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 Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS) Officers
1939-1945
(including Territorial Army Nursing Service)

 

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A      
Acey,
Miss Clara
C. Acey
?
-
Sister
22.03.1943 [266238]
22.03.1943


commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [emergency commission]
Airey,
Miss Freda
F. Airey
?
-
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 [emergency commission]
12.02.1944     lost in the sinking of the SS Khedive Ismail on in the Indian Ocean
Aconley,
Miss Laura
[later: Mrs L. Ashdown]
L. Acornley
?
-
Sister
17.12.1941 [215239] (retd 1945/46)
Mentioned in Despatches MID
11.01.1945
Italy
17.12.1941


commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [emergency commission]
Anderson,
Miss Isabella Abigail
I.A. Anderson
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 - -

Africa Star

Afr St - -

Italy Star

It St - -
Defence Medal Def M - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
04.01.1943     commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [emergency commission]
      served in North Africa, Italy and Greece
       
 
B      
Balfour,
Miss Audrey Margaret Craig
A.M.C. Balfour
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
M.K. Barclay
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)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) CBE 30.12.1941 Middle East
1914-1920 British War Medal BWM 14|20 - -
Victory Medal 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).
Blackman,
Miss Audrey Mary
A.M. Blackman
Daughter of Albert and Alice Mary Blackman, of Hayes, Middlesex.
(03?).1917
Bristol district, Gloucestershire
-
27.11.1944
[age 28]
[Schoonselhof Cemetery, Antwerp, Belgium, I.A.35]
Sister 01.07.1944 [318419]
01.07.1944     commissioned, QAIMNS Reserve [emergency commission]
Bowell,
Miss Clare Margaret
C.M. Bowell
Daughter of Percy Bowell, and Clara Annie Bodey.
12.08.1918
Shardlow district, Nottinghamshire / Derbyshire
-
05.1960
Sister 08.08.1944 [328056]
08.08.1944     commissioned, QAIMNS Reserve [emergency commission]
      served in hospitals in Bangalore and Octacamund (India)
Broadhead,
Miss Hannah
H. Broadhead
14.10.1907
Hemsworth, West Riding of Yorkshire
-
(12?).1983
Ely district, Cambridgeshire
Sister 30.05.1941 [206725] (reld 14.01.1945)
30.05.1941     commissioned, QAIMNS Reserve [emergency commission]
      served in Egypt and also served on the hospital ship Talamba
       
 
C      
Cobban,
Mrs Marjorie Olive
see: Morant,
Miss Marjorie Olive
 
Croft,
Miss Ethel
J.M. Crossfield
28.12.1920
-
Sister 10.09.1943 [266665] (reld > 04.1946)
10.09.1943     commissioned, QAIMNS Reserve [emergency commission]
Crossfield,
Miss Jean Margaret
J.M. Crossfield
Daughter of George Crossfield, and Margaret I. Manners.
16.02.1921
Conway district,  Caernarvonshire / Denbighshire
-
03.1987
Lancaster district, Lancashire
Sister 29.01.1945 [338510]
Lt. 20.11.1951
01.10.1964, 24.12.1960
Capt. 24.12.1964
01.08.1971, seniority 01.10.1962
Maj. 01.08.1971, seniority 01.10.1970 (reld 31.05.1973)
29.01.1945     commissioned, QAIMNS Reserve [emergency commission]
      served in Singapore & Indonesia
20.11.1951     commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps - Regular Army Reserve of Officers
01.10.1964     transferred, Territorial Army
01.04.1967     transferred, Territorial Army and Volunteer Reserve (Category II, later Group A)
Cullen,
Mrs Charlotte Joan Elizabeth
see: Francis,
Miss Charlotte Joan Elizabeth
 
       
 
D      
D'Ayton,
Mrs Edith Jane
(née Jones ?)
E.J. D'Ayton
Married ((12?).1909, Cardiff district, Glamorgan) Leo D'Ayton ?
1889 ?
-
(12?).1961 ?
Exeter district, Devon ?
Sister 16.08.1943 [287672] (reld < 04.1946)
16.08.1943     commissioned, QAIMNS Reserve [emergency commission]
       
