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• 14:34, 20 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page ALLAWAY, Alice Ruth (Created page with "==Biography== Alice Ruth Allaway was born in Reading about 18721. She trained at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading and joined the Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Service (Reserve) on July 11th 19002. Nursing Service in the Boer War Sister Allaway served with No. 20 General Hospital at Elandsfontein3. References England Census 1881 RG11/ 1306 Reading, Berks [↩] War Office: Nominal Roll of Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Service (Reserve) September 30th...")
• 14:10, 20 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page ALDER, Evelyn (Created page with "==Biography== Miss Evelyn ALDER was born in Honition, Devon about 1869<ref>The National Archive: England Census RG11/ 1219 1881 South Stoneham, Hants</ref> <ref name="census">The National Archive: England Census RG14/ 5785 Lymington, Hants</ref>. She trained at the Royal Infirmary, Bristol<ref name="roll">War Office (1900) Nominal Roll of Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Service (Reserve) as at 30th September</ref>. ==Nursing Service during the Boer War== Sister AL...")
• 12:39, 20 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page AIREY, Freda (Created page with "==Nursing Service in WW2== 50px|left 200px|right| Sister Freda Airey QAIMNS(R) Sister Freda AIREY Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Serevice (Reserve) 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) '''Gender & Warfare in the twentieth century: Textual representations'''. Manchester: MUP. p112</ref> <ref>Wor...")
• 12:30, 20 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:Poppy.png
• 12:30, 20 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page File:Poppy.png
• 12:29, 20 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:FredaAirey.jpg
• 12:29, 20 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page File:FredaAirey.jpg
• 12:27, 20 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page AINSWORTH, Lilian (Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==Biography== Lilian AINSWORTH was born in Newrath, Kilkenny, Ireland, about 1872<ref name="census1">The National Archives: England Census: RG 14/21989 1911 Birkenhead</ref>. She trained as a nurse at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester and joined the Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Service (Reserve) on February 4th, 1898<ref>War Office (1900) Nominal Roll of Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Service (Reserve) as at 30th September</ref>. ==N...")
• 12:07, 20 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page Category:Diaries (Created page with "This category lists those nurses for whom we have diary, report or letter transcripts on the site.")
• 15:12, 19 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:Portlandhospital.jpg
• 15:12, 19 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page File:Portlandhospital.jpg
• 12:07, 19 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:Sidneyhall.jpg
• 12:07, 19 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page File:Sidneyhall.jpg
• 12:03, 19 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page AGG, Louisa Constance (Created page with "==Biography== Louisa Constance Agg was born in Winchester in 1869<ref>England & Wales Birth Index, 1837 – 1915</ref>. Her father was a retired Colonel in the 51st Regiment. She was brought up in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire<ref>The National Archive: England Census 1871 RG10 2664/ 49/ 15/ 835331</ref> <ref>The National Archive: England Census RG11/ 2569/ 93/ 17/ 1341619</ref>. She started her nurse training in 1896 at St Thomas’ Hospital, London and was on the staff t...")
• 11:51, 19 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page ADKINS, Eleanor Elizabeth (Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==Bibliography== Eleanor Elizabeth ADKINS was born in Weedon, Northamptonshire, about 1873<ref name="census">The National Archives: England Census 1911: RG14; 5682; 77</ref>. She trained as a nurse at the North-West London, Hospital, and joined Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Service (Reserve) on February 23, 1900<ref>War Office (1900) Nominal Roll of Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Service (Reserve) as at 30th September</ref>. ==Nursing Service in th...")
• 11:33, 19 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs protected ABRAHAM, Florence [Edit=Allow only administrators] (indefinite) [Move=Allow only administrators] (indefinite) [cascading] (hist)
• 11:32, 19 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs protected ADDISON, Constance Spong [Edit=Allow only administrators] (indefinite) [Move=Allow only administrators] (indefinite) [cascading] (hist)
• 11:31, 19 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page ADDISON, Constance Spong (Created page with "==Biography== Constance Addison was born in South Africa on March 15th, 1867<ref>Family History: [http://www.hallowsgenealogy.co.uk/add03.htm]</ref>. ==Nursing Service in the Boer War (1899-1902) Nurse Constance Spong ADDISON served as a member of the Natal Volunteers<ref name="medal">The National Archives: War Office WO 100/229 Queen’s South Africa Medal Roll p221 created at Pietermaritzburg, Natal; August 24, 1901</ref>. She was awarded the Royal Red Cross for nur...")
