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• 08:50, 12 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page Annie's Report (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...")
• 08:45, 12 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs uploaded File:Large 000000-2-3.jpg (The Receiving Room: The 42nd Stationary Hospital (Art.IWM ART 2952) image: three wounded or injured British soldiers sit on a bench in the receiving room of a military hospital, awaiting medical treatment. The soldiers on the left lean back against the wall, one with his hands in his pockets, the other crossed in his lap. They have their mouths open, as if sleeping or suffering pain. The third soldier is hunched over, as though cowering or cold, sitting sideways o… Copyright: © IWM. Original...)
• 08:45, 12 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page File:Large 000000-2-3.jpg (The Receiving Room: The 42nd Stationary Hospital (Art.IWM ART 2952) image: three wounded or injured British soldiers sit on a bench in the receiving room of a military hospital, awaiting medical treatment. The soldiers on the left lean back against the wall, one with his hands in his pockets, the other crossed in his lap. They have their mouths open, as if sleeping or suffering pain. The third soldier is hunched over, as though cowering or cold, sitting sideways o… Copyright: © IWM. Original...)
• 08:43, 12 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs uploaded File:Large 000000-4.jpg (The Tiled Ward at No. 22 Casualty Clearing Station, Cambrai. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205243988)
• 08:43, 12 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page File:Large 000000-4.jpg (The Tiled Ward at No. 22 Casualty Clearing Station, Cambrai. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205243988)
• 15:32, 11 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page PLIMSAUL, Annie (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 Keiron talk contribs created page Dorothy's Report (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 Keiron talk contribs created page FOSTER, Dorothy (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...")
• 09:18, 6 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs moved page In memoriam Table to In Memoriam Table
• 09:05, 6 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page Royal Red Cross Table (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 Keiron talk contribs created page In memoriam Table (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...")
• 15:14, 5 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page Alice's Report (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 Keiron talk contribs created page DUNCAN, Alice (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...")
• 10:01, 5 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs uploaded File:Casevac.png
• 10:01, 5 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page File:Casevac.png
• 09:49, 5 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page Reports of nurses serving in WW1 (Created page with "==Context==")
• 09:43, 5 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs uploaded File:QARANC.png
• 09:43, 5 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page File:QARANC.png
• 09:40, 5 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs uploaded File:QAFMNS.png
• 09:40, 5 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page File:QAFMNS.png
• 09:28, 5 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs uploaded File:Tans.jpg
• 09:28, 5 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page File:Tans.jpg
• 09:26, 5 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs uploaded File:TFNS-capemedal.jpg
• 09:26, 5 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page File:TFNS-capemedal.jpg
• 09:25, 5 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs uploaded File:Qaimnsr.png
• 09:25, 5 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page File:Qaimnsr.png
• 09:20, 5 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs uploaded File:Qaimns.jpg
• 09:20, 5 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page File:Qaimns.jpg
• 09:17, 5 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs uploaded File:Pcansr.jpg
• 09:17, 5 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page File:Pcansr.jpg
• 09:01, 5 October 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page Tippet Medals (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 Keiron talk contribs created page Identification Features (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 Keiron talk contribs created page Lilian Robinson's Autograph Book (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...")
• 13:35, 29 September 2024 Keiron talk contribs uploaded File:Autograph album of cla robinson ww1 (720p).mp4
• 13:35, 29 September 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page File:Autograph album of cla robinson ww1 (720p).mp4
• 13:29, 29 September 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page Preserving Ephemera (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 Keiron talk contribs created page Finding Ephemera (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 Keiron talk contribs created page Women's History & the Professionalisation of Nursing (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 Keiron talk contribs created page Mixing Family and Nursing History (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...")
• 09:26, 28 September 2024 Keiron talk contribs uploaded File:Brodiegrave.JPG
• 09:26, 28 September 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page File:Brodiegrave.JPG
• 08:38, 28 September 2024 Keiron talk contribs uploaded File:HMHSFormosa.jpg
• 08:38, 28 September 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page File:HMHSFormosa.jpg
• 08:27, 28 September 2024 Keiron talk contribs uploaded File:Oldmillhospital.jpg
• 08:27, 28 September 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page File:Oldmillhospital.jpg
• 08:19, 28 September 2024 Keiron talk contribs uploaded File:GreatAunt.jpeg
• 08:19, 28 September 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page File:GreatAunt.jpeg
• 07:40, 28 September 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page Kate Luard's Letters (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...")
• 18:41, 27 September 2024 Keiron talk contribs uploaded File:Sea sketch by simon armitage, bbc arts - bbc arts 832x468 mov (540p).mp4
• 18:41, 27 September 2024 Keiron talk contribs created page File:Sea sketch by simon armitage, bbc arts - bbc arts 832x468 mov (540p).mp4