 
E      
       
 
F      
Fawcett,
Miss Kathleen Mary Joseph
K.M.J. Fawcett
(03?).1890
Richmond district, Surrey
-
1972
Dorset
Sister 18.06.1943 [279594] (reld < 04.1946)
18.06.1943     commissioned, QAIMNS Reserve [emergency commission]
Fouracre,
Miss Alice Gladys
A.G. Fouracre
Married ((09?).1948, Cardiff district, Glamorgan) Cyril R. Hogg.
13.07.1909
Cardiff district, South Glamorgan
-
07.1984
South Glamorgan
Sister 06.02.1942 [223593] (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)
06.02.1942     commissioned, QAIMNS Reserve [emergency commission]
Francis,
Miss Charlotte Joan Elizabeth
C.J.E. Francis
Elder daughter (with one brother and one sister) of Herbert William Sidney Francis, CB, OBE (1880-1968), Civil Service (1903-46; Comptroller-General, National Debt Office, 1938-46), and Hildegard Maria Hoernle (1880-1960), lately of Cock Crow Hill, Long Ditton.
Married (07.10.1944, St Martin's Church, Delhi, India) Capt. Charles Staples Cullen, Indian Army (1916-1990); ... children (one son?).
24.08.1908
Biggleswade district, Bedfordshire / Hertfordshire
-
10.1992
Andover district, Hampshire
Staff Nurse (prov) 01.07.1937 [206152]
Staff Nurse 28.01.1938, seniority 01.07.1937
Sister 01.07.1938
30.05.1941 (reld 14.01.1946)
39-45 St - -

Burma Star

Bur St - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
01.07.1937     commissioned, QAIMNS [provisional appointment]
03.09.1939     mobilized QAIMNS
      served in Burma
Francis,
Miss Kathleen Isobel
K.I. Francis
1920
-
1980
Sister
01.09.1943 [274730]
01.09.1943


commissioned, QAIMNS Reserve [emergency commission]
Fraser,
Miss Jessie Ann McLeod
J.A.M. Fraser
Married ((09?).1945, Westminster district) ... Baird; ... children (one daughter?).
?
-
1997
Sister
30.05.1941 [208083]
30.05.1941


commissioned, QAIMNS Reserve [emergency commission]



served with Middle East Forces
Emigrated to Canada late 1940s.
       
 
G      
Giles,
Miss Doris
K.I. Francis
Married 1st (20.03.1945) Maj. A.M. Milne, RE.
Married 2nd (01.05.1971) D. Allan.
?
-
Sister 24.08.1942 [238992] (reld 19.02.1946)
39-45 St - -

Africa Star

Afr St - & clasp 1st Army

Italy Star

It St - -

France & Germany Star

Fr&G St - -
Defence Medal Def M - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
24.08.1942     commissioned, QAIMNS Reserve [emergency commission]
      served possibly with 67 General Hospital
Gracey,
Miss Iris Elizabeth
I.E. Gracey
Married ((09?).1947, Bathavon district, Somerset) Gerard Little.
26.08.1918
-
12.1986
Bristol district, Gloucestershire
Sister 01.06.1943 [270957]
01.06.1943     commissioned, QAIMNS Reserve [emergency commission]
1945 - 1948 served in Palestine
Griffiths,
Miss Phoebe Margaret
P.M. Griffiths
(06?).1883
Langwm, Pontypridd district, Glamorganshire
-
(06?).1947
Lamprey Church, Pembroke district, Pembrokeshire
Sister 30.05.1941 [208297] (reld < 04.1946)

Royal Red Cross 2nd class 04.06.1917 (HM's birthday 17)..

Ward sister at Yarmouth Hospital (1911).
WW I     commissioned, QAIMNS Reserve (served in Egypt & Saloniki)
?     nursed at the military hospital at Netley, Southampton and also at the Royal Gwent Hospital
30.05.1941     commissioned, QAIMNS Reserve [emergency commission]
      served at HMS Atlantis (hospital ship)
Griffiths,
Mrs Sarah Ann
see: Marr,
Miss Sarah Ann
 
