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• 14:19, 24 April 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page BRAND, Mary (Created page with "==Nursing Service in WW2== 206782 Sister BRAND, Mary, 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><i>… survived the sinking of the SS Kuala but died later from wounds incurred in the bombing of Pom Pong Island, and was buried in Tembilihan</i><ref> Pether, M. (2012) SS Kuala Resear...")
• 13:35, 24 April 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page BOSTOCK, V Muriel (Created page with "==Nursing Service in WW2== Sister BOSTOCK, V Muriel, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service (Reserve) (QAIMNSR) was in Singapore in 1942, but it is not known in what capacity. She left Singapore on the <i>SS Kuala</i>, which was sunk by Japanese bombers on February 14, 1942. <blockquote><i> … reached Singkep and then Eastern Sumatra with Nurse Edith Wood, and Padang where they boarded a Dutch cargo vessel, reaching Columbo on March 6, 1942<ref>Pether, M...")
• 06:30, 21 April 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs protected EJW: May 1900 [Edit=Allow only administrators] (indefinite) [Move=Allow only administrators] (indefinite) (hist)
• 06:29, 21 April 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page EJW: May 1900 (Created page with "==<i>Arundel Castle</i>== <b>May 19th Saturday</b> Had a good journey to Southampton and a most enthusiastic send off, the streets thronged. It is now 10 p.m. and as I am sharing a cabin with 2 others must not write much tonight, I am going to be revaccinated but not inoculated. <b>21st May</b> Yesterday was lovely and the sea beautiful, we were in the Bay but it was in one of its best moods. The stewardess brings us a cup of tea about 6 a.m., then some have baths and...")
• 22:10, 10 April 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page BOND, Alice Sweeting (Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==Biography== She was born in Cretingham, Suffolk, About 1866 ==Army Nursing Service before 1899== Alice Sweeting BOND served in the ANS alongside her sister Nellie Auger BOND. She enlisted in the ANS on January 27, 1892, and in 1898 was serving at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley<ref>Army List 1898</ref>. ==Nursing Service in the Boer War== ==Nursing service after the Boer War== Appointed Sister in the newly formed Queen Alexandra...")
• 21:43, 10 April 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page BODY, Edith (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><b>The London Gazette</b>, May 26, 1903, p.3364</ref>. ==References== <references /> Category:QAIMNS Category: Post Boer War")
• 07:52, 9 April 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs moved page Black, Charlotte Florence to BLACK, Charlotte Florence without leaving a redirect (consistency)
• 07:49, 9 April 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page SS Tanjong Pinang (Created page with "==Context== The <i>SS Tanjong Pinang</i> was a 97 foot converted ‘tug’ trying to make its escape with about 160 women and children on board plus about eight wounded men from Pom Pong Island where they had been shipwrecked; it also had on board five ocean shipwreck survivors who had been plucked from the sea on the day before. Almost all these people were survivors, including many wounded, of the earlier sinking of the SS Kuala which had sailed from Singapore on 1...")
• 07:48, 9 April 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:Tanjongpinang.jpg
• 07:48, 9 April 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page File:Tanjongpinang.jpg
• 21:29, 7 April 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page Black, Charlotte Florence (Created page with "==Biography== Charlotte Florence BLACK was born in Chorlton-cum-Hardy in 1916, the daughter of Robert and Charlotte Black<ref>Commonwealth War Graves Commission http://www.cwgc.org</ref>. She trained as a nurse in Weymouth. On March 18, 1941 she joined Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS)<ref>Lightfoot, BA. (2013) Amazing story of courage in the face of cruelty. <b>Salford Advertiser</b>, June 6, 2013, p23</ref>. Nursing Service in WW2 206670 S...")
• 20:54, 7 April 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page MediaWiki:Cookiewarning-info (Created page with "Cookies help us deliver this wiki, but no personal or tracking data is collected. By using the wiki, you agree to our use of cookies.")
• 16:26, 5 April 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page BICKFORD, Sarah Alice (Created page with "==Biography== Sister Sarah Alice Bickford trained at the General Hospital in Birmingham. She joined the Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Service (Reserve) on February 23, 1900<ref> War Office: Nominal Roll of Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Service (Reserve) as at 30th September</ref>. We have found no reference in the QSA Medal Rolls so she may have been serving in a military hospital in the UK. ==Reference== <references /> Category:PCANSR Category:Boer W...")
