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- 09:04, 19 May 2025 HUMPHREY, Muriel Christine (hist | edit) [887 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==Nursing Service in WW2== 100px|right274079 Sister Muriel Christine HUMPHREY 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) <em>SS Khedive Ismail</em>. <b>Ma...")
- 08:58, 19 May 2025 HOARE, Brenda Marie (hist | edit) [1,635 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==Biography== Brenda Marie Hoare was born about 1872 in Kandy, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Her father was a coffee plantation owner. He was a member of the aristocratic Irish Hoare family. The 1891 census showed her living with her mother and siblings in Bournemouth having returned to England to be educated<ref>The National Archives: England Census 1891 RG12 903/56/2</ref>. The 1901 census showed her visiting her sister in Bournemouth and gave her occupation as Ar...")
- 08:31, 19 May 2025 HASTINGS, Valerie Frances (hist | edit) [887 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==Nursing Service in WW2== 100px|right263805 Sister Valerie Frances HASTINGS 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) <em>SS Khedive Ismail</em>. <b>Ma...")
- 08:25, 19 May 2025 HARVEY, Grace Wesslink (hist | edit) [948 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==Nursing Service in WW2== 100px|right274658 Sister Grace Wesslink HARVEY 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) <em>SS Khedive Ismail</em>. <b>Maritime...")
- 20:20, 12 May 2025 GALE, Majory Eveline (hist | edit) [1,074 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==Biography== 100px|rightMarjory Eveline GALE was trained at the Park Hospital, Lewisham, and at the Royal Portsmouth Hospital. She was called up for service in June 1941, and shortly afterwards embarked for India and then Malaya<ref>The British Journal of Nursing, June 1943, p.71</ref>. ==Nursing Service in WW2== 213310 Sister GALE, Marjory Eveline, Territorial Army Nursing Service (TANS) was serving at the 1st Malaysian General Hospital, Singapore....")
- 20:13, 12 May 2025 FOWLER, Majorie Helen Taylor (hist | edit) [1,022 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==Nursing Service in WW2== 100px|right207652 Sister FOWLER, Marjorie Helen Taylor, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS) was serving at the Alexandra Hospital, Singapore. She left Singapore on the SS Kuala, which was sunk by Japanese bombers on February 14, 1942, she was picked up by the SS Tanjong Pinang which was sunk by a Japanese naval vessel on February 17, 1942. <blockquote>"... evacuated from an island by the SS T...")
- 15:10, 12 May 2025 FLECK, Emma (hist | edit) [1,146 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<h4>Biography</h4> Emma FLECK was from Dervock, Co. Antrim in Northern Ireland<sup>1</sup>. She trained as a nurse at the Kent County Mental Hospital, 1934-1939, and the Central Middlesex Hospital 1939-1941<sup>2</sup>. <h4>Nursing Service in WW2</h4> [caption id="attachment_443" align="alignright" width="150"]<img class="size-full wp-image-443" src="https://britisharmynurses.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/emmafleck.jpg" alt="Sister Emma Fleck" width="150" height="248" /...")
- 13:22, 18 April 2025 FITZMAURICE, Flora Kathleen (hist | edit) [736 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==Biography== Flora Kathleen FITZMAURICE trained at the Royal City of Dublin Hospital. She joined the Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service (Reserve) on 2July, 1900<ref>War Office: Nominal Roll of the Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service (Reserve) as at 30th September 1900</ref>. ==Nursing Service in the Boer War== Sister Flora Kathleen FITZMAURICE served with the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital at Deelfontein before transferring to the South African Constabulary<re...")
- 13:18, 18 April 2025 FINLEY, Margaret Raven (hist | edit) [2,067 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==Biography== 100px|rightMargaret Finley was born on 14th June 1910 in West Malvern. She was educated at Wychcrest School, West Malvern and Cheltenham Ladies College. In 1933 she started nurse training at St Thomas' Hospital, London, qualifying in 1937. She then undertook midwifery training. She was commissioned into the QAIMNS as a Staff Nurse in October 1938, and was posted to the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley. In July 1939 she was posted to the Mi...")
- 13:11, 18 April 2025 DUNLOP, Doreen Violet (hist | edit) [928 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==Nursing Service in WW2== 100px|right363771 Sister DUNLOP, Doreen Violet, 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>… died within minutes of getting into lifeboat off Pom Pong Island<ref>Pether, M. (2012) SS Kuala Researched Passenger List version 3.3.5 http://www.cofepow.org.uk/pages/shi...")
- 13:07, 18 April 2025 DOWLING, N. Gwen (hist | edit) [777 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==Nursing Service in WW2== Sister DOWLING, N. Gwen, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (Reserve) (QAIMNSR) was serving at the 20th Combined General Hospital, Singapore. She left Singapore on the SS Kuala, which was sunk by Japanese bombers on February 14, 1942. <blockquote>"… reached Padang and was evacuated with six other nurses … gave evidence to 1943 enquiry …went on to serve in Quetta<ref>Pether, M. (2012) <em>SS Kuala</em> Researched Pass...")
- 11:24, 18 April 2025 DICKSON, Ruth Hannah (hist | edit) [891 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==Nursing Service in WW2== 100px|right2237772 Sister DICKSON, Ruth Hannah, 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>… died in internment at Palembang, Sumatra<ref>>Pether, M. (2012) <em>SS Kuala</em> Researched Passenger List version 3.3.5 http://www.cofepow.org.uk/pages/ships_kuala_passen...")
