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Pages in category "World War I nurses" The following 190 pages are in this category, out of 190 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Lydia Abell;
A memorial with the names of the 40 Scottish nurses killed in WW1 was erected by members of the Military Nursing Service, and unveiled at the Cathedral of St Giles in Edinburgh in 1921. The memorial is a bronze tablet set in green marble. [57]
Edith Louisa Cavell (/ ˈ k æ v əl / KAV-əl; 4 December 1865 – 12 October 1915) was a British nurse.She is celebrated for treating wounded soldiers from both sides without discrimination during the First World War and for helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium and return to active service through the spy ring known as La Dame Blanche.
Pages in category "Female nurses in World War I" The following 180 pages are in this category, out of 180 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Daurene Lewis, nurse and first Black woman mayor in North America; Janet Lim (1923-2014), nurse at St. Andrew's Community Hospital. She was the first nurse from Singapore to study in Britain. She was inducted as 2014 Singapore Women's Hall of Fame. [5] Mary Todd Lincoln (1818-1882), volunteer nurse during the American Civil War
Nurse Elizabeth Kenny in August 1915. In May 1915 Kenny announced she was closing St Canice to join the War effort in Europe. [28] She travelled at her own expense to London, [29] where she hoped to serve as a nurse in the First World War. She was not eligible to serve with the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) as she was not a qualified ...
Helen Fairchild (November 21, 1885 – January 18, 1918) was an American nurse who served as part of the American Expeditionary Force during World War I, and who became known for her wartime letters to her family in the U.S., which vividly depicted the realities of combat nursing during World War I.
Total nurses enlisted References Australia: 29 29 Australian nurses died from disease or injuries; 25 of these died on active service, and 4 died in Australia from injuries or illness sustained during their service 2562 (Officially 2139 nurses served overseas and 423 in Australia but as many as 5000 may have served according to some reports. [42])