williywonker Posted 22 April , 2023 Share Posted 22 April , 2023 Does any member know if there is a nominal roll for the seventeen sisters, led by Lady Superintendent Watt, who served in France in 1914? Mal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf mcm Posted 23 April , 2023 Share Posted 23 April , 2023 (edited) Mal, According to Maude McCarthy's War Diary there were only 7 Q.A.M.N.S.I. nursing sisters who came from India, including Miss Watt. They were posted to the Rawalpindi British General Hospital at Wimereaux. They left Karachi, India on the H.M.T. Liecestershire' on 16th October 1914 and arrived at Marseilles on 7th November. The nursing staff {all Queen Alexandra's Military Nursing Service for India} were;- Lady Superintendent Miss Phoebe Fowler WATT Nursing Sister Miss Marion Domville KNAPP Nursing Sister Miss Ethel KELSO Nursing Sister Miss Rosamond Lucy NEVILLE Nursing Sister Miss Minnie Eda McLEAN Nursing Sister Miss Lucy Angela WHITE Nursing Sister Miss Annie Marion BIRD Senior Nursing Sister Miss Catherine Lumsden WARRACK, Q.AM.N.S.I. who was already in France, at Orleans joined the nursing staff on 17th December, along with 14 Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. and T.F.N.S. nursing sisters. Senior Nursing Sister Miss Helen Anna MacDonald RAITT, Q.AM.N.S.I. who was alreadyat Marseilles joined the nursing staff on 197th December, The war diary for the Rawalpindi British General Hospitalis available here https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/edb20296e132469688c39d90ed9316ee Regards, Alf McM Edited 23 April , 2023 by alf mcm forenames added Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williywonker Posted 23 April , 2023 Author Share Posted 23 April , 2023 Many thanks, Alf. McPherson's Official Medical History of the War states seventeen QAIMNSI arrived with the Lahore, Meerut and Rawalpindi British General Hospitals. But having checked the war diaries, only Watt, Knapp, Kelso, Neville, McLean, White and Bird (Rawalpindi); Rait, French, Heale, Wardle and Johnson (Lahore); and Warrack (Meerut) are mentioned. This makes thirteen. I was wondering if McPherson was wrong, but this seems unlikely. Either the remaining four QA's were attached elsewhere, or the CMO of Lahore failed to list them. Mal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf mcm Posted 23 April , 2023 Share Posted 23 April , 2023 Mel, The Indian Army List for July 1915 includes locations in India for nurses who were presumably still in India. There are some names which do not have Indian locations shown, and these are presumably serving abroad. {I have checked lists for January and April 1915 and they show Indian place names at all nurses names}. The July 1915 nurses without Indian place names are;- Lady Superintendent Phoebe Fowler WATT Senior Nursing Sister Helen Anna MacDonald RAITT Senior Nursing Sister Catherine Lumsden WARRACK Nursing Sister Clara Hawley ANDERSON Nursing Sister Annie Marion BIRD Nursing Sister Agnes Gordon FRENCH Nursing Sister Lilian Frances Mary HEALE Nursing Sister Mary Elizabeth Tyrell HORNSBY Nursing Sister Constance Grace JOHNSON Nursing Sister Ethel KELSO Nursing Sister Marion Domville KNAPP Nursing Sister Minnie Eda McLEAN Nursing Sister Sybil Geraldine MILLS Nursing Sister Rosamund Lucy NEVILLE Nursing Sister Melanie Elaine TIPPETTS Nursing Sister Mary WARDELL Nursing Sister Lucy Angela WHITE This makes 17 nurses, including Miss WATT. Nursing Sisters ANDERSON, HORNSBY, MILLS & TIPPETTS are not on your list. Miss ANDERSON is mentioned below in Maud McCarthy’s diary, but the others are not:- 05.05.15Abbeville Letters arrived from Miss French Q India, marked confidential, with reference to unhappy condition of things existing as far as she is concerned with Miss Watt, the Lady Superintendent. Had already arranged she was to go to Meerut operating theatre with Miss Anderson to release Miss Knapp as Matron and Miss Maclean as Sister for Calais. I am not sure if McPherson was including Miss WATT in the 17 nurses, so there may still be 1 missing. Indian Army List July 1915;- https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.285010/page/n605/mode/2up?q=warrack Regards, Alf McM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williywonker Posted 23 April , 2023 Author Share Posted 23 April , 2023 (edited) What great detective work, Alf... McPherson states,' The Indian Contingent had with it seventeen members of the QAIMNSI', so my interpretation is that Miss Watt was included. I think you've cracked it...well done! Mal Edited 23 April , 2023 by williywonker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 23 April , 2023 Share Posted 23 April , 2023 Good work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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