• 11:26, 19 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page ABRAHAM, Florence (Created page with "==Biography== Florence ABRAHAM was born in Melbourne, Australia about 1871<ref>The National Archive: England Census RG12/346 1891 St George’s Hospital</ref>. The 1891 census shows Florence as a probationer at St George’s Hospital. She joined Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Service (Reserve) on May 4, 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 (189...")
• 10:48, 19 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs protected British Army Nurses [Edit=Allow only administrators] (indefinite) [Move=Allow only administrators] (indefinite) [cascading] (hist)
• 10:47, 19 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page British Army Nurses (Created page with "<gallery> File:AmbulanceTrain1.jpeg|alt=ambulance train WW1 File:barge_care.jpg|alt=barge WW1 File:jerusalem1943.jpeg|alt=Jerusalem 1943 File:qaimns_ww2_jobs.jpg|alt=At work WW2 </gallery> ==History and Heritage of British Army Nurses== This is a wiki for the history and heritage of the Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps and its antecedents (Army Nursing Service; Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Service (Reserve); Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursi...")
• 06:29, 19 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs protected WOODS, Emily Jane [Edit=Allow only administrators] (indefinite) [Move=Allow only administrators] (indefinite) [cascading] (hist)
• 06:29, 19 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs protected SS Kuala [Edit=Allow only administrators] (indefinite) [Move=Allow only administrators] (indefinite) [cascading] (hist)
• 06:29, 19 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs protected SS Khedive Ismail [Edit=Allow only administrators] (indefinite) [Move=Allow only administrators] (indefinite) [cascading] (hist)
• 06:28, 19 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs protected The Boer War [Edit=Allow only administrators] (indefinite) [Move=Allow only administrators] (indefinite) [cascading] (hist)
• 06:28, 19 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs protected British Army Nursing [Edit=Allow only administrators] (indefinite) [Move=Allow only administrators] (indefinite) [cascading] (hist)
• 15:52, 18 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page WOODS, Emily Jane (Created page with "==Biography== Emily Jane Wood was born c.1867; the 1871 census records her as aged 4 and living at 12 Oriel Terrace, Hastings, with her parents and sister Alice. At the time of the 1881 census, aged 14, she was attending Kenilworth College in Hastings, whilst the 1891 census records her as living at 113 Markwick Terrace, St Leonards, with her sister and widowed mother. ==Nursing in the Boer War (1899-1902)== In April 1894 she joined Glasgow Royal Infirmary (GRI), ward 1...")
• 10:51, 17 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page Ages (Created page with "Context The data item “Age (as at 1899)” indicated the approximate age of the nurses for whom this information was known. It did not indicate the age of a nurse at the time of her service, as exact dates of service were not known, nonetheless, with the Boer War only lasting three years it gave a good approximation to allow for the examination of the age of the cohort of nurses as a whole. Data Sources The main data source for the ages of the nurses was the census....")
• 10:50, 17 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page A Balanced View (Created page with "It is important that we have a balanced view of the ladies who went to South Africa, and became involved in nursing for good or bad. Lady Randolph Spencer Churchill summed this up when visiting Cape Town from the Hospital Ship Maine1: “I dined at the Mount Nelson Hotel, where I must own to having been much astonished – the dresses, the babble of both men and women, were bewildering, and seemed under the circumstances rather out of place, and a great contrast to the...")
• 10:48, 17 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page Recognition (Created page with "The service of many of these ladies, was recognised either in the award of the Royal Red Cross, or in the issue of the Queen’s South Africa Campaign Medal: Royal Red Cross Lady Beatrice Chesham, for service at the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital1 Lady Beatrice Chesham Lady Beatrice Chesham Lady Sarah Wilson, for service at Mafeking2 Queen’s South Africa Campaign Medal Lady Beatrice Chesham3 Miss Gertrude Geld & Mrs Beatrice Elizabeth Guillemard “These two ladies r...")
