Nurse Clarice Abbishaw - No 10 General Hospital St Adrian, France

[BarbaraG]

Once again using WFA Pension Record as a starting point before checking British Red Cross Record. Home address for Clarice is Wakefield and she was at the 2nd North Hospital Leeds 27.06.1916. She transferred to No. 10 General Hospital France 11.11.1918. 

Would anyone be able to add details for ‘Honours Awarded: St Adrian, France’?

Barbara

 

 

 

Edited 7 January , 2022 by BarbaraG

[Coldstreamer]

Maybe they just ran out of room and it’s a continuation from the lines above ?

ie no awards ?

Edited 7 January , 2022 by Coldstreamer

[BarbaraG]

Thank you Coldstreamer - obvious really. Now know details for Hospital. (🤔 maybe I felt she deserved an award)

Edited 7 January , 2022 by BarbaraG

[ForeignGong]

Hi 

I think that should read

10th General Hospital St Adrian, France

[BarbaraG]

25 minutes ago, ForeignGong said:

Hi 

I think that should read

10th General Hospital St Adrian, France

Agreed with Coldstreamer  😂😂😂

Interesting that she to France 11 November 1918.

[Coldstreamer]

Sometimes it’s easy to get excited and miss what in hindsight was really there 

Checking the location of the hospital should confirm 

[alf mcm]

5 hours ago, BarbaraG said:

Thank you Coldstreamer - obvious really. Now know details for Hospital. (🤔 maybe I felt she deserved an award)

Barbara,

  Clarice was awarded the British War Medal and British Victory Medal, the same medals that most soldiers received.

The medal roll is here;- https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/5119/images/41629_626640_11940-00224?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=a3dd5558586faf84c98dd2b6f3f03e56&usePUB=true&_phsrc=GtI1942&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&_gl=1*166d4qe*_ga*MTE5MjI3NjEyLjE0ODMwMjY1MjY.*_ga_4PXYE4RLH1*MTY0MTU3MzA4Mi44OC4xLjE2NDE1NzMyNDMuMA..&pId=6511033

Her medal index card can be downloaded for free from The National Archives, once you register {also free};- https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D6064570

The index card mentions that she was inelligible a Silver War Badge.

If Clarice had arrived in France a day later, on 12th November 1918, she would not have been eligible for the 2 medals mentioned above.

Regards,

Alf McM

 

[alf mcm]

The War Diary for 10 General Hospital can be downloaded {free] from The National Archives. Clarice may be mentioned, although this is not certain. It will still be worth a look.

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/8bdc52031b124f7db986080b6fae678b

Regards,

Alf McM

[BarbaraG]

4 hours ago, Coldstreamer said:

Sometimes it’s easy to get excited and miss what in hindsight was really there 

You’re absolutely correct Coldstreamer, my apologies.

Thank you Alf McM - I found an index card which referenced the SWB which you mention, dated 25.11.19. Will certainly take a look at the Hospital War Diary.

Barbara

[BarbaraG]

Wonder if this would be Clarice...

[Coldstreamer]

If she got to France on the 11th could she have got to the unit the same day?

I have no idea on where these places are or the logistics of travelling times 

i see no one else joined in next few days so a possibility 

[ss002d6252]

25 minutes ago, Coldstreamer said:

If she got to France on the 11th could she have got to the unit the same day?

I have no idea on where these places are or the logistics of travelling times 

i see no one else joined in next few days so a possibility 

This account suggests 10th General Hospital was in Rouen, so it would be within a relatively short distance.

Craig