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- 09:31, 5 November 2024 DAVIS, Mary Ellen (hist | edit) [4,538 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==Biography== Mary Ellen DAVIS was born in Dublin in 1878. Her father was a Clerk in the Civil Service. She was educated at a private school in Dublin<ref name="wo399davis">The National Archves: War Office 399/2099</ref>. From February 1901 to November 1902 she trained as a nurse at the City of Dublin Nursing Institution<ref name="wo399davis"/>, which was associated with the City of Dublin Hospital<ref>Fealy, G.M. (2006) <b>A History of Apprenticeship Nurse Tr...")
- 09:22, 5 November 2024 ROBINSON, Charlotte Lilian Annie (hist | edit) [18 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "To come with diary")
- 17:14, 2 November 2024 CURRIER, Florence May (hist | edit) [1,858 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==Biography== Florence May CURRIER was born in St Georges, Wellington in Shropshire, 14 May 1889<ref name="census1901">The National Archives: England Census 1901 RG13; 2523/ 63 /66</ref> <ref name="census1911">The National Archives: England Census 1911 RG14; 16005; 193</ref> <ref name="wo399currier">The National Archives: War Office 399/1968 Currier, Florence May</ref>. Her father was an Engineer's Clerk<ref name="census1901"/>. By the 1911 Census she was empl...")
- 17:04, 2 November 2024 CULVERWELL, Lucy Matilda (hist | edit) [268 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (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")
- 17:02, 2 November 2024 CRAWFORD, AM (hist | edit) [530 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==Nursing Service in the Boer War== Nurse AM CRAWFORD was noted as a civilian nurse at Mafeking during the siege<ref>The National Archives: War Office WO 100/229 QSA Medal Roll p153 created at Victoria Civil Hospital, Mefeking (siege), note: to Imperial Hospital, Mefeking</ref> <ref>The National Archives: War Office WO 100/229 QSA Medal Roll p224</ref>, for which she was awarded the Royal Red Cross<ref>The London Gazette, September 27, 1901; p6324</ref>. ==References==...")
- 16:58, 2 November 2024 COX, Emily Agnes (hist | edit) [269 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (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")
- 16:56, 2 November 2024 COX, Elizabeth (hist | edit) [269 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (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")
- 15:36, 28 October 2024 WO 399 collection (hist | edit) [5,488 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==Context== The main source for information about nurses in WW1 is the personnel files held at TNA, Kew. Some of the records contain application forms to join the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service or Reserve, which indicate previous service. These forms helped with the research on Nurses in the Boer War. The content and size of the records vary enormously. Things you might find include: * where a nurse trained or worked before the war * refer...")
- 15:20, 28 October 2024 Returns for Military Hospitals (hist | edit) [715 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==Context== There were many military hospitals in the UK during the period of the three Census returns we have been looking at. Finding them in the Census requires either the name of a nurse you know was there, or knowing the Registration District the hospital came under. We have identified many of these. If you know of any others, please let me know. ==Returns== Military hospitals and their Registration Districts: * Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley - Hound * Herbert Ho...")
- 13:28, 28 October 2024 Census documents (hist | edit) [3,561 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==Context== For those of us interested in Army nurses there are three Census years to investigate: 1891, 1901 and 1911. It is possible to track individual nurses through the Census. Sometimes the enumerators used ANS or ANSR, or Army Nurse which helps us identify the individuals we are seeking. At other times they would be noted as a nurse, in either case we still need to corroborate to ensure we have the correct information. At the times of these Census record...")
- 13:18, 28 October 2024 Tracking nurses (hist | edit) [3,041 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "__NOTOC__ ===Context=== Census data can be used to corroborate and to enrich the data held on individual nurses. Census data can be helpful in removing some of the ambiguities, especially with the publication of the 1911 census for the United Kingdom. Using the census presents challenges for all researchers, and these are described below. ===Census: Change of name on marriage=== Where nurses remained single, especially post 1911, tracing them in the census is considerab...")
- 13:08, 28 October 2024 UK Census (hist | edit) [2,658 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==The Census in the UK== A census was taken every 10 years from 1810 but, the census taken between 1810 and 1831 are of little use to genealogists and nursing historians since they recorded only the numbers in each household. From 1841 the census is of use. The census was taken from midnight on Sunday/Monday as follows: * 1841 Census - 6 & 7th June * 1851 Census - 30 & 31st March * 1861 Census - 7 & 8th April * 1871 Census - 2 & 3rd April * 1881 Census - 3 &...")
