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• 12:39, 22 September 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page File:Luard.jpg
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• 09:32, 22 September 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page Victorian Wars Medal Rolls (Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==Context== In 1881 the Army Nursing Service (ANS) was formed. Nurses wore military uniform and were employed directly to care for military patients<ref>Bett, WR. (1960) <b>A Short History of Nursing</b>. London: Faber and Faber</ref> <ref>Taylor, E (2001) <b>Wartime Nurse: One Hundred Years from the Crimea to Korea 1854-1954</b> London: Robert Hale</ref>. The ANS, although nominally a military formation was not an established part of the Army and did not sit w...")
• 09:24, 22 September 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page File:WO 100 61 Egyptian Campaigns p32.jpg
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• 09:08, 22 September 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page File:WO 100 47 Transvaal 2 p267.jpg
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• 20:28, 30 August 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page Overview of Medal Rolls (Created page with "==Context== Confirming the eligibility for campaign medals was the responsibility of individual units who recorded the details of serving personnel on a medal sheet, which was then forwarded to the War Office. Individual nurses might appear on more than one medal sheet, as each unit they served with might record them. For military nurses these medal rolls provide a definitive source for their participation in any particular campaign, which is why they are such a valuabl...")
• 14:43, 30 August 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page Researching Army Nurses (Created page with "==Context== Some time ago we ran a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on <i>Researching British Army Nurses</i>. We have brought the material over to the wiki and will update it over time. So do not be surprised if there are comments in the videos and the text which relate to <i>the course</i>. The areas we cover are: {| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto" |- ! Chapter !! Section |- | Medal Rolls || Overview of Medal Rolls |- | || Victorian Wars |- | || The...")
• 11:04, 30 August 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page File:SophieLees.png
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• 20:44, 29 August 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page Marital Status (Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==Context== This data field showed the honorific applied to any particular nurse where known. Marital Status was then implied from the honorific. At this time the terms Mrs and Miss were almost exclusively used to denote a married or widowed woman (Mrs) or an unmarried woman (Miss). Although the term Ms had been discussed in the press at this time<ref>Zimmer, B (2009) Ms. <b>The New York Times Magazine</b>. October 23, p.MM16</ref> it was not yet much in use. T...")
• 17:55, 29 August 2024 Keiron talk contribs uploaded a new version of File:Pob frequency.png
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• 15:29, 28 August 2024 Keiron talk contribs uploaded a new version of File:Ages.png
• 14:47, 28 August 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page File:Ages.png
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• 10:23, 28 August 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page Place of Birth (Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==Context== In the literature that mentioned nurses in the Boer War they were usually collectively described as coming from the UK. There was no further breakdown so it was not possible to say whether these nurses had a similar distribution geographically to the UK population of the period, or if one or more regions of the UK contributed more than others. Some of the nurses who went to South Africa from the UK were born elsewhere, but there had been no mention...")
• 10:15, 28 August 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page File:Pob frequency.png
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• 18:11, 10 August 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page APPLETON, Kate Gertrude (Created page with " ==Biography== Kate Appleton was born in Aldershot, Hampshire in 1870, the daughter of a retired Army Officer (Lieutenant Colonel, Veterinary Department)<ref>1911 Census For England & Wales RG14 PN5743 RG78PN261 RD93 SD4 ED10 SN388</ref>. She trained as a nurse at ==Nursing Service during the Boer War== ==References== <references /> Category:PCANSR Category:Boer War Sister Title: Miss Forename(s): Kate Gertrude Surname: APPLETON Final Employment Status: Pri...")
• 15:33, 10 August 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page ANTROBUS, Martha (Created page with "==Nursing Service after the Boer War== Staff Nurse Antrobus enlisted in the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS) on the 21st June 1906, and appears in the Army Lists of 1906<ref>Army List 1906</ref> and 1908<ref>Army List 1908</ref>. ==References== <references /> Category:Post Boer War Category:PCANSR")
• 15:27, 10 August 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page ANDREWS, Emily Hope (Created page with "==Biography== Emily Hope Andrews was born in Stoke Devonport, Hampshire about 1871<ref>1911 Census For England & Wales RG14 PN3713 RG78PN140 RD42 SD4 ED9 SN160</ref>. She trained as a nurse at the Seaman's Hospital, Greenwich<ref name="waroffice">National Archives: War Office (1900) Nominal Roll of Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service (Reserve) as at 30th September</ref>. She enlisted in Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service (Reserve) (PCANSR) on May 4th 1900 an...")
