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Acey, Miss Clara	? -	Sister 22.03.1943 [266238]	22.03.1943 commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
Airey, Miss Freda	? - 12.02.1944 [Brookwood Memorial, panel 22, column 1]	Sister 08.02.1943 [260226]	08.02.1943     commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve 12.02.1944     lost in the sinking of the SS Khedive Ismail on in the Indian Ocean
Aconley, Miss Laura [later: Mrs L. Ashdown]	? -	Sister 17.12.1941 [215239] (retd 1945/46) MID 11.01.1945 Italy	17.12.1941 commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
Anderson, Miss Isabella Abigail Married ((03?).1947, Hull district, East Riding of Yorkshire) Maj. Horace Cornelius William "Mike" Galliford (21.08.1917-14.12.1983) (his second marriage); three sons, one daughter.	25.08.1919 Six Mile Cross, Co. Tyrone, Ireland - 29.05.1994 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk	Sister 04.01.1943 [236414] 39-45 St - - Afr St - - It St - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - -	04.01.1943     commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve       served in North Africa, Italy and Greece

 

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Balfour, Miss Audrey Margaret Craig Daughter of Archibald Craig Balfour, LRCS, LRCP, and Margaret Ellen Balfour, of Aviemore, Inverness-shire.	1906 Duthil district, Inverness-shire, Scotland - 11.02.1944 Gibraltar [Brookwood Memorial, panel 22, column 1]	Sister 30.05.1941 [206728]	State Registered Nurse. 03.1940     enlisted service (proceeded to Malta, where she served throughout the siege, and received an injury from an enemy shell) 30.05.1941 commissioned, QAIMNS Reserve [emergency commission] posted the the Middle East; was on her way back to the UK at the time of her death
Barclay, Miss Mary Kathleen Daughter of the late David Barclay, of Belfast. Married (20.06.1942, Church of St James, West Malvern) Capt. St George Eyre Harris, OBE, MD, RAMC (1877? - 27.05.1945).	19.06.1885 Belfast, Northern Ireland - 25.08.1968 Farnborough, Hampshire	Staff Nurse ? Sister 08.07.1919 Matron 13.10.1934 Principal Matron 01.03.1939 [206031] (retd 19.06.1942) CBE 30.12.1941 Middle East BWM 14|20 - - VM - - Member [1st Class], Royal Red Cross, 1940. Associate [2nd Class], Royal Red Cross, 03.06.1919 [for valuable services with the Armies in France and Flanders].	Education: privately. 08.07.1914     commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service 20.10.1916 - 11.11.1918 served in France & Belgium (despatches)       served WW II (despatches), Mediterranean Stations 1940     Principal Matron, Middle East 1942 - 1942 Principal Matron, Middle East Published: 101 Suggestions for Ward Instructions, specially adapted for use in military hospitals (1933).

 

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Francis, Miss Kathleen Isobel	1920 - 1980	Sister 01.09.1943 [274730]	01.09.1943 commissioned, QAIMNS Reserve [emergency commission]
Fraser, Miss Jessie Ann McLeod Married ((09?).1945, Westminster district) ... Baird; ... children (one daughter?).	? - 1997	Sister 30.05.1941 [208083]	30.05.1941 commissioned, QAIMNS Reserve served with Middle East Forces Emigrated to Canada late 1940s.

 

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Griffiths, Mrs Sarah Ann	see:	Marr, Miss Sarah Ann

 

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Hobday, Miss Bertha	04.06.1905 Stockton-on-Tees, North Riding of Yorkshire - (03?).1973 Teesside district, North Riding of Yorkshire	Sister 30.05.1941 [208440] Senior Sister 1946? Capt. 24.11.1950 Member, Royal Red Cross [1st class], 17.01.1946.	30.05.1941     commissioned, QAIMNS Reserve [emergency commission]       served in Burma 24.11.1950 - 04.06.1960 Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps - Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
Holmes, Miss Ada Mary "Mollie"	02.12.1908 Huddersfield, West (Riding of) Yorkshire - 05.02.1999 Leighton Buzzardt, Bedfordshire	Sister 30.05.1941 [208428] (reld > 04.1946) 39-45 St - - Afr St - & clasp 8th Army Def M - - WM 39|45 - -	Left Huddersfield in her youth. (06.1940) possibly served at Dunkirk 30.05.1941 commissioned, QAIMNS Reserve No. 10 General Hospital (mobilising in Edinburgh) Spent most of her working life and retired in Southampton. Moved to Leighton Buzzard in 1990/1991 due to failing health.