 
H      
Halesworth,
Miss Olive May
O.M. Halesworth (Photo courtesy of Mrs Jane Wright) O.M. Halesworth (Photo courtesy of Mrs Jane Wright)
O.M. Halesworth (Photo courtesy of Mrs Jane Wright)
Only daughter of Col. Arthur Halesworth, Coldstream Guards, and Hettie Williams, of Halesworth, Suffolk.
Married (05.1944, Larino, Italy) Capt. Jack Alfred Hilliard, only son of Mr & Mrs S.A. Hilliard, of Swansea, Ont.; four children.
24.05.1917
West Bromwich district, Shropshire / Staffordshire / Warwickshire /  Worcestershire
-
18.11.2011
nursing home in Merrickville, Ontario, Canada
Nursing Orderly ?
Sister 10.08.1942 [238679] (reld 07.02.1945)
10.08.1942 - 07.02.1945 commissioned, QAIMNS Reserve [emergency commission]
She worked as a midwife at the Ottawa Civic Hospital, and with a local doctor out of Merrickville with his new Mothers.
Harries,
Mrs Gwenllian
(née Howells)
see: Howells,
Miss Gwenllian
 
Hobday,
Miss Bertha
B. Hobday
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]
Hodgson,
Miss Marjorie Aizlewood
M.A. Hodgson
Daughter of James Vincent Hodgson (1867-), and Kate Alice Aizlewood, of Ripon, Yorkshire.
(09?).1904
Wakefield district, West Riding of Yorkshire
-
14.02.1942
[age 38]
[Singapore Memorial, column 114]
Sister 30.05.1941 [206211]
30.05.1941     commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [emergency commission]
? - 14.02.1942 killed aboard S.S. Kuala when the ship had just escaped from Singapore and was attacked by Japanese bombers
Holmes,
Miss Ada Mary
"Mollie"
A.M. Holmes (Photo courtesy of Mr Stuart Holmes) A.M. Holmes (Photo courtesy of Mr Stuart Holmes)
A.M. Holmes (Photo courtesy of Mr Stuart Holmes)
A.M. Holmes (Photo courtesy of Mr Stuart Holmes)
A.M. Holmes (Photo courtesy of Mr Stuart Holmes)
A.M. Holmes (Photo courtesy of Mr Stuart Holmes)
A.M. Holmes (Photo courtesy of Mr Stuart Holmes) 
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
-
-

Africa Star

Afr St
-
& clasp 8th Army
Defence Medal Def M
-
-
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45
-
-
Left Huddersfield in her youth.
(06.1940)


possibly served at Dunkirk
30.05.1941


commissioned, QAIMNS Reserve [emergency commission]



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.
Howells,
Miss Gwenllian
G. Howells (Photo courtesy of Mrs Meg Wilson) G. Howells (Photo courtesy of Mrs Meg Wilson)
Daughter (with two brothers) of Richard Howells, and Amelia Howells (née ...).
Married (21.08.1943, St Saviour's Church, Suez) Maj. Charles Norman Harries, RAOC; one son, three daughters).
17.01.1916
Cumfelinfach, South Wales
-
01.1966
Claro district, West Riding of Yorkshire
Sister 27.10.1941 [213696] (reld 07.02.1945)
27.10.1941     commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [emergency commission]
      served in Suez
Hudson,
Miss Joan Brenda
J.B. Hudson
Daughter of Robert James Hudson, and Margaret Hollingsworth.
Married Capt. (later Maj.) Donald Douglas "Don" Bathgate (04.06.1920 - 1985), Australian Army Medical Corps; two sons, one daughter.
24.06.1921
County Down, Northern Ireland
-
25.02.2001
Sister 15.07.1944 [318397]
Education: Rathfriland public School; Bambridge Academy; Victoria College, Belfast.
07.1940 - 07.1944 nursing training at Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast
15.07.1944     commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [emergency commission]
1944 - 1945 No. 105 British Military Hospital (France & Belgium)
1945 - 1946 British Military Hospitals in Bombay & Nasik (India)
1946 - 1948 No. 80 British Military Hospital (Japan) [BRINJAP Force until 06.1948]
       
 
I      
       
 
J      
       
 
K      
Keats,
Miss Amy Evalyn
see: Plant,
Mrs Amy Evalyn
(née Keats)
 
 
L      
Leiper,
Miss Margaret Jane
M.J. Leiper
Married ((06?).1947, Liverpool district, Lancashire) Leslie H. Loadman.
?
-
Sister
01.05.1942 [230773] (reld > 04.1946)
Afr St
-
-
Italy Star It St
-
-
01.05.1942


commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [emergency commission]



served on the Strathallan when it was sunk
Lindsaye,
Miss Jenny
J. Lindsaye

Daughter of ... Lindsaye, and ... Poulter.
Married (> 07.1956) ... Davison.
15.12.1916
Chertsey district, Surrey
-
Sister 10.01.1944 [291095]
19.04.1948, seniority 08.07.1944
Sub. 01.02.1949
Jun.Comd. 02.1950, seniority 01.02.1949
Maj. 08.07.1956 (retd 18.01.1961)