• 15:05, 10 August 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page ANDREW, Ethel (Created page with "==Biography== Ethel Andrew trained at the Royal Infirmary, Salford. She enlisted in the Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service (Reserve) on May 12th, 1900 with a service number 506<ref>National Archives: War Office (1900) Nominal Roll of Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service (Reserve) as at 30th September</ref>. ==Service during the Boer War== Sister Andrew served at No. 14 Stationary Hospital, Maritzburg<ref>National Archives: WO 100/229 QSA Medal Roll p116 crea...")
• 07:55, 8 August 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page ANDRÉ, Alice Emily (Created page with "==Nursing service in the Boer War== Alice Emily André trained at University College Hospital, London. She joined the Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service (Reserve) (PCANSR) on May 4th 1900 and was given the Number 544. She was serving in South Africa on September 30th 1900<ref>War Office: Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service (Reserve) Nominal Roll 30th September 1900</ref>. She sailed for South Africa on the 4th August, 1900<ref>Army Nursing Notes. <b>Nursing...")
• 21:47, 7 August 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page Category:MM (Created page with "This page lists those nurses in the wiki who were awarded the Military Medal. On 21 June 1916 an amendment to the Royal Warrant had allowed, for the first time, for the award of the Military Medal to women. In total fifty-five nurses of QAIMNS, QAIMNSR and TFNS received the Military Medal for acts of gallantry and devotion to duty under fire during the Great War.")
• 16:12, 7 August 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page AMBROSE, May (Created page with "==Nursing service in the Boer War== May Ambrose appears on the medal roll for No. 11 General Hospital, Kimberley as a Sister in the Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service (Reserve), with a note that she joined "From No.5 General Hospital on August 24, 1901"<ref>QSA Medal Roll WO p291, created at No.11 General Hospital, Kimberley, dated October 8, 1901</ref>. ==References== <references /> Category:Boer War Category:PCANSR")
• 16:07, 7 August 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page AMBROSE, Elizabeth (Created page with "==Biography== Elizabeth Ambrose was born in Wood Green about 1865<ref name="census">England Census 1901 RG13/1105 Connaught Military Hospital, Farnborough</ref>. She trained at the Charing Cross Hospital, London and joined the Princess Christian Army Nursing Service (Reserve) on August 13th 1900<ref>War Office (1900) Nominal Roll of Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Service (Reserve) as at 30th September</ref>. ==Nursing Service in the Boer War== She served in Kimberl...")
• 13:32, 7 August 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page ALLSOP, Katharine Amelia (Created page with "==Nursing Service after the Boer War== Katharine Amelia Allsop appears as a Staff Nurse in the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS) in the Army List 1906<ref>Army List 1906</ref>. She then appears as a Sister until 1913<ref>Army List 1908</ref> <ref>Army List 1909</ref> <ref>Army List 1913</ref>. The 1911 Census lists her serving at the Fort Pitt Military Hospital, Rochester<ref>1911 England and Wales Census, Medway, RG14 PN3926 RD47 SD1 ED41 SN99...")
• 13:22, 7 August 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page ALLSOPP, Beatrice (Created page with "__NOTOC__ (extracts from an article in <i>Soins</i><ref>Spires KA & Bates, DC (2014) Beatrice Allsop, une infirmière sur le front occidental. <b>Soins</b>, no 786 Juin 2014, 83-87</ref>) ==Biography== Born in Wandsworth (now part of London), Surrey in 1882<ref name="metro">London Metropolitan Archives, Battersea St. Paul's, Register of Baptism, p70/pau item 1</ref>, her father was a bookseller with a shop on the High Street<ref name="metro"/>. She was educated at Stock...")
• 12:53, 7 August 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page File:Allsop.jpg
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• 12:47, 7 August 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page ALLEN, Gertrude Mary (Created page with "==Nursing Service after the Boer War== Gertrude Mary Allen appears as a Staff Nurse in the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS) on the Army List for 1906<ref>Army List 1906</ref>, and then as a Sister until 1913 <ref>Army List 1908</ref> <ref>Army List 1909</ref> <ref>Army List 1913</ref>. In the 1911 Census she is serving at Tempe (Bloemfontein), South Africa<ref>1911 Census for England and Wales, Tempe, Orange Free State, South Africa, RG14 PN34...")
• 07:30, 6 August 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page ALLDRIDGE, Constance Eveline (Created page with "==Biography== Constance was born in 1883, and educated at Blackheath High School and Cheltenham Ladies College. She trained at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London from 1905 to 1908<ref name="light">Military Nurses 1856-1994, a collection created by the late Sue Light, hosted by findmypast.co.uk</ref>. ==Nursing Service after the Boer War== Staff Nurse Constance Eveline Aldridge enlisted in the Queen Alexandra' Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS) on the 25th Feb, 190...")
