Memorial to Dr Elizabeth Ness MacBean Ross of the Scottish Women's Hospital in Serbia.

[mbriscoe]

Memorial to Dr Elizabeth Ness MacBean Ross.
Of the Scottish Women's Hospital in Serbia.
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TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN UNDYING MEMORY OF
DR ELIZABETH NESS MACBEAN ROSS
WHO VOLUNTARILY GAVE HER LIFE
DURING THE EUROPEAN WAR
TO HELP THE TYPHUS STRICKEN
SERBIAN SOLDIERS, AND DIED IN
THE MILITARY HOSPITAL, KRAGUJEVATZ,
SERBIA, 14TH FEBRUARY 1915.
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THIS TABLET HAS BEEN ERECTED AND
HOSPITAL BEDS ENDOWED IN SERVIA
BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION - IN
REMEMBRANCE OF THE NOBLE LIFE
AND SACRIFICE OF ONE WHOSE HOME
WAS FOR MANY YEARS IN TAIN.
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"greater love hath no man than this."
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http://scottishwomenshospitals.co.uk/
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St Duthus's Collegiate Church, Tain
ID:MHG31333
Type of record:Monument
Name:St. Duthus's Church, graveyard, Tain
Grid Reference:NH 7801 8216
Map Sheet:NH78SE
Civil Parish:TAIN
Geographical Area:ROSS AND CROMARTY
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ID:MHG8689
Type of record:Building
Name:St. Duthac's Collegiate Church & churchyard, Castle Brae, Tain
Grid Reference:NH 7802 8219
Map Sheet:NH78SE
Civil Parish:TAIN
Geographical Area:ROSS AND CROMARTY
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ID:MHG44945
Type of record:Monument
Name:St. Duthac's Collegiate Church & churchyard, Castle Brae, Tain
Grid Reference:NH 7802 8219
Map Sheet:NH78SE
Civil Parish:TAIN
Geographical Area:ROSS AND CROMARTY
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Tain, Castle Brae, St Duthus's Collegiate Church
Church (14th Century), Churchyard (Period Unassigned), War Memorial(S) (20th Century)
Site Name Tain, Castle Brae, St Duthus's Collegiate Church
Classification Church (14th Century), Churchyard (Period Unassigned), War Memorial(S) (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Collegiate Church Of St Duthac; St Duthac's Church; St Duthus Memorial Church; War Memorial Plaques
Canmore ID 14702
Site Number NH78SE 3
NGR NH 78015 82187
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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[Phil Wood]

 

Photo by Louise Miller.

Edited 26 August , 2017 by Phil Wood

[Kimberley John Lindsay]

Dear Phil,

Interesting. Great sacrifices were made by those gallant women.

I have the K-i-H awarded to Sister Sarah Maria (Sallie) Round, who also nursed in Serbia, 1915, but with Lady Paget.

After escaping back to England, Sallie Round again volunteered her services (QAIMNSR), but stipulated Salonika. There, she fell in love with a Serbian officer and resigned, but continued nursing on the Salonika Front. She returned to England, unmarried, and spent virtually the rest of her life nursing in India.

Sadly, I have been unable to find an Image of Sallie Round...

Because they nursed Serbs and not British soldiers, these nurses were denied the 1914-15 Star, but were awarded the BWM and Victory Medals.

Kindest regards,

Kim.

[mbriscoe]

I don't see Sallie Round on the Scottish Women's Hospitals website?

 

It links to another useful site Scarlet Finders but I don't think there either.

 

[Kimberley John Lindsay]

Dear mbriscoe,

Yes, I am sorry to have mis-used your Scottish thread, but merely wanted to highlight the nurses in Serbia in general, and the English Sallie Round in particular (whose image has so far escaped me).

Nurse Round is mentioned briefly in the Lady Paget book - taking turns to nurse the seriously ill Lady Paget...

I have written a lengthy manuscript about the life of Sallie Round, whose life was in every way exemplary: but one could say that for Dr Elizabeth Ross, too...

Kindest regards,

Kim.

Edited 26 August , 2017 by Kimberley John Lindsay

[mbriscoe]

1 hour ago, Kimberley John Lindsay said:

Dear mbriscoe,

Yes, I am sorry to have mis-used your Scottish thread, but merely wanted to highlight the nurses in Serbia in general, and the English Sallie Round in particular (whose image has so far escaped me).

Nurse Round is mentioned briefly in the Lady Paget book - taking turns to nurse the seriously ill Lady Paget...

I have written a lengthy manuscript about the life of Sallie Round, whose life was in every way exemplary: but one could say that for Dr Elizabeth Ross, too...

Kindest regards,

Kim.

 

No problem, just confused me!

 

BBC Scotland did a programme about the Scottish Women's Hospitals a couple of years ago, it might have been on BBC Alba (the Gaelic network).

 

I she the same Sarah Maria Round who went on to nurse in India?

 

 

Edited 26 August , 2017 by mbriscoe

[Kimberley John Lindsay]

Dear mbriscoe,

Yes, indeed.

She may be one of the nurses in the Lady Paget unit's group, 1915 at Ustiub, - or one of the nurses in a post-Great War Bombay Nurses Conference group in India: but which one..?

Kindest regards,

Kim.

Edited 26 August , 2017 by Kimberley John Lindsay

[mbriscoe]

I looked in the nursing records on Ancestry and could see someone with the same name right through to the 1940s at least.

 

It's frustrating when there are pictures but you don't know who is who!

[Kimberley John Lindsay]

Dear mbriscoe,

Indeed.

Here is her Death Certificate. 

Kindest regards,

Kim.

[Phil Wood]

5 hours ago, mbriscoe said:

BBC Scotland did a programme about the Scottish Women's Hospitals a couple of years ago, it might have been on BBC Alba (the Gaelic network).

 

 

Indeed they did - the picture of the three graves in Kragujevac came from Louise MIller, who made a (the?) programme.

 

My interest is in Lorna Miller from Newbury who lies alongside Elizabeth Ross.  There is a link to the programme at the end of my attempt at Lorna's story: http://westberkshirewarmemorials.org.uk/texts/stories/WBP00880S.php

[mbriscoe]

The British Newspaper Archive has just added the Illustrated War News so I did a search for Scottish Women's Hospitals and found a few articles with pictures.  Send me a message with an EMail address if you want to see them.