 

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Leiper, Miss Margaret Jane Married ((06?).1947, Liverpool district, Lancashire) Leslie H. Loadman.	? -	Sister 01.05.1942 [230773] (reld > 04.1946) Afr St - - It St - -	01.05.1942 commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve served on the Strathallan when it was sunk
Lonergan, Miss Margaret Mary	? -	Sister 30.05.1941 [208689] MID 23.05.1946 Mediterranean	served at Dunkirk & North Africa 30.05.1941 commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service

 

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Marr, Miss Sarah Ann Daughter (with one sister and one brother) of James Marr (1887-1959), and Annie Wilkinson. Married (14.05.1942, Poona, India) then Capt. Arthur Vivian Griffiths, RAMC (1903-1983); ... children.	28.09.1907 Oakenshaw, Durham - (03?).1981 Grimsby district, Humberside	Sister 30.05.1941 [213969] (reld > 04.1947)	Theatre sister at St James Hospital Leeds, 1939. 1939     enlisted service, Territorial Army Nursing Service (05.1940)     probably served with 18th British General Hospital (France, Dunkirk) 30.05.1941     commissioned, Territorial Army Nursing Service (1942)     served in India
Mears, Miss Catherine Ann Daughter of John C. Mears, and Sarah M. Edwardson.	(06?).1918 Merthyr Tydfil district, Breconshire / Glamorgan / Mid Glamorgan -	Sister 07.06.1944 [317954] Lt. 01.05.1951	1942     served in the ranks in Egypt (Field Hospital 63/64, later No. 1 General Hospital) 07.06.1944 commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve 01.05.1951     Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps - Regular Army Reserve of Officers

 

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Newton, Miss Elsie Married ... Earley.	? -	Sister 12.06.1944 [322172] (reld 13.04.1947) Hon. Sister 13.04.1947	12.06.1944 commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
Nixon, Miss Annie Elizabeth Married ((03?).1946, King's Lynn district, Norfolk) Lt.Cdr. Frederick Basil Humphrey, RNVR.	27.12.1907 Australia ? - 02.2010 still alive in Australia	Sister 30.05.1941 [208944] (reld < 04.1946)	30.05.1941     commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve       served in Egypt, Palestine & Europe Returned to Australia, 1982.

 

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Parkinson, Miss Gwenfil Daughter of ... Parkinson, and ... Evans. Married Durand Hodsdon.	26.03.1916 Easington district, Co. Durham -	Sister 01.06.1943 [270972] (reld > 04.1946) Associate, Royal Red Cross 2nd class 13.06.1946	01.06.1943 commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
Patterson, Miss Jane Amelia	? -	Staff Nurser 17.05.1922 [206371] Chief Principal Matron 01.05.1942 (retd 28.05.1947) Hon. Ch. Prin. Matron 28.05.947 Royal Red Cross 2nd class 11.07.1940	17.05.1922 commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
Porterfield, Mrs Helen "Nellie"	? - 21.12.1942 [Brookwood Memorial, Surrey, panel 22, column 2]	Sister 08.10.1942 [246676]	08.10.1942 commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service 21.12.1942     died aboard the troop transport ship SS Strathallan which was torpedoed by U-562 during Operation Torch

 

