice (Created page with "==Biography== Sarah Alice CLARIDGE trained as a nurse at the General Hospital, Birmingham, and then joined the Staffordshire Nurses' Insitute, working as a private nurse for two years. She rejoined the General Hospital, Birmingham<ref name="bjn1914">The British Journal of Nursing, October 3, 1914: p260</ref>, and it was from there she joined Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service (Reserve) on July 19, 1900<ref>War Office (1900) Nominal Roll of Princess Christian's A...")
• 09:40, 19 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page CHATFIELD, Mabel Jesson (Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==Biography== rightMabel Jesson Chatfield was born in Quaggerfontein in the Bloemfontein district of South Africa, on June 12, 1875. Her father had emigrated to South Africa and was a farmer.  When she was 17 Mabel asked Sister Henrietta Stockdale at Kimberley Hospital if she could be a nurse. She was told she was too young, so she set up a dance school instead. When Sister Henrietta left Kimberley Hospital to set up a private instituti...")
• 09:26, 19 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page File:Chatfield.png
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• 09:24, 19 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page CHARMAN, F Mary (Created page with "==Nursing Service in WW2== 100px|right206887 Sister Mary CHARMAN, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS) was serving at the 1st Malaysian General Hospital, Singapore. She left Singapore on the SS Kuala, which was sunk by Japanese bombers on February 14, 1942. <blockquote>... Interned at Padang then Bankinang Women's Camp, Sumatra ...<ref>Moffett, J. Pether, M. & Kenneisan, B. (undated) <b>Sumatra Internees version 1.1.0</b>...")
• 09:17, 19 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page CHEETHAM, Edith Christine (Created page with "==Nursing service after the Boer War== Appointed Sister in the newly formed Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Nursing Service (QAIMNS) in 1903<ref>The London Gazette, May 26, 1903, p.3364</ref>. ==References== <references /> Category:QAIMNS Category:Post Boer War")
• 16:30, 13 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page Uniforms Boer War and WW1 (Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==Context== Often we want to identify nurses by the uniforms they are wearing. Sometimes it is really obvious, but sometimes it is small identification features that lead us to recognise the nursing service, and the era. We are going to use a few examples below to help set out the identification features to look for (as well as things that do not help so much). You are always welcome to send me photographs you need help with. ==Boer War to WW1== Army nurses se...")
• 16:21, 13 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page File:RouenHospitalcroped.png
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• 15:47, 13 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page File:Tfnssister.png
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• 15:45, 13 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page File:Ethel Beatrice Lloyd.png
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• 08:50, 12 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page Annie's Report (Created page with "==Five Months with the Independent Air Force 42 Stationary Hospital, Charmes== I with 9 Sisters and Staff Nurses arrived at Nancy in the early morning of Nov. 1st 1918 for duty at 42 Stationary Hp. We had a thirty-mile drive to the hospital at Charmes through most beautiful scenery by the Moselle River. The Hospital consisted of 16 large Nissen huts with kitchen annexes and Sisters’ Bunk between each two. The Officers Wards, Surgical and Medical, were in a separate co...")
• 08:45, 12 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page File:Large 000000-2-3.jpg (The Receiving Room: The 42nd Stationary Hospital (Art.IWM ART 2952) image: three wounded or injured British soldiers sit on a bench in the receiving room of a military hospital, awaiting medical treatment. The soldiers on the left lean back against the wall, one with his hands in his pockets, the other crossed in his lap. They have their mouths open, as if sleeping or suffering pain. The third soldier is hunched over, as though cowering or cold, sitting sideways o… Copyright: © IWM. Original...)
• 08:45, 12 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs uploaded File:Large 000000-2-3.jpg (The Receiving Room: The 42nd Stationary Hospital (Art.IWM ART 2952) image: three wounded or injured British soldiers sit on a bench in the receiving room of a military hospital, awaiting medical treatment. The soldiers on the left lean back against the wall, one with his hands in his pockets, the other crossed in his lap. They have their mouths open, as if sleeping or suffering pain. The third soldier is hunched over, as though cowering or cold, sitting sideways o… Copyright: © IWM. Original...)