- 14:35, 27 October 2024 Medals (hist | edit) [4,347 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==Context== Identifying medals when seen close up is relatively easy, as is identifying medal ribbons in clear colour photographs. In reality photographs are often difficult to make out, and nurses rarely wore medals on active service. When looking at a group of medals it is important to verify that the person was entitled to wear them, as some may have been owned as souvenirs (foreign medals). Medals are worn in a particular order which also helps us identify...")
- 10:15, 27 October 2024 Uniforms WW2 onwards (hist | edit) [2,632 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (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). I am always happy to help identify nurses in pictures. ==WW2== Nurses serving in WW2 would be Queen...")
- 10:37, 26 October 2024 Care of Wounded Soldiers at Cardiff Royal Infirmary during the Great War (hist | edit) [22,956 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "center|alt=Care of Wounded Soldiers at Cardiff Royal Infirmary during the Great War Painting <center>Medium: oil on canvas; Measurements: 83x59 ins; Cardiff Royal Infirmary Accession Number: PCF65; Acquisition: on long-term loan to Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps Association</center> Background This oil on canvas painting by Margaret Lindsay Williams was painted in 1916. It currently hangs in the Headquarters of the Army Medical...")
- 08:10, 26 October 2024 ROBERTS, Jane (hist | edit) [680 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Jane (Jennie) Roberts Place of birth: Bryncrug Service: Staff Nurse, QAIMNS Death: 1917-04-10, HMHS Salta, Drowning / Boddi Memorial: Cathedral Nurse, Llanelwy, Flintshire Notes: aged 30. She died when His Majesty’s Hospital Ship “Salta” was sunk off Le Havre on 10 April 1917. She was lost at sea and her body was never recovered. Her name appears on the Salta Memorial at Ste Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, Normandy, France, and on the memorial plaques in the porch of St...")
- 08:08, 26 October 2024 ROBERTS, Margaret Dorothy (hist | edit) [682 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (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 THOMAS, Margaret Evans (hist | edit) [1,083 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (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 BRACE, Frances Ethel (hist | edit) [803 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (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 COWARD, Laura (hist | edit) [758 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (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 COVEY, E (hist | edit) [261 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (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 CORLYON, Thomasina Lissette (hist | edit) [799 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (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 COOPER, Mary (hist | edit) [2,066 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (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 COLE, Mary Cecil Florence Kate (hist | edit) [269 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (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 CLEWETT, Catherine Hilda (hist | edit) [831 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (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>...")
- 13:39, 19 October 2024 CLAYTON, Kate (hist | edit) [1,262 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (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 CLARIDGE, Sarah Alice (hist | edit) [884 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (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 CHATFIELD, Mabel Jesson (hist | edit) [5,586 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (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...")
- 09:24, 19 October 2024 CHARMAN, F Mary (hist | edit) [954 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (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 CHEETHAM, Edith Christine (hist | edit) [270 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (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 Uniforms Boer War and WW1 (hist | edit) [3,615 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (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...")
- 08:50, 12 October 2024 Annie's Report (hist | edit) [5,278 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (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...")
- 15:32, 11 October 2024 PLIMSAUL, Annie (hist | edit) [8,189 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (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 Dorothy's Report (hist | edit) [6,553 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (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 FOSTER, Dorothy (hist | edit) [5,766 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (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...")
- 09:05, 6 October 2024 Royal Red Cross Table (hist | edit) [138,807 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (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 In Memoriam Table (hist | edit) [85,464 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (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...") originally created as "In memoriam Table"
- 15:14, 5 October 2024 Alice's Report (hist | edit) [14,447 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (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 DUNCAN, Alice (hist | edit) [7,108 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (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...")
- 09:49, 5 October 2024 Reports of nurses serving in WW1 (hist | edit) [19,311 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==Context==")
- 09:01, 5 October 2024 Tippet Medals (hist | edit) [3,774 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==Context== Although we call them tippet ‘medals’ they are really tippet ‘badges’ as they were issued with the uniform and returned when leaving the service (although some nurses were able to retain them, following a long period of service). We have not yet found a definitive archive account of how or why they were introduced. Looking at the first badges and when they were introduced, there are some strong clues to their origin. The first tippet bad...")