• 06:54, 6 August 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page ALEXANDER, Margaret Butler (Created page with "==Biography== Margaret Butler Alexander trained at the Western Infirmary, Glasgow. She joined the Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Service (Reserve) on March 23rd, 1900<ref>War Office (1900) Nominal Roll of Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Service (Reserve) as at 30th September</ref>. ==Nursing Service in the Boer War== She served at the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital<ref>The National Archives: WO 100/130 QSA Medal Roll p228 created at The Imperial Yeomanry Hospital,...")
• 21:19, 5 August 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page AITCHISON, Gertrude Alice (Created page with "==Nursing Service after the Boer War== Staff Nurse Aitchison appears on the Army Lists for 1906 & 1908<ref>Army List 1906</ref> <ref>Army List 1908</ref>. There is no record of her service after this date. ==References== <references /> Category:QAIMNS Category:Post Boer War")
• 21:04, 5 August 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page AIREY, Annie Gertrude (Created page with "==Nursing Service after the Boer War== Staff Nurse Annie Gertrude Airey enrolled in the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS) on the 19th September 1909<ref>Army List 1909</ref>. The Census in 1911 shows her serving as a Staff Nurse in the Military Hospital, Cosham<ref></ref>. There is no record of her service after this date. ==References== <references /> Category:QAIMNS Category:Post Boer War")
• 17:59, 4 August 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page ABBOTT, Caroline Edith (Created page with "==Biography== Caroline Edith ABBOTT was born in Sheffield on the 11th May 1875. She trained at Eccleshall Union Infirmary, joining them in 1908. After qualifying she became a theatre sister<ref name="WO399">National Archives: War Office 399/3 ABBOTT</ref>. In 1914 she went to Belgium under the auspices of the Order of St John of Jerusalem<ref> <b>British Journal of Nursing</b> August 29, 1914 p.174</ref>. ==Nursing Service in WW1== On the 8th December 1914 she enlisted...")
• 13:33, 19 June 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page CHANDLER, Dorothy Maud (Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==Biography== right|250px|Sister ChandlerDorothy Maud Chandler was born in Epsom on 2nd January 1886<ref>England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915</ref> <ref name="WO399">The National Archives, War Office 399/1430: Chandler, Dorothy</ref>. She contracted Rheumatic Fever as a child which damaged her heart<ref name="WO399"/>. She trained as a nurse at the Epsom Union Workhouse Infirmary, 1910-1914<ref name="WO399"/> <ref>191...")
• 13:20, 19 June 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page File:Chandler.png
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• 16:37, 18 June 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page CHADWICK, Clara Mavesyn (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")
• 15:27, 18 June 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page CARROLL, Edith Katherine (Created page with "==Nursing Service in WW2== 206070 Sister CARROLL, Edith Katherine, 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><i> … not seen by any survivors after raid on ship …</i><ref>Pether, M. (2012) SS Kuala Researched Passenger List version 3.3.5 (available from the COFEPOW website)</ref></blockquote> She was the d...")
• 12:27, 9 June 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page CAMERON, Ann (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")
• 09:56, 9 June 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page CAMERON, Anna Gardiner (Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==Biography== Anna Gardiner CAMERON was born on March 25th, 1855. She enlisted in the Army Nursing Service on June 13th, 1891. ==Nursing Service in Victorian Wars== Sister Cameron served in Egypt during the campaign there<ref>The Army List 1898</ref>. ==Nursing Service in the Boer War== Sister Cameron served as a member of the Army Nursing Service during the Boer War, and was based at Ladysmith<ref>The National Archives: War Office WO 100/229 QSA Medal Roll p...")
• 09:47, 9 June 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page BURROWS, Isabella (Created page with "==Nursing Service in WW2== 266663 Sister Isabella BURROWS Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service was killed at sea on the 12th February 1944, when the SS Khedive Ismail was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in the Indian Ocean<ref>Smith, AK (2004) <b>Gender & Warfare in the twentieth century: Textual representations</b>. Manchester: MUP. p112.</ref> <ref>Worsley, P. (Ed) (2010) SS Khedive Ismail. <b>Maritime Heritage Association Journal</b> Vol 21(2)....")
• 09:23, 9 June 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page BROWN, Amy (Created page with "==Nursing Service in WW2== right|250px|Sister Amy Brown274633 Sister Amy BROWN Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service (Reserve) was killed at sea on the 12th February 1944, when the SS Khedive Ismail was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in the Indian Ocean<ref>Smith, AK (2004) <b>Gender & Warfare in the twentieth century: Textual representations</b>. Manchester: MUP. p112.</ref> <ref>Worsley, P. (Ed) (2010) SS Khedive Ismail. <...")
• 09:22, 9 June 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page File:Amy-brown.jpeg
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• 07:46, 9 June 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page BRISCOE, Deborah Violet (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")