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- 10:23, 26 September 2024 Ethics in historical research (hist | edit) [2,483 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Context Although the subject matter and sources for historical research differ from that of mainstream health and social care research, there is still a requirement for historians to behave ethically and to follow a recognised code of practice (for example: American Association for State and Local History (AASLH), 2012). icon.png Presentation by Keiron The Vimeo video stream should be clever enough to detect the type of video stream you need for your device. If you do h...")
- 09:50, 25 September 2024 RCN Historical Journals (hist | edit) [2,869 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==Context== The Nursing Record was published from 1888 to 1956, changing its name in 1902 to The British Journal of Nursing. The journal contains a wide range of information about hospitals, wards, staff, patients, illness and diseases, medicine and treatments, hospital equipment and events. As well as articles, letters and obituaries, the journals contain many photographs relating to all aspects of nursing and a wide variety of advertisements. In 2001 the Roya...")
- 14:29, 22 September 2024 Overview of Sources (hist | edit) [8,228 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==Context== <blockquote><i>It is clear even to the most casual observer of the historical profession that research practices are being gradually transformed by the digitisation of archives and primary sources. So many new digital resources are being released—cabinet papers, parliamentary proceedings, sound recordings, photographic collections—that it is difficult to keep up with the riches available. One of the most useful of these developments for modern B...")
- 12:56, 22 September 2024 Boer War Medal Rolls (hist | edit) [7,437 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==Context== The Boer War (South Africa 1899-1901) was important for British military nursing as it was the first major conflict for Britain in which nurses in large numbers had been deployed, and at the end of the war a new nursing service was created, the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS), which saw nurses becoming a formed component of the British Army. The war in 1899 was the second war to occur between the Boers and the British....")
- 09:32, 22 September 2024 Victorian Wars Medal Rolls (hist | edit) [5,485 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (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...")
- 20:28, 30 August 2024 Overview of Medal Rolls (hist | edit) [2,206 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (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 Researching Army Nurses (hist | edit) [1,556 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (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...")
- 20:44, 29 August 2024 Marital Status (hist | edit) [14,791 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (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...")
- 10:23, 28 August 2024 Place of Birth (hist | edit) [6,414 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (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...")
- 18:11, 10 August 2024 APPLETON, Kate Gertrude (hist | edit) [777 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (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 ANTROBUS, Martha (hist | edit) [336 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (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 ANDREWS, Emily Hope (hist | edit) [1,084 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (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 ANDREW, Ethel (hist | edit) [762 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (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 ANDRÉ, Alice Emily (hist | edit) [766 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (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...")
- 16:12, 7 August 2024 AMBROSE, May (hist | edit) [437 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (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 AMBROSE, Elizabeth (hist | edit) [842 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (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 ALLSOP, Katharine Amelia (hist | edit) [564 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (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 ALLSOPP, Beatrice (hist | edit) [7,646 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (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...")
- 12:47, 7 August 2024 ALLEN, Gertrude Mary (hist | edit) [586 bytes] Keiron (talk | contribs) (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...")
