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The military history of Canadian nurses during World War I began on August 4, 1914, when the United Kingdom entered the First World War (1914–1918) by declaring war on Germany. The British declaration of war automatically brought Canada into the war, because of Canada's legal status as a British Dominion which left foreign policy decisions in ...
53 Canadian nurses lost their lives during the war. [42] In one incident, on 27 June 1918, 14 nurses were killed when their hospital ship HMHS Llandovery Castle was torpedoed while travelling from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Liverpool, England. [ 43 ]
A Canadian nurse with two soldiers in WWI. Royal visit to RCAMC, Bramshott, England, 17 March 1941 Floor Plan of No. 1 Canadian Stationary Hospital, West Mudros, World War I A jeep ambulance of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps (R.C.A.M.C.) bringing in two wounded Canadian soldiers on the Moro River front, south of San Leonardo di Ortona, Italy, December 10, 1943
On Sept. 20, 1917, women gained a limited right to vote. The nursing sisters at the Canadian hospital in France were among the first group of women to vote in any general election. During the First World War Canadian women took part in the war in a variety of ways, including home from factory work, fundraising and serving as nurses overseas.
Major Margaret Clothilde MacDonald, RRC (26 February 1873 – 7 September 1948) was a Canadian military nurse, serving in the Second Boer War and the First World War. MacDonald held the title of Matron-in-Chief of the Canadian Army Medical Corps Nursing Service, the first woman promoted to the rank of major in the British Empire and was awarded ...
Pages in category "World War I nurses" The following 190 pages are in this category, out of 190 total. ... List of Canadian nurses who died in World War I;
Canadian nurses were the only nurses of the British Empire's armies that held the rank of officers. [2] Gamble was awarded the Royal Red Cross 2nd class in 1917 for her show of "greatest possible tact and extreme devotion to duty". [2] This was presented to her at Buckingham Palace during a special ceremony for Canadian nurses.
Edith Campbell, RRC, MM (12 December 1871 – 1951) was a Canadian nurse.She served with the Canadian Army Medical Corps in the First World War and was one of the first Canadian nurses to arrive in England to assist in the establishment of the Duchess of Connaught Canadian Red Cross Hospital, a field hospital in Taplow, Buckinghamshire, and serve during the First World War.