 

10.01.1944     commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [emergency commission]
19.04.1948     commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (later: Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps) [permanent commission]
Liversedge,
Miss Patricia Stevens
P.S. Liversedge

Daughter of Henry William Liversedge (1888-1959), and Emily Stevens.
(06?).1922
Middlesborough district, North Riding of Yorkshire
-
Sister 19.06.1944 [322426]
Lt. 18.12.1951
19.06.1944     commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [emergency commission]
1944 - 1948 served Normandy, Brussels, Burma, Rangoon, Kuala Lumpur
18.12.1951     commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps
Lonergan,
Miss Margaret Mary
M.M. Lonergan
?
-
Sister
30.05.1941 [208689]
Mentioned in Despatches MID
23.05.1946
Mediterranean

 




served at Dunkirk & North Africa
30.05.1941


commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service [emergency commission]
       
 
M      
Marr,
Miss Sarah Ann
S.A. Marr (Photo courtesy of Mrs Barbara Glassborow) S.A. Marr (Photo courtesy of Mrs Barbara Glassborow)
S.A. Marr (Photo courtesy of Mrs Barbara Glassborow)
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); one son, one daughter.
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) - 1945 served in India
McBrien,
Miss Josephine
"Jo"
M.L. McKinnon
1919
Derrylin, Co Fermanagh
-
Sister 09.04.1942 [227736]
09.04.1942     commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [emergency commission]
      served in Italy & West Africa
McConnell,
Miss Margaret Hamilton
M.H. McConnell (Photo courtesy of Mrs Liz Layhe)
Married (1945, Lahore) Maj. Robert Whigham McEntire.
1915
Paisley, Ayr district, nr Glasgow, Scotland
-
Sister 20.11.1941 [213705]
      nursing training, St Stephens, Chelsea
20.11.1941     commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [emergency commission]
McKinnon,
Miss Mary Lauriston
"Molly"
M.L. McKinnon
Married (1946/47?, India) John Leslie Walter.
20.09.1909
Andover district, Hampshire
-
03.1994
Bristol district, Gloucestershire
Sister 30.05.1941 [208743] (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)
30.05.1941     commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [emergency commission]
Mears,
Miss Catherine Ann
C.A. Mears
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 [emergency commission]
01.05.1951
 
 
Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps - Regular Army Reserve of Officers
Meijer,
Mrs Evelyn Jessy
"Betty"
see: Neels,
Miss Evelyn Jessy
"Betty"
 
Milne,
Mrs Doris
see: Giles,
Miss Doris
 
Morant,
Miss Marjorie Olive
M.O. Morant
Daughter (with one sister) of Hubert Pontis Morant (1883-1968), and Hollie Imms (1885-1953).
Married (1945?, Bombay, India) S.Lt. John Ross Cobban, RINVR (1921-); one daughter, one son.
13.07.1919
Barnet district, Greater London / Hertfordshire / Middlesex
-
01.1989
Bristol district, Gloucestershire
Sister 07.06.1943 [274734] (reld 01.05.1945)
07.06.1943     commissioned, QAIMNS Reserve [emergency commission]
      served at Bombay, India
 
N      
Neels,
Miss Evelyn Jessy
"Betty"
E.J. Neels E.J. Neels
Married ((09?).1942, Devon Central district) Johannes Meijer, a Dutchman; one daughter.