• 09:09, 17 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:Wilsonmafeking.jpeg
• 09:09, 17 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page File:Wilsonmafeking.jpeg
• 09:07, 17 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page Capable Women (Created page with "Not all of the ladies travelling to South Africa fell into the category of ‘social butterfly’. Many travelled to South Africa with their husbands who were themselves serving in the Field Force sent to South Africa. Others took advice from government and military officials about how they might help and support the war effort, most usually by supporting the medical and nursing services. Lady Rolleston The experience of Lady Maud Rolleston was in stark contrast to tha...")
• 09:01, 17 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page Society Butterflies (Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==Context= The majority of the society ladies arriving in South Africa were seen as a nuisance by the nursing and medical staff, as seen in this letter to the press from an Army nurse<ref>A plague of women: Views of an Army nurse at the front (1900) '''Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser'''. Wednesday 09 May 1900, p7g</ref>: <blockquote>''“The ‘lady amateur’ crops up everywhere when military excitement is going on. Lord Kitchener himself took most str...")
• 08:40, 17 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:Wynberg.jpeg
• 08:40, 17 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page File:Wynberg.jpeg
• 08:34, 17 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:Possibly-Christina-Anne-Jessica-ne-Cavendish-Bentinck-Lady-Sykes.jpg
• 08:34, 17 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page File:Possibly-Christina-Anne-Jessica-ne-Cavendish-Bentinck-Lady-Sykes.jpg
• 08:27, 17 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page Introduction (Created page with "==Context== At the time of the Boer War the Victorian era was coming to an end, and many changes were taking place that influenced the way in which the war was perceived, and the responses of society to it. There was a greater freedom from domesticity, and greater personal freedom for women, including travelling abroad. This was reflected in both literature and the press. It was also a time when empire and imperialism dominated both political and social discourse. This...")
• 22:28, 14 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page BOND, Nellie Auger (Created page with "==Army Nursing Service before 1899== In 1898 Sister Nellie Auger BOND was serving at the Military Hospital Netley<ref>Army List 1898</ref>. In 1898 she married and left the service. She was the sister of Alice Sweeting BOND. ==References== <References /> Category:Victorian Category:ANS")
• 22:25, 14 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page BLOOMER, Caroline Augusta (Created page with "==Army Nursing Service before 1899== In 1898 Sister Caroline Augusta BLOOMER was serving at the Military Hospital Dublin<ref>Army List 1898</ref>. ==References== <References /> Category:Victorian Category:ANS")
• 10:01, 13 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:Katedriver.jpg
• 10:01, 13 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page File:Katedriver.jpg
• 09:56, 13 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:Londonnurses.png
• 09:56, 13 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page File:Londonnurses.png
• 21:25, 12 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page Motivation (Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==Context== That nurses were eager to volunteer for service in South Africa was evident from the reports in the media at the time. In their journals and letters some nurses gave their own reasons for serving in South Africa. Some were asked personally to volunteer. A group of nurses from the London Hospital were selected by the Matron and asked to go to South Africa on behalf of the Princess of Wales who had a close relationship with the hospital. Sisters Eliza...")
• 14:24, 12 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page Expanding the military nursing workforce (Created page with "It was clear from the start of the Boer War there would not be enough nurses to support the force being deployed. The expansion of the nursing reserve force to meet the requirements of the Boer War fell to a committee with representation from the Army Nursing Reserve, the St John Ambulance Association, the National Society for Aid to the Sick and Wounded in War, and the Army Medical Department. This committee became the Central British Red Cross Committee under the chair...")
• 10:09, 12 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page The Boer War (Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==Context== The Boer War is important for British Army nursing as it was the first major conflict for Britain in which nurses in any numbers had been deployed, and at the end of the war a new nursing service was set up, the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS), which saw nurses becoming a formed component of the British Army. Although there are published accounts of the Boer War and nursing histories that cover this period there were...")
• 11:49, 11 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page BEARE, MJ (Created page with "==Army Nursing Service before 1899== In 1898 Superintendent MJ Beare was serving at the Military Hospital Dublin<ref>Army List 1898</ref>. ==References== <References /> Category:Victorian Category:ANS")
• 17:54, 10 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page ANDERSON, Adela Catherine Letitia (Created page with "==Army Nursing Service before 1899== Sister ACL Anderson (known as Catherine) enlisted in the Army Nursing Service (ANS) on October 3rd, 1894. In 1898 she was serving at the Military Hospital Rochester Row<ref>Army List 1898</ref>. ==References== <References /> Category:Victorian Category:ANS")