• 16:21, 5 April 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page Category:WW1 (Created page with "This category lists those nurses who served during WW1.")
• 15:10, 5 April 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page BICKERDIKE, Elizabeth Mabel (Created page with "Biography ELIZABETH MABEL BICKERDIKE Elizabeth Mabel Bickerdike was born about 1873 in Bombay, India. Her father was an East India merchant. The 1881 Census showed her living with her family in Surrey, England1 as did the census for 18912 and she was educated at the Girls High School, Croydon. She trained as a nurse at the Infirmary in Bolton, Lancashire, and then worked at the Borough Fever Hospital, Croydon. She enlisted in the Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Ser...")
• 15:07, 5 April 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:Bickerdike.png
• 15:07, 5 April 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page File:Bickerdike.png
• 19:27, 1 April 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page Category:Post Boer War (Created page with "This category lists those nurses who served between the Boer War and WW1. This period covers the first appointments to the new Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service and later its Reserve component.")
• 16:02, 1 April 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page BECK, Evangelina (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><b>The London Gazett</b>e, May 26, 1903, p.3364</ref> ==References== <references /> Category:QAIMNS Category:Post Boer War")
• 15:57, 1 April 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page BEAUFOY, Katy (Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==Biography== Katy Beaufoy was born in Aston, Birmingham on the 20th December, 1868. Her father was the Superintendent of the Birmingham Post Office. She trained at the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital in Devon starting on the 16th October, 1893. After qualifying she was Sister of the Operating Theatres for eighteen months, then Sister of the Male Wards for six months. She was Matron of the Exeter Sanatorium from 11th July, 1888 until she joined Princess Christian...")
• 15:40, 1 April 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:MatronKayeBeaufoy.jpeg
• 15:40, 1 April 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page File:MatronKayeBeaufoy.jpeg
• 15:25, 1 April 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs moved page Category:Died to Category:Died in Service (Short version is less respectful)
• 11:04, 1 April 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page BATEMAN, Edith Mary (Created page with "==Nursing Service in WW2== thumb|right|Sister Edith Mary Bateman (with kind permission of Brian Crabb) 257776 Sister Edith Mary BATEMAN Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service (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) <b>Gender & Warfare in the twentieth century: Textual representations</b>. Manchester: M...")
• 10:56, 1 April 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:Edith Mary Bateman.JPG
• 10:56, 1 April 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page File:Edith Mary Bateman.JPG
• 10:53, 1 April 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded a new version of File:Baines.jpg
• 10:53, 1 April 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page BAINES, Martha Sophia (Created page with "==Biography== Sister Martha Sophia BAINES was born and baptised in 1870, in Thorpe Mandeville, Northamptonshire<ref> Ancestry.com: England Baptisms and Christenings, 1538-1975</ref>. Her father was a grocer and gardener<ref> The National Archives: England Census 1871: RG10/4728/85/13 Thorpe, Yorkshire</ref> <ref>The National Archives: England Census 1881: RG11/1508 Bicester</ref>. She trained at The London Hospital, and joined Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Service...")
• 10:43, 1 April 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:Baines.jpg
• 10:43, 1 April 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page File:Baines.jpg
• 11:35, 31 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page BADGER, Lavinia (Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==Biography== Lavinia Badger was born on the 4th October, 1869, in Rotherham, Yorkshire, daughter of William and Anne. William was a Mechanical Engineer<ref> The National Archives England Census RG10; Piece: 4706; Folio: 28; Page: 6</ref> <ref>The National Archives England Census RG11; Piece: 4675; Folio: 70; Page: 13</ref> <ref>The National Archives England Census RG14; Piece: 28082</ref>. She trained at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast and joined Prince...")
• 11:23, 31 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:Badger.jpg
• 11:23, 31 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page File:Badger.jpg
• 20:32, 30 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page BABB, Mary Lyneham Tanyer (Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==Biography== Mary Lyneham Tanyer BABB was born in Dittisham, Totnes, Devon on August 19th, 1863. She trained at St Thomas’ Hospital, London before enlisting in Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Service (Reserve) on April 22nd, 1897. She was given the service number 72<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 left for South Africa on the...")
• 15:59, 30 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page ATKIN, Joyce Kathleen (Created page with "==Nursing Service in WW2== 270574 Sister Joyce Kathleen ATKIN, 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) <i>SS Khedive Ismail</i>. <b>Maritime Heritage Association Journal</...")
