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1939-1945

 

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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
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
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
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
      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).
       
 
C      
       
 
D      
       
 
E      
       
 
F      
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



served with Middle East Forces
Emigrated to Canada late 1940s.
       
 
G      
Griffiths,
Mrs Sarah Ann
see: Marr,
Miss Sarah Ann
 
 
H      
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]
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



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.
       
 
I      
       
 
J      
       
 
K      
       
 
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



served on the Strathallan when it was sunk
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
       
 
M      
Marr,
Miss Sarah Ann
S.A. Marr
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
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
01.05.1951
 
 
Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps - Regular Army Reserve of Officers
       
 
N      
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
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
      served in Egypt, Palestine & Europe
Returned to Australia, 1982.
       
 
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
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
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
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
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
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
(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
(1941?)     64th General Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt (Middle East Forces)
? - late 1944 served in Italy (Central Mediterranean Forces)
SRN, SCM.
       
 
T      
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



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



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
       
 
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



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
A.J. Whitney
Unmarried.
?
Ireland
-
Sister
30.05.1941 [209626]
30.05.1941


commissioned, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
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.
Wood,
Miss Pamela Mary
P.M. Wood
?
-
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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