Researching Army Nurses
From British Army Nurses
Context
Some time ago we ran a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Researching British Army Nurses. 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 the course. The areas we cover are:
| Chapter | Section |
|---|---|
| Medal Rolls | Overview of Medal Rolls |
| Victorian Wars Medal Rolls | |
| Boer War Medal Rolls | |
| Challenges of transcription, context and language | |
| Newspapers, journals and the Web | Overview of Sources |
| RCN Historical Journals | |
| Ethics in historical research | |
| Using Web Resources | |
| The Singapore Ships | |
| Diaries and Letters | Censorship |
| Kate Luard's Letters | |
| Mixing Family and Nursing History | |
| Women's History & the Professionalisation of Nursing | |
| Finding Ephemera | |
| Preserving Ephemera | |
| Lilian Robinson's Autograph Book | |
| Photographs and Pictures | Identification Features |
| Tippet Medals | |
| Uniforms Boer War and WW1 | |
| Uniforms WW2 onwards | |
| Medals | |
| Paintings and Memorials | |
| The National Archives/ The Census | UK Census |
| Tracking nurses | |
| Census documents | |
| Returns for Military Hospitals | |
| WO 399 collection | |
| Accessing modern military records |
