The Development of Nursing
From British Army Nurses
The development of nursing in South Africa in the late nineteenth century formed the professional and organisational backdrop against which British military nursing operated during the South African War. This page outlines the evolution of civilian, colonial, and military nursing structures relevant to the period, focusing on those developments that shaped the deployment, expectations, and experiences of nurses who later served with British forces. Wider political and military histories of the conflict are not repeated here.