• 08:43, 12 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page File:Large 000000-4.jpg (The Tiled Ward at No. 22 Casualty Clearing Station, Cambrai. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205243988)
• 08:43, 12 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs uploaded File:Large 000000-4.jpg (The Tiled Ward at No. 22 Casualty Clearing Station, Cambrai. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205243988)
• 15:32, 11 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page PLIMSAUL, Annie (Created page with "==Biography== Annie Leonora Plimsaul was born in Norbiton on the 14th August 1876. She was educated at Kingston Hill High School, and Clifton High School for Girls, Bristol. Her father, William Sadler Plimsaul was an architect1. She commenced nurse training at St Thomas’ Hospital, London on the 6th April 1903 completing on the 9th April 19071. She then worked for a short while as a temporary Night Sister at the Seamen’s Hospital, Geenwich1. ==Nursing Service in WW...")
• 15:28, 11 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page Dorothy's Report (Created page with "==Outline of the Life and Work of Sisters at Casualty Clearing Stations in France== Life and work of a Casualty Clearing station takes the Sister out of the ordinary routine of Hospital life in an instant; she is given a charge where the success of the ward must depend upon her own initiative and resource. Before the retreat of March 21st 1918 the Casualty Clearing Stations in the front area had become well established and wonderfully equipped, they might indeed have be...")
• 16:26, 6 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page FOSTER, Dorothy (Created page with "==Biography== Dorothy Penrose Foster was one of 7 children and was born in Liskeard, Cornwall on the 20th June 1875<ref name="wo11309">The National Archives: War Office 399 11309</ref>. Her father was a land-owning farmer who was also a local magistrate and church warden<ref>1881 England Census RG11; Piece: 2286; Folio: 71; Page: 22</ref>. She trained as a nurse at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London from 1902 to 1905<ref name="wo11309"/>, joining the League of St Bartho...")
• 09:18, 6 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs moved page In memoriam Table to In Memoriam Table
• 09:05, 6 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page Royal Red Cross Table (Created page with "{| class="wikitable" ! Designation !! Surname !! Forename !! Service !! Service Number !! Award !! Date of Award !! Reference !! Notes |- | Lieutenant Colonel || HODGE || Margaret-Ann || Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps || 554730 || Royal Red Cross || 2022.1.1 || The London Gazette, Supplement No. 1, 1 January 2022, p. N37 || |- | Major || BUCKINGHAM || Tracey Ann || Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps || Q1018429 || Associate Royal Red Cross || 202...")
• 08:58, 6 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page In memoriam Table (Created page with "{| class="wikitable" ! Surname !! Forename !! Status !! Service !! Age !! Died !! Grave or Memorial !! Other Information |- | AIREY || Freda || Sister || QAIMNS || || 12/02/1944 || United Kingdom, Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial, Panel 22. Column 1. || Killed at sea on the 12th February 1944, when the SS Khedive Ismail was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in the Indian Ocean |- | ALLEN || Mary Ann || Staff Nurse || QAIMNS || 35 || 05/01/1920 || United Kingdom, Tyldesley C...")
• 15:14, 5 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page Alice's Report (Created page with "==Some experiences of work at Casualty Clearing Stations in France at different periods between 1915 and 1919 by a ‘Sister in Charge’.== As one who went to France in the first days of the war I have always felt to the fullest extent the privilege I had of working at Casualty Clearing Stations for two and a half years before Armistice was signed and during the heaviest fighting. I can always remember how gladly I welcomed the order when, in February 1915, I was sent...")
• 10:26, 5 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page DUNCAN, Alice (Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==Biography== Annie came from a large family. Born in Glasgow in 1878 and educated locally, she trained as a nurse at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, qualifying in 1903<ref>United Kingdom and Ireland Nursing Registers, 1898-1969, 1950 p.110</ref>. Her younger sister Jessie also trained as a nurse at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, and served in the QAIMNS(R)<ref>The National Archives: War Office 399/ 2403 Duncan, Jessie</ref>. ==Nursing Service in WW1== On mobilisation...")
• 10:01, 5 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page File:Casevac.png
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• 09:49, 5 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page Reports of nurses serving in WW1 (Created page with "==Context==")
• 09:43, 5 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page File:QARANC.png
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• 09:40, 5 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page File:QAFMNS.png
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• 09:28, 5 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page File:Tans.jpg
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• 09:26, 5 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page File:TFNS-capemedal.jpg
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• 09:25, 5 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page File:Qaimnsr.png
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