15.09.1909
West Ham district, London
-
07.06.2001
North Dorset district, Dorset
Sister 30.05.1941 [215027] (Unemployed List < 04.1946) (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)
1939     enlisted service, Territorial Army Nursing Service
(05.1940)     served in France with a Casualty Clearing Station (escaped capture via Boulogne)
30.05.1941     commissioned, Territorial Army Nursing Service
      served in Scotland & Northern Ireland
Prolific author of romance novels, mostly set in the hospital scene.
Newton,
Miss Elsie
E. Newton
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 [emergency commission]
Nixon,
Miss Annie Elizabeth
E. Newton
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 [emergency commission]
      served in Egypt, Palestine & Europe
Returned to Australia, 1982.
Nutting,
Miss Irene Florence Edith *
I.F.E. Nutting

Married ... Mansfield.
* In birth/marriage registers shown as Florence Edith Irene
(09?).1915
Bootle Cul district, Cumberland
-
late 2009
Sister 30.05.1941 [208940]
Capt. RARO 12.10.1951 (reld 04.06.1964)
30.05.1941     commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [emergency commission]
      served in Middle East
12.10.1951 - 04.06.1964 commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps - Regular Army Reserve of Officers
       
 
O      
       
 
P      
Parkinson,
Miss Gwenfil
G. Parkinson
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 [emergency commission]
Patterson,
Miss Jane Amelia
J.A. Patterson
?
-
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 [emergency commission]
Phillips,
Miss Constance Kathleen
C.K. Phillips
?
-
Sister 30.05.1941 [209023] (reld 09.10.1942; ill-health)
30.05.1941     commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service Reserve [emergency commission]
Pilkington,
Mrs Edna May
(née Tongue)
O.M. Rayner
Married ((06?).1941, Kensington district, London) Lt. Iain David Bruce Pilkington.
?
-
Sister 03.07.1944 [322793]
03.07.1944     commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service Reserve [emergency commission]
      served probably in India
Pirie,
Mrs Barbara
(née Hauber)
B. Pirie (Photo courtesy of Mr Greg Pirie)

Married ((09?).1938, Surrey North Eastern district, Surrey) John Sawyer Pirie (later Major RA).
?
-
12.02.1944
[Brookwood Memorial, panel 22, column 2]
Sister 27.05.1943 [274846]
27.05.1943     commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [emergency commission]
? - 12.02.1944 sailing on 6 February 1944 from Kilindini Harbour at Mombasa, Kenya to Colombo, Ceylon in Convoy KR-8, the SS Khedive Ismail was attacked by a B1 type Japanese submarine & hit by two torpedoes; 1,297 perished.
Plant,
Mrs Amy Evalyn
(née Keats)
A.E. Plant
Youngest daughter (with two brothers and two sisters) of Walter James Keats, and Jessie Viney.
Married Capt. Henry Cranston Plant, Indian Army.
23.09.1911
Kingsclere district, Hampshire
-
12.01.1973
Melbourne, Australia
Sister 20.09.1943 [279068]
20.09.1943     commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service Reserve [emergency commission]
21.03.1944     served in India
[After a time serving in on-shore hospitals she joined the Hospital Ship "Karoa" and participated in the evacuation of wounded soldiers from the Burma Campaigns. The "Karoa" would sail between Madras, Chittagong and Calcutta collecting the wounded out of Chittagong.]
Porterfield,
Mrs Helen
"Nellie"
H. Porterfield (Photo courtesy of Mrs Beverly Lamb)
?
-
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 [emergency commission]
21.12.1942
 
 
died aboard the troop transport ship SS Strathallan which was torpedoed by U-562 during Operation Torch
       
 
Q      
       
 
R      
Rayner,
Miss Olive May
O.M. Rayner
?
-
?
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 [emergency commission]
01.01.1946
 
 
transferred, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service
Reilly,
Miss Nora Grace
N.G. Reilly (Photo courtesy of Mrs Sally Nestor) N.G. Reilly (Photo courtesy of Mrs Sally Nestor)
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 [emergency commission]
Richardson,
Miss Florence Barbara
F.B. Richardson
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 [emergency commission]
(1948)


served in India
Finished her nursing as a sister in West Cumberland Hospital.
Ross,
Mrs Ena Morfudd
see: Thomas,
Miss Ena Morfudd
 
       
 
