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British Military Nurses and the Great War: a Guide to the Services
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Little has been written about British military nurses during the Great War, and few primary sources have survived, which makes it difficult to piece together even the basic details of the organization and administration of the nursing services during this period. To understand the situation that existed during the war, it is necessary to be familia…
The Mobilisation of Britain’s Military Nurses 1914
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The day after Britain entered the First World War, a ward sister at Charing Cross Hospital, Maud Hopton, signed a War Office contract agreeing to serve with the military nursing service 'at home or abroad' for a period of one year. Three days after this Maude found herself at Aldershot with 43 other nurses preparing to embark for France as part of …
23 December 1915 : Nurse Ada Stanley
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Her parents were William (agricultural labourer) and Harriet Stanley. Ada was the youngest of nine children. Age 31 at the 1901 Census, Ada, a spinster, was living at 2 Lavender Villas, Fairfield. She was working as a 'district nurse'. By the 1911 Census, she was living in '2 rooms' at 2 Kershaw Street, Failsworth and still single and wor…
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve by Sue Light
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A permanent reserve for Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve (QAIMNS) was formed in 1908, but during peacetime recruitment proved difficult, never successfully competing with the popular Territorial Force Nursing Service. It was intended that the Reserve be held at a constant 500 members; in peacetime they would fill gaps …