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Rayner, Miss Olive May	? - ?	Sister 30.05.1944 [313841] (retd 04.02.1949; disability) Hon. Sister 04.02.1949	30.05.1944 commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service Reserve 01.01.1946     transferred, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service
Reilly, Miss Nora Grace Daughter of Herbert Horace Reilly (1874-1949), and Nellie Skelton Cummings (1875-1964). Married (07.1950, Hampstead district, Middlesex) Eric William Cornford (26.02.1905 - 10.03.1993).	18.12.1910 Ealing, Brentford district, London - 11.05.1994 Retired Nurses National Home, Bournemouth, Dorset	Sister 01.09.1941 [209348] (reld 02.1946)	General Nursing Training, 02.1931-04.1934. Midwifery Training, 12.1934-12.1935. Staff Midwife, North Middlesex County Hospital, 02.1936-08.1936. Private Nursing, 09.1936-12.1937. Sister, General and Midwifery, King Edward VIII Hospital, Durban, South Africa, 02.1938-03.1939. Charge Sister, General and Midwifery, Kasr-el-Aini Hospital, Cairo, Egpyt, 04.1939-08.1941. 01.09.1941     commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service Reserve
Richardson, Miss Florence Barbara One daughter.	02.05.1916 - 02.1989 Lancaster, Lancashire	Sister 02.07.1945 (reld 10.1948)	02.07.1945 commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service Reserve (1948) served in India Finished her nursing as a sister in West Cumberland Hospital.
Ross, Mrs Ena Morfudd	see:	Thomas, Miss Ena Morfudd

 

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Satchell, Miss Mary Daughter (with three brothers) of Capt. William James Satchell, and Jeanne Faulkner. Sister of Sq.Ldr. James Satchell, RAF, and of Maj. Stanley William Satchell, RA.	(06?).1915 Peterborough district, Lincolnshire - 08.05.1945 Lincoln Military Hospital [age 30] [Lincoln (Newport) Cemetery, L.111]	Sister 30.05.1941 [209275]	Education: Christ's Hospital; nursing training, University College Hospital. (1940)     served in France (narrowly escaping falling into enemy hands at Le Treport) 30.05.1941     commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service Reserve (1941?)     64th General Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt (Middle East Forces) ? - late 1944 served in Italy (Central Mediterranean Forces) SRN, SCM.

 

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Thomas, Miss Ena Morfudd Married (1943?) Roderick Ross, RAMC; ... children (one son?).	10.03.1908 Bangor district, Anglesey / Caernarvonshire / Gwynedd - 06.2004 Bath & North East Somerset district, Somerset	Sister 01.10.1941 [209573] (reld 13.11.1944)	01.10.1941 commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service Reserve was involved in the running of a German POW hospital in North Africa (Algeria/Tunesia?)
Thompson, Miss Alix Halford	28.09.1892 Newton Abbot district, Devon - 12.05.1985 Wallingford distric, Oxfordshire	Sister 28.02.1942 [227385] (reld 06.09.1944) Afr St - -	spent some time as a nun in New Zealand 28.02.1942 commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service Reserve may have served at Malta
Thorpe, Miss Phyllis Mary From Yardley, Birmingham.	10.03.1923 ? - 02.2002 ? Peterborough district ?	Sister 16.06.1943 [274610] MBE 10.11.1944 ?	16.06.1943 commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service Reserve

 

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Warren, Miss Vera Ethel Daughter of Charles William Warren and Jane Tookey. Married (21.10.1950, Tauranga, NZ) Nelson Burkitt Goodson; three daughters.	30.04.1916 Enfield, Middlesex - 12.10.1994 Huddersfield, West Yorkshire	Sister 18.06.1942 [236479] (reld 01.07.1944)	18.06.1942 commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve served in Iraq, North Africa and Italy Continued to Nurse in London after her return to UK. Emigrated to New Zealand in 1949. Returned to the UK in the early 1980s.
Whitney, Miss Annie Josephine Unmarried.	? Ireland -	Sister 30.05.1941 [209626]	30.05.1941 commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
Wilkinson, Mrs [Dame] Louisa Jane Married (1917) Capt. R.J. Wilkinson, Royal Irish Fusiliers; no children.	11.12.1889 - 04.12.1968 Innhams Wood, Crowborough, Sussex	Sister ? Matron-in-Chief 23.07.1944 DBE, 1948 (CBE 1946; OBE 1943); RRC	Education: Bede Collegiate School Sunderland; Thornbeck Collegiate School, Darlington; Ryal Infirmary, Sunderland 1919 commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service 1942 - 1944 Chief Principal Matron, India 1944 - 1948 Matron-in-Chief (War Office, London) Formerly Colonel Commandant of Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps. President, Royal College of Nursing, 1948-1950.
Wood, Miss Pamela Mary	? -	Sister 08.11.1943 [297755] (reld > 04.1946)	08.11.1943 commissioned into the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

 

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