S      
Satchell,
Miss Mary
M. Satchell
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 [emergency commission]
(1941?)     64th General Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt (Middle East Forces)
? - late 1944 served in Italy (Central Mediterranean Forces)
SRN, SCM.
Spittal,
Miss Jessie Elder
J.E. Spittal (Photo courtesy of Mr Dave Spittal)
1912
Markinch district, Fife, Scotland
-
1958
Markinch district, Fife, Scotland
Sister 01.06.1941 [209330] (reld > 04.1947)
01.06.1941     commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [emergency commission]
Staples,
Miss Olive Daisy Alexandra
O.D.A. Staples
Unmarried.
(09?).1893
Highworth district, Wiltshire
-
11.09.1979
Weymouth, Dorset
Sister 30.05.1941 [209310] (reld 10.12.1948; disability)
Emigrated from UK to Australia, 1922, returning to the UK about 1937. Nurse training at Royal Hobart Hospital, Tasmania.
(02.1940)     General Hospital, British Troops in Egypt
30.05.1941     commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [emergency commission]
      may have served at Malta
Stewart,
Miss Elizabeth Grant
E.G. Stewart
Married ((06?).1948, Birmingham district, Warwickshire) James Allan; two daughters, two sons (one of which died in infancy).
22.08.1921
-
(03.).1974
Westminster district, London
Sister 01.04.1944 [313619] (reld 02.09.1947)
30.05.1941     commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [emergency commission]
Stocks,
Miss Aley Kathleen
A.K. Stocks
Daughter of ... Stocks, and ... Coulson.
Married ((12?).1965, Scarborough district, North Riding of Yorkshire) Richard Flecknoe.
26.04.1913
Pocklington district, East Riding of Yorkshire
-
08.2002
East Yorkshire district, Yorkshire
Sister 08.03.1944 [309383]
Lt. 18.12.1951
Mentioned in Despatches MID 04.04.1946 NW Europe
08.03.1944     commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [emergency commission]
18.12.1951     commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps
       
 
T      
Tadman,
Miss Dorothy Jean
E.M. Thomas
Daughter of Thomas Henry Tadman, and Edith Maud Comley.
Married (1946?, India) Horace A. "Tim" Yettie; five daughters.
09.03.1921
Newport district, Monmouthshire
-
01.2011 living in Leura in the Blue Mountains about 100 km west of Sydney, NSW, Australia
Sister 11.04.1944 [316638] (reld 15.08.1947)
Hon. Sister 15.08.1947
11.04.1944     commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service Reserve [emergency commission]
      served UK, NW Europe (Brussels), India
Thomas,
Miss Ena Morfudd
E.M. Thomas
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 [emergency commission]



was involved in the running of a German POW hospital in North Africa (Algeria/Tunesia?)
Thompson,
Miss Alix Halford
A.H. Thompson (Photo courtesy of Mr Bryan Donovan)
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 [emergency commission]



may have served at Malta
Thorpe,
Miss Phyllis Mary
P.M. Thorpe
From Yardley, Birmingham.
10.03.1923 ?
-
02.2002 ?
Peterborough district ?
Sister
16.06.1943 [274610]
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE
10.11.1944
?
16.06.1943


commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service Reserve [emergency commission]
       
 
U      
       
 
V      
       
 
W      
Warren,
Miss Vera Ethel
V.E. Warren (Photo courtesy of Mrs Jan Moon)
V.E. Warren (Photo courtesy of Mrs Jan Moon)
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 [emergency commission]



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.
White,
Miss Katherine Frances Mary
A.J. Whitney
Daughter of Matthew O. Byrne White and May White, of Stillorgan, Co. Dublin, Irish Republic.
?
-
07.12.1942
[Brookwood Memorial, panel 22, column 3]
Sister 26.03.1942 [223223]
26.03.1942     commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [emergency commission]
07.12.1942     lost aboard s.s. Ceramic which was torpedoed & sunk
Whitney,
Miss Annie Josephine
A.J. Whitney
Unmarried.
?
Ireland
-
Sister
30.05.1941 [209626]
30.05.1941


commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [emergency commission]
Wilkinson,
Mrs [Dame] Louisa Jane
L.J. Wilkinson
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.
Wingate,
Miss Adeline Rita
A.R. Wingate
Daughter of Churchill James Wingate (1879-1974), and Mari Williams (1877?-1947), of Hereford.
07.1912
Hereford district, Herefordshire
-
07.12.1942
(MPK) [age 31]
[Brookwood Memorial, panel 22, column 3]
Sister 26.08.1942 [241726]
Education: SRN, SCM, trained at Bristol Homeopathic Hospital from 1934-1937.
26.08.1942     commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [emergency commission]
07.12.1942     lost aboard s.s. Ceramic which was torpedoed & sunk
Wood,
Miss Pamela Mary
P.M. Wood
?
-
Sister
08.11.1943 [297755] (reld > 04.1946)
08.11.1943


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