• 15:48, 30 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page ANGUS, S (Created page with "==Nursing Service in the Boer War== Nurse S ANGUS was listed as a Civilian Nurse serving in Ladysmith<ref> The National Archives: WO 100/229 Queen’s South Africa Medal Roll p.151 created at General Hospital, Ladysmith; February 8, 1903</ref> ==References== <references /> Category:Boer War")
• 15:14, 30 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page ANDERSON, Hannah (Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==Biography== Hannah ANDERSON was born in Wylam, Northumberland about 1871<ref name=“census”> The National Archives: England Census 1911 RG14/30559</ref>. She trained as a nurse at the Crumpsall Infirmary, Manchester<ref name=“woffice”> War Office (1900) Nominal Roll of Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Service (Reserve) as at 30th September</ref>. ==Nursing service in the Boer War== Sister Hannah ANDERSON joined the Princess Christian’s Army Nursi...")
• 06:16, 29 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page Using Web Resources (Created page with "Context The Web now provides unparalleled access to information from around the globe. Anyone can make information available on the Web, and therein lays one of the issues. How do we discriminate when searching for information, ensuring that what we use in our research is both valid and accurate. icon.png Content Most people start their Web searching via the Google search engine, so much so that we now talk about 'googling' for something. There are strategies to use whe...")
• 17:35, 27 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page Category:Research (Created page with "This category contains a number of pages that were created for a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) about ''Researching British Army Nurses'' which ran some time ago. As they are now set here out of context please do not be confused about references to other course materials.")
• 17:31, 27 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:Deciphering Chicken Scratch Tips and Tricks for Reading Old Handwriting.mp4
• 17:31, 27 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page File:Deciphering Chicken Scratch Tips and Tricks for Reading Old Handwriting.mp4
• 17:19, 27 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:Transcribing.mp4
• 17:19, 27 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page File:Transcribing.mp4
• 15:31, 27 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page Challenges of transcription, context and language (Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==Context== ''Reliable research, reliable conclusions, reliable reports, and reliable publications all rest on one foundation: skill at note taking''<ref>Mills, ES (2001) '''Professional Genealogy. A Manual for Researchers, Writers, Editors, Lecturers and Librarians'''. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company p.293</ref>. In order to be able to take good notes, whether a full transcript or an extract, we need to understand the context in which the origi...")
• 16:13, 26 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page Lost at Sea (Created page with "==Context== These pages are concerned with the many Army nurses who lost their lives at sea. ==Pages== **Brookwood_Memorial | Brookwood Memorial **SS_Khedive_Ismail | Sinking of the SS Khedive Ismail **SS_Kuala | Sinking of the SS Kuala")
• 15:43, 26 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page Brookwood Memorial (Created page with "==Context== The Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial stands at the southern end of the Canadian section of the Brookwood Military Cemetery and commemorates 3,428 Commonwealth men and women who died during the Second World War and have no known grave. This includes commandos killed in the Dieppe and St Nazaire Raids; and Special Operations Executive personnel who died in occupied Europe. The memorial commemorates many Army nurses who died at sea. File:brookwoodtransparent.png|...")
• 15:17, 26 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page File:Brookwoodtransparent.png
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• 16:37, 20 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page THORNE, Edith Maud (Created page with "==Biography== Edith Maud Thorne was born in Great Yarmouth on the 20th February 1902<ref name="family">Family History</ref> <ref>Norfolk, England, Transcripts of Church of England Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers, 1600-1935, Norfolk Record Office; Norwich, Norfolk, England; Norfolk Church of England Registers; Reference: BT ANW 1903</ref>. She trained as a nurse at the Bermondsey and Rotherhithe Hospital 1923-1927<ref>UK & Ireland, Nursing Registers, 1898-1968, 19...")
• 14:56, 20 March 2024 WikiSysop talk contribs created page ALLMAN, L C (Created page with "==Nursing Service in the Boer War (1899-1902)== LC ALLMAN joined the Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Service (Reserve) and sailed for South Africa on November 16, 1899. She served at the No. 1 General Hospital in Wynberg<ref>The National Archives WO 100/229 QSA Medal Roll p1 created at No1 General Hospital, Wynberg; dated July 14, 1901</ref>, and the No. 2 General Hospital in Pretoria<ref>WO 100/229 QSA Medal Roll p24 created at No2 General Hospital, Pretoria; dated...")