ALEXANDER, Margaret Butler
From British Army Nurses
Biography
Margaret Butler Alexander trained at the Western Infirmary, Glasgow. She joined the Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Service (Reserve) on March 23rd, 1900[1].
Nursing Service in the Boer War
She served at the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital[2] and with the Scottish National Red Cross Hospital[3]. She was noted as ‘on duty’ on the Trojan returning to England with sick and wounded, leaving South Africa on September 24th 1900[4].
References
- ↑ War Office (1900) Nominal Roll of Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Service (Reserve) as at 30th September
- ↑ The National Archives: WO 100/130 QSA Medal Roll p228 created at The Imperial Yeomanry Hospital, Pretoria; dated July 13, 1901
- ↑ The National Archives: WO 100/225 QSA Medal Roll p213 created at Scottish National Red Cross Hospital, Glasgow; dated May 2, 1901
- ↑ The Times, October 1, 1900 4b