- 12:13, 14 April 2025 COBBOLD, Theodosia Agnes (hist | edit) [1,033 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==Biography== Mrs Theodosia Agnes COBBOLD (neé Sinclair) who was the great granddaughter of Lord Chief Justice Denman, trained at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford. On the 1891 census she was listed as a Lady Nurse on the Isle of Wight<ref>The National Archives: The England Census RG12 15/951/98/19</ref>. She married Charles Augustus Cobbold in Ontario, Canada. ==Nursing Service in the Boer War== She volunteered for service with the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital and when...")
- 18:36, 13 April 2025 CHILD, Jane Charlotte (hist | edit) [2,114 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==Biography== Jane Charlotte Child was born on July 1st 1864, in Brighton, Sussex. Her father was a 'flyman' (a flyman drove a two-wheeled, single horse cart - a fly)<ref>Birth Certificate (General Register Office)</ref> <ref>England & Wales Birth Index 1837-1915</ref>. Her father died when she was young and the 1871 Census<ref>The National Archives: 1871 England Census RG10, 1074, 6, 9</ref>, shows her at home with her widowed mother, and her brother Georg...")
- 18:26, 13 April 2025 Bibliography (hist | edit) [9,539 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with " ==Bibliographic Resources== Please let us know (via the contact page) if you think there are other items we could add to this bibliography. ==General Nursing & Military Nursing History== Abel-Smith, B. (1960) <strong>History of the nursing profession</strong>. London: Heinemann Ardern, P. (2005) <strong>The Nursing Sister: A Caring Tradition</strong>. Robert Hale Baly, M. (1995) <strong>Nursing and Social Change</strong>. London: Routledge Bassett, J. (1992) <st...")
- 18:14, 13 April 2025 DRIVER, Helen Octavia (hist | edit) [123 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Holding page for diary * August 1914")
- 18:12, 13 April 2025 Driver: August 1914 (hist | edit) [18,886 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==August 1914== ===Monday 3rd=== Volunteered for foreign service at War Office. ===Saturday 8th=== I joined the Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. & was called up for active service at once with instructions to collect a Camping Kit & Uniform within the next seven days, for which I was allowed £23 by the War Office, and to present myself with my baggage at Charing X Hotel at 6 p.m. on Sunday the 16th. ===Sunday 16th=== My colleagues & I arrived at Charing X Hotel w...")
- 14:36, 13 April 2025 Robinson: August 13th - August 31st 1914 (hist | edit) [24,017 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==August 13th - August 31st 1914= ===August 13th=== We left A’shot at 9.15 for where - ? We know not, after waiting 2¼ hrs at the station sitting on our baggage. Cheers en route. Arrive S’hampton Water at 11.00 hrs. Major Blaine & Cpt. Robell most good to us & gave us unlimited tea & biscuits. We stayed in their little telephone office until 2.00am. The <i>S.S. Corsican </I>who was to have taken us on board held up by fog in Channel. At last 2.45am the...")
- 13:55, 13 April 2025 Robinson: Early Years (hist | edit) [6,651 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==Biography== Charlotte Lilian Annie Robinson (known as Lilian) was born in Shanghai, China in 1884<ref name="CensusRG12">The National Archives: England Census 1891, Class: RG12; Piece: 681; Folio: 66; Page: 25</ref>. Her father, Alfred Murray Robinson, was a solicitor in Shanghai, as was her elder brother Edward<ref>Foster, J (1885) Men at the Bar 2nd Edition. London: Hazel, Watson & Viney Ltd</ref>. Lilian’s mother Harriet was Alfred’s second wife,...")
- 13:23, 9 March 2025 BARNFATHER: Norway 1940 (hist | edit) [13,787 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==Norway, 1940== The weather was sunny as we left the land behind, but very cold. The sea was calm so we spent as much time as possible on deck enjoying the sunshine. Food was varied and plentiful compared with what we had been accustomed to having in England with food rationing in force. In fact, it would have been very easy to imagine we were on a peace time cruise except for our uniforms. Quite suddenly the sea’s motion changed as her engines stopped. The ensuing s...")
- 15:00, 8 March 2025 BARNFATHER: London 1940 (hist | edit) [7,315 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==London, 1940== There was just less than a week to go before Christmas and we were to have seven days leave. Afterwards we were to report to an address in Gloucester Road, London. On the Saturday before we were due to leave Tidworth I pulled a muscle in my thigh whilst playing hockey. My first thought was "I'll be left behind". I needn't have worried. After all this was a hospital and there was a practising physiotherapist among the V.A.D.s on the staff. That same even...")
- 12:17, 8 March 2025 BARNFATHER: Unsettling News (hist | edit) [7,915 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==“Unsettling News”== <center><b>September 1939</b></center> <center><b>England</b></center> "England is at war with Germany." Ominous words broadcast by Neville Chamberlain, the British Prime Minister, on Sunday morning September 3, 1939. That message was heard by millions of people all over the world, and many and varied were their reactions. At home, the older generation who had not forgotten the First World War and all its horrors, heard the message with sinking...")
- 11:44, 8 March 2025 BARNFATHER, Winifred Emma (hist | edit) [1,156 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==Biography== Winifred Emma (Freda) Barnfather was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne on the 5th December 1912<ref>1939 Register for England and Wales RG101/2368C/006/11</ref>. Her father was a Grocer's Manager and they lived in Gosforth, Northumberland<ref>1921 Census for England and Wales RG15 560/2/4/279</ref>. She trained as a nurse at Whipps Cross Hospital, London between 1934 and 1938<ref> UK & Ireland, Nursing Registers, 1898-1968, 1943 p.168</ref>. Not long after she j...")
