COWLEY, Edith Anne
From British Army Nurses
Sister Miss Edith Anne COWLEY served in the Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service (Reserve).
Nursing Service in the Boer War
Sister Edith Anne COWLEY served in Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service (Reserve), enlisting July 2 1900. Her service number was 692.[1][2][3][4][5]
The hospital at Deelfontein [Imperial Yeomanry] numbers 1,000 beds and a further branch will be established at Pretoria within a few weeks. ?The staff for the latter is now en route and consist of the following doctors and nurses, besides 82 orderlies and 8 ward maids:
- ↑ WO 100/130 QSA Medal Roll p228 created at The Imperial Yeomanry Hospital, Pretoria; dated July 13, 1901
- ↑ War Office (1900) Nominal Roll of Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service (Reserve) as at 30th September
- ↑ The Times, July 10, 1900 p7c
- ↑ WO 100/353 KSA Medal Roll p4 created at Pretoria; dated March 19, 1903
- ↑ Census: RG10/ 1486