- 08:15, 5 October 2024 Identification Features (hist | edit) [767 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==Context== One of the tasks for both family and military historians is making sense of photographs and pictures. There are a number of identifying features that helps us to work out the era and service of a British Army nurse. The main things to look at are: * Tippets and tippet medals * Uniforms * Medals ==Content== In the following sections there will be a number of photographs and videos, demonstrating the difference in these identifying factors. If you have a tric...")
- 13:55, 29 September 2024 Lilian Robinson's Autograph Book (hist | edit) [5,340 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==Context== Charlotte Lillian Annie ROBINSON completed her nurse training at St George's Hospital, London, in April 1912, and then worked as as a Staff Nurse and as an Assistant Night Sister at St George’s, before leaving to take up private nursing. She applied to join the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS) in August 1912. Interestingly, her Matron while she was a St George’s was Miss Edith McCall Catherine Anderson RRC, herself...")
- 13:29, 29 September 2024 Preserving Ephemera (hist | edit) [14,067 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==Context== Many families will have a collection of old documents, books, photographs, albums and other ephemera, which while they be not be intrinsically valuable, will have great sentimental value, and will need to be looked after for descendants to appreciate in years to come. Paper documents, books and photographs deteriorate quickly if not kept in ideal conditions, and there are many simple steps that you can take to keep your family ephemera in good order...")
- 13:11, 29 September 2024 Finding Ephemera (hist | edit) [3,346 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==Context== The term ‘ephemera’ covers a wide range of documents including leaflets, tickets, programmes, printed tins and packaging, advertising inserts, posters, newspapers and much more. In terms of nursing history it will also include letters, postcards, diaries, scrapbooks, photographs, and original official documents. What they have in common is their 'transient' nature. They were produced to be consumed 'at the time', and without much thought to the...")
- 10:29, 28 September 2024 Women's History & the Professionalisation of Nursing (hist | edit) [10,721 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==Context== The birth of Army nursing took place against a backdrop of an emerging professionalisation of nursing, and the debates for the registration of nurses. Army nurses were active in both of these processes. When we look at the history of Army nurses, or explore a member of our family who was an Army nurse, we need to understand these contexts in order to understand and properly contextualise the materials we are using. ==Nursing as a Profession== Early...")
- 09:43, 28 September 2024 Mixing Family and Nursing History (hist | edit) [19,124 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==Context== Family and nursing historians might share the same data sources but will usually have different perspectives. Family historians want to 'fix' the family connections and so might be more interested in what further connections they can establish, or if the data supports connections they have already surmised. Nursing historians want to 'fix' the context in that they want to understand the circumstances of the events and how that might relate to nurses...")
- 07:40, 28 September 2024 Kate Luard's Letters (hist | edit) [5,459 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==Context== <blockquote>"Kate Evelyn Luard was born in 1872, the 10th of thirteen children born to Rev. Bixby Garnham Luard and Clara Isabella Sandford (nee Bramston). Her childhood was spent at Avely Vicarage, Essex and Birch Rectory, near Colchester, Essex. A defining moment in her life was her time spent at Croydon High School for Girls (1887-1890). The headmistress and founder of the school was Dorinda Neligan, a suffragette and campaigner for women’s ri...")
- 18:36, 27 September 2024 Censorship (hist | edit) [6,361 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==Context== <blockquote>Nurses know nursing in a way that no one else does, and yet the reflections you have, though often well meant, are created by others<ref>White, N. (2012) Good Nurse, Bad Nurse: Images of nursing in literature and on screen. (A Leverhulme Residency public talk. Presented on October 2nd, 2012 at the Teviot Lecture Theatre, University of Edinburgh) [WWW] http://nursingwriter.blogspot.co.uk/p/good-nurse-bad-nurse.html Links to an external si...")
- 09:11, 27 September 2024 The Singapore Ships (hist | edit) [7,322 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==Context== By the 31st of January 1942 all British Empire forces had withdrawn from the Malay peninsula on to Singapore Island. On the 8th of February 1942 Japanese forces landed in the north-west of the island, and within six days they had had advanced as far as the outskirts of Singapore City. At this point the city was under constant air attack. British Army nurses had been stationed at the Alexandra Military Hospital on Singapore Island, and in General Ho...")
