CURRIER, Florence May
Biography
Florence May CURRIER was born in St Georges, Wellington in Shropshire, 14 May 1889[1] [2] [3]. Her father was an Engineer's Clerk[1]. By the 1911 Census she was employed as a domestic servant near to home[2].
She trained as a nurse at the Oldham Royal Infirmary may 1913 - May 1916, and was employed there before volunteering for service with the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (Reserve)[3].
Nursing Service in WW1
After joining the QAIMNS(R) in February 1917, Staff Nurse Florence May CURRIER was posted to the Military Hospital, Kinmal Park Camp (Kinmel Park Camp was built in 1914 as a training camp for Lord Kitchener’s Army in preparation for serving in the First World War. It had its own branch railway line connecting to the main line at Foryd Station in Rhyl, North Wales)[3].
She was posted to the BEF in France in September 1918, working mainly at No.2 General Hospital in Le Havre.
She was demobilised in July 1919[3]. Whilst she was in Le Havre, Sir John Lavery painted a picture of her along with a VAD. This picture is in the Imperial War Museum - "Le Havre, 1919: Nurse Billam and Sister Currier" (wrongly titled as Sister Currier)[4].
