HILL, Amy Bland
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Biography
Amy Bland HILL was born in Norton, Radnorshire in Wales in 1865. She was the daughter of the Vicar of Norton[1]. She trained at the New York Hospital in the USA[2]. She enlisted in the Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service (Reserve) on May 4th 1900[2].
Nursing Service in the Boer War (1899-1902)
In South Africa she served in a number of locations:
- No. 1 General Hospital Wynberg[3];
- No. 3 General Hospital, Kroonstad[4];
- Base Hospital Cape Town[5];
- Pretoria[6];
- Military Hospital Kroonstad[7].
After the Boer War
The latter entries in the medal rolls suggest that she stayed on in South Africa once the war had officially ended. The 2 units mentioned in the KSA medal rolls were peacetime configurations.
In 1911 the Census shows her living with her widowed mother in Bath[8]. On 9th April 1919 she was awarded the Royal Red Cross for her work as Matron, Bath War Hospital, Combe Park, Bath[9].
References
- ↑ England Census 1871: RG10; Piece: 5594; Folio: 63; Page: 9; GSU roll: 850877
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 War Office (1900) Nominal Roll of Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service (Reserve) as at 30th September
- ↑ WO 100/229 QSA Medal Roll p2 created at No1 General Hospital, Wynberg; dated July 14, 1901
- ↑ WO 100/229 QSA Medal Roll p27 created at No3 General Hospital, Kroonstad; dated August 7, 1901
- ↑ WO 100/229 QSA Medal Roll p166 created at Base Hospital, Cape Town; August 2, 1901
- ↑ WO 100/353 KSA Medal Roll p3 created at Pretoria; dated March 19, 1903
- ↑ WO 100/353 KSA Medal Roll p18 created at the Military Hospital, Kroonstad; March 20, 1903
- ↑ Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911: 318/18/14720
- ↑ London Gazette, 2nd Supplement, April 9th 1919 p.4675
