Steve Bramley Posted 12 May , 2005 Share Posted 12 May , 2005 Hi, From the Grimsby Daily Telegraph March 22nd 1918 LINCOLNSHIRE NURSES MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES Miss E.A. Bell Grantham Auxiliary Hospital Nurse Miss A. Bond Rutland and General Infirmary, Stamford Nurse Miss M.Carter, Red Cross Aux. Hospital Holden House Boston Nurse Miss M. Currington, Johnson Aux. Hospital Spalding Sister Miss M.G. Dawson, Stamford Rutland and General Infirmary Qrmr Miss R.E. Dawson Red Cross Aux. Hospital Holden House Boston Qrmr Mrs F.Heath Sleaford Aux Hospital Asst-Qrmr Miss A. Ingoldby Sleaford Aux Hospital Asst-Qrmr Miss G. Mann Horbling Aux Hospital Folkingham Mrs A.Picker Sleaford Aux Hospital Nurse Miss E.Pool Bourne Aux Hospital Sister Miss G.Praeger Stamford Rutland and General Infirmary Lady Supt. and Nurse Mrs E.H. Pretty Grantham V.A.D. Hospital Grantham Barracks Matron Miss E. Pugh Easton Hall Grantham Sen?-Qrmr Miss L Staffurth Red Cross Aux. Hospital Holden House Boston Qrmr Mrs E.F. Thompson Grantham Auxiliary Hospital Miss D (late Com?t. V.A.D.) Welby Easton Hall Aux Grantham Hope of some use, Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ypres1418 Posted 2 June , 2005 Share Posted 2 June , 2005 Thanks Steve, Nice to see we were Mentioned in Dispatches. do have any more info on what they did? Mandy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Strawbridge Posted 2 June , 2005 Share Posted 2 June , 2005 The following are "mentioned" and the women subsequently died. If anyone has information as to the substance of the mention I should be pleased to have details. Ellen Armstrong, QAIMNS Annie Watson Bain, Order of St. John Sophia Violet Barrett, VAD Mary Cawston Bousfield, VAD Anne Cooper, QAIMNS Mary Agnes Doherty, QAIMNS Margaret Jane Fortesque, CAMC Frances Mary Hall, QAIMNS Ada Marion Johnson, QAIMNS Georgina Eliza Massie Law, civilian clerk Margaret MacLeod, CAMC Mary Bethia Marshall, QAIMNS Jessie Mabel McDiarmid, CAMC Mabel Lee Milne, TFNS Nellie Teresa O'Neill, QMAAC Katherine Agnes Lawrence Porter, AANS, E.H. Routledge, QMAAC Mae Belle Sampson, CAMC Bertha Gavin Stevenson, YMCA Jean Miles Walker, AANS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Bramley Posted 4 June , 2005 Author Share Posted 4 June , 2005 Hi Mandy, I'm afraid that there is no further information about these ladies, which is a shame. Regards, Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc leroux Posted 4 June , 2005 Share Posted 4 June , 2005 Margaret Jane Fortesque, CAMC, Jessie Mabel McDiarmid, CAMC, Mae Belle Sampson, CAMC were all killed when the Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle was sunk by a German submarine on July 27, 1918 marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EPPSY Posted 8 June , 2005 Share Posted 8 June , 2005 The following are "mentioned" and the women subsequently died. If anyone has information as to the substance of the mention I should be pleased to have details. Ellen Armstrong, QAIMNS Annie Watson Bain, Order of St. John Sophia Violet Barrett, VAD Mary Cawston Bousfield, VAD Anne Cooper, QAIMNS Mary Agnes Doherty, QAIMNS Margaret Jane Fortesque, CAMC Frances Mary Hall, QAIMNS Ada Marion Johnson, QAIMNS Georgina Eliza Massie Law, civilian clerk Margaret MacLeod, CAMC Mary Bethia Marshall, QAIMNS Jessie Mabel McDiarmid, CAMC Mabel Lee Milne, TFNS Nellie Teresa O'Neill, QMAAC Katherine Agnes Lawrence Porter, AANS, E.H. Routledge, QMAAC Mae Belle Sampson, CAMC Bertha Gavin Stevenson, YMCA Jean Miles Walker, AANS <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Jim I now that Mary Cawston Bousfield VAD was awarded a 2nd Class RRC LG 3 June 1919 P 6840 Regards Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Strawbridge Posted 9 June , 2005 Share Posted 9 June , 2005 Jim I now that Mary Cawston Bousfield VAD was awarded a 2nd Class RRC LG 3 June 1919 P 6840 Regards Peter <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I actually knew that but not the LG date and page number. Thank you. I rather like the simple, personal inscription on her headstone "Well done good and faithful servant". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royalredcross Posted 9 June , 2005 Share Posted 9 June , 2005 Actually, I suspect that these Lincolnshire nurses working in the UK were not actually Mentioned in Despatches in the normal sense. They were almost certainly "brought to the notice of the Secretary of State" and their names will not be found in the London Gazette as will normal MiDs. Norman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gillian h Posted 6 December , 2006 Share Posted 6 December , 2006 I've just discovered on this website that my cousin Mary Bousfield, a VAD, was awarded a 2nd class RRC LG ... P6840. But what do those initials stand for? Gillian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshdoc Posted 6 December , 2006 Share Posted 6 December , 2006 VAD voluntary aid detachment RRC royal red cross LG london gazette p6840 I think this is a page number Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshdoc Posted 6 December , 2006 Share Posted 6 December , 2006 a real pain to find but she was mary cawston it was an ARRC which is a first award decoration http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/archiveVi...;selHonourType= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Johnson Posted 14 December , 2006 Share Posted 14 December , 2006 Actually, I suspect that these Lincolnshire nurses working in the UK were not actually Mentioned in Despatches in the normal sense. They were almost certainly "brought to the notice of the Secretary of State" and their names will not be found in the London Gazette as will normal MiDs. Norman Not uncommon. I have a Victory Medal to N/S Caroline Green CAMC, whose papers reveal she was also "brought to the attention of". The only other case I know of in my collection is a CASC Private who was working in Records in England. Both died in Canada 1921-22. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie Posted 29 July , 2007 Share Posted 29 July , 2007 West Lothian CourierFriday August 16 1918Scottish Nurses "Mentioned" The names of the undermentioned ladies, among others, have been brought to the notice of the Secretary of State for War, for nursing services rendered in connection with the war: Miss B Anderson, Night Superintendent, Edinburgh War Hospital, Bangour. Miss E Hendry, Sister; Miss J M Lamont, Assistant Nurse; Miss A McDonald, Nurse; Miss J McLean, Sister; all of Bangour. Miss M Anderson, Dalmeny House Hospital, Edinburgh. Miss D M Murray, Carriden Auxiliary Hospital Bo'ness. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pighills Posted 22 February , 2008 Share Posted 22 February , 2008 Jim Strawbridge said QUOTE: The following are "mentioned" and the women subsequently died. If anyone has information as to the substance of the mention I should be pleased to have details. END QUOTE - is this still active? I can give you a photo and a small detail or two on Bertha Gavin Stephenson if you still need/want them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny_doyle Posted 14 April , 2010 Share Posted 14 April , 2010 stumbled upon a note re nurse Mary Agnes Doherty (mentioned above) whilst browing the Irish Times archive. Saturday December 9th 1916 : "Sister Mary Agnes Doherty, daughter of Mr Philip Doherty ex RIC Magherafelt. Was nurse in Police Ward, Steeven's Hospital. Volunteered for service and was stationed in a general hospital in France where her work was of such a character that whe was mentioned in despatched by Sir John French. Afterwards received award of Royal Red Cross for devotion to duty. Went to Salonika where she contracted malaria; had returned to duty when she was struck down with dysentry to which she succumbed." http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_detail...casualty=624622 1911 census for Ireland shows here working as a nurse in Leitrim : http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/page..._Street/659857/ another entry in the Irish Times indicates that she was with the 29th General Hospital in Salonika. A brother was away on Active Service. The Irish Times of 7th November 1921 indicates that a memorial tablet to the Irish Nurses who gaves their lives during the Great War was unveiled at the Garrison Church, Arbour Hill, Dublin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Strawbridge Posted 15 April , 2010 Share Posted 15 April , 2010 Jim Strawbridge said QUOTE: The following are "mentioned" and the women subsequently died. If anyone has information as to the substance of the mention I should be pleased to have details. END QUOTE - is this still active? I can give you a photo and a small detail or two on Bertha Gavin Stephenson if you still need/want them. Missed this. Two years late but never mind. Have written direct with contact details. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 28 May , 2019 Share Posted 28 May , 2019 On 06/12/2006 at 14:52, gillian h said: I've just discovered on this website that my cousin Mary Bousfield, a VAD, was awarded a 2nd class RRC LG ... P6840. But what do those initials stand for? Gillian Just wondering if Gillian is still around on this forum and could tell me a bit more about cousin Mary Cawston Bousfield ???? M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Strawbridge Posted 29 May , 2019 Share Posted 29 May , 2019 I have just waded through the magazine "The First Aid and The St. John Ambulance Gazette" which is available on line for 1914 - 1920 to check on obituaries for women casualties. The Gazette lists those women "mentioned in dispatches" on a monthly basis and is a good start for researchers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkstown Posted 13 December , 2019 Share Posted 13 December , 2019 (edited) On 29/05/2019 at 10:51, Jim Strawbridge said: I have just waded through the magazine "The First Aid and The St. John Ambulance Gazette" which is available on line for 1914 - 1920 to check on obituaries for women casualties. The Gazette lists those women "mentioned in dispatches" on a monthly basis and is a good start for researchers. Jim - could you pls give me the link for that - I can't locate a link. Many thanks. Edited to add: Is this it? https://issuu.com/museumoftheorderofstjohn/docs/first_aid_1912-1914 Edited 13 December , 2019 by monkstown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Strawbridge Posted 14 December , 2019 Share Posted 14 December , 2019 16 hours ago, monkstown said: Jim - could you pls give me the link for that - I can't locate a link. Many thanks. Edited to add: Is this it? https://issuu.com/museumoftheorderofstjohn/docs/first_aid_1912-1914 That's the link. I did not find it easy navigating through the years until I discovered a little trick. The link that you have found is for 1912-1914. But say that you needed 1915 just change the ending to 1914-1916 and you will move on the the next batch of Gazettes - and so on. Easy to read once full screen is used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkstown Posted 15 December , 2019 Share Posted 15 December , 2019 Perfect - thanks Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemesis Posted 15 May , 2022 Share Posted 15 May , 2022 On an ancestry medal index card area there are two ladies MID , or so the MID card says 1. White ,Miss A , Sister . Territorial Force Nursing Service , MID LG 15.6.16 page 5958 2. White , Sister ,Miss A Territorial Force Nursing Service . MID 24.12.17 LG 24.12.17 page 13487 i cant find them in the LG but will keep looking thanks for reading this max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemesis Posted 16 May , 2022 Share Posted 16 May , 2022 After a bit of searching I have Now located the LG entries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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