Lady Helpers - what was their role? Margaret Elizabeth Waring

[Rory Reynolds]

I am researching Margaret Elizabeth Waring, M.B.E. whose war medals I purchased this morning. They were once in the collection of Norman (Royal Red Cross) who was a member here and posted briefly about her a while ago. 

In the Boer War she was a worker with the Camp Soldier's Homes and, in WWI, was a Lady Helper in France. Any info on her and her role would be most welcome. The closest I can find is a woman by that name who was born in Guernsey in 1849.

Regards 

Rory

[ForeignGong]

Her LG

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32109/page/10614

[HERITAGE PLUS]

Possible Red Cross VAD Record here:

https://vad.redcross.org.uk/record?rowKey=220797

 

Dave

 

Edited 18 January by HERITAGE PLUS
Typo correction

[Rory Reynolds]

8 hours ago, HERITAGE PLUS said:

Possible Red Cross VAD Record here:

https://vad.redcross.org.uk/record?rowKey=220797

 

Dave

 

Thanks Dave - I have (almost) no doubt that that is her. Two things strike me though:

1) Mention is made of a 1914 Star - the group of medals didn't come with one and I have been unable to trace any sign of one being awarded. Her Medal Index Card reflects the issue of a British War Medal and Victory Medal only.

2) If she entered the war at the age of 69 she must have been one of (if not the oldest) recipient of any medals.

Regards

Rory

Edited 18 January by Rory Reynolds

[George Rayner]

It is then very odd that the medal roll only has service in France from September 1918

Source: Ancestry

George

 

[Rory Reynolds]

9 minutes ago, George Rayner said:

It is then very odd that the medal roll only has service in France from September 1918

Source: Ancestry

George

 

Hi George

Below is what the previous custodian of the medals had to say about it on this Forum - it might explain the discrepancy

[George Rayner]

National Archives have a card with information regarding an MiD.

London Gazette date 14/12/17 and edition number 13488

Medal card of Waring, M E Corps: Lady Helpers

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Reference:	WO 372/24/64999
Description:	Medal card of Waring, M E Corps Regiment No Rank Lady Helpers
Date:	1908-1924
Held by:	The National Archives, Kew
Legal status:	Public Record(s)
Closure status:	Open Document, Open Description

I cannot find it the LG mention. But the London Gazette often defeats me!

George

Edited 18 January by George Rayner

[Rory Reynolds]

3 hours ago, George Rayner said:

National Archives have a card with information regarding an MiD.

London Gazette date 14/12/17 and edition number 13488

Medal card of Waring, M E Corps: Lady Helpers

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Reference:	WO 372/24/64999
Description:	Medal card of Waring, M E Corps Regiment No Rank Lady Helpers
Date:	1908-1924
Held by:	The National Archives, Kew
Legal status:	Public Record(s)
Closure status:	Open Document, Open Description

I cannot find it the LG mention. But the London Gazette often defeats me!

George

Thanks George - yes I have that one - I was lucky with that as the auction house had either neglected to mention it or didn't know about it....

Here is her LG mention for 1917

WARING LG 21 12 1917.pdf