Sue Light Posted 1 July , 2006 Share Posted 1 July , 2006 (edited) The resurrected thread on Elsie Inglis jogged my brain, and I remembered that I had acquired lists of members of the SWH, if anybody needs a look-up of any particular name. They include all grades of staff - doctors, nurses, dispensers, orderlies, masseuses etc., and give full name, unit within SWH, position held and dates of service. The lists are: 1. Members who served in Ajaccio, Corsica 2. Members who served at the Abbaye de Royaumont 3. Those who served with the Girton and Newnham Unit 4. Serbia - up to February 1916 5. America Units 6. Canteen members at Creil, Crepy and Favresse. PLEASE NOTE: All names on these lists have now been put online, and can be viewed on my website here: SCOTTISH WOMEN'S HOSPITAL NAMES Sue Edited 26 July , 2010 by Sue Light Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJanman Posted 1 July , 2006 Share Posted 1 July , 2006 Sue Have you any RAMC personnel listed? I am in the process of setting up a website with a database to list as many RAMC personnel as I can find. I have so many incomplete lists and relatives have so much trouble trying to trace their grandfather's Unit that I am hoping to create one place where all the fragmented information can be gathered. It will also be one place where they are all commemorated together. Thanks Barbara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Wills Posted 1 July , 2006 Share Posted 1 July , 2006 Sue Have you any RAMC personnel listed? I am in the process of setting up a website with a database to list as many RAMC personnel as I can find... Thanks Barbara I don't wish to divert Sue's thread, but that is a massive undertaking Barbara. How many men (I assume it was only men) served with the RAMC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benson Posted 1 July , 2006 Share Posted 1 July , 2006 Sue What a kind offer. Do you have anything on Gertrude M Tew ? went on the 1901 Census and i have two to choose from, one in Cheshire and one in Brum. I know she was in Serbia but did she see service in France? if so what would be the likelyhood of a French award? Many Thanks Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJanman Posted 2 July , 2006 Share Posted 2 July , 2006 I don't wish to divert Sue's thread, but that is a massive undertaking Barbara. How many men (I assume it was only men) served with the RAMC? I also do not wish to divert Sue's thread. I am well aware of the task I have taken on but even if it takes me the rest of my life and even if it is not fully complete, it will be worth it I think, for them. Barbara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Light Posted 2 July , 2006 Author Share Posted 2 July , 2006 I don't wish to divert Sue's thread When there was a thread on here that didn't get diverted as long as we stay off blondes, it's no problem! Barbara Sorry, but it's just SWH women - no RAMC at all. But as someone who loves lists, the thought of your never-ending RAMC one is very appealing! Dave Gertrude Tew doesn't appear in any of the lists I have, although there were other SWH units that I don't have. She does appear in this item in the British Journal of Nursing, which shows that at the beginning of 1916 she had just become a 'Queen's Nurse' - the forerunner of today's District Nurses - I don't know how it fits in with information you already have - 5 Feb 1916, p.124. It's bad luck having two women so close in age, and with the same unusual name. Assuming that only one of them was a nurse, if she was still working when the first General Nursing Council Register was published in 1922, then the entry might give a clue as to her origins. If she had married or had left nursing by then, she wouldn't appear. They are held at the National Archives [DT10]. Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benson Posted 2 July , 2006 Share Posted 2 July , 2006 Sue Many thanks for your speedy reply, yes I thought I'd be on a winner with a name like that but I suppose thats what makes it fun! She was there somewhere, MIC gives Serbia, French Red Cross and that lovely link a while ago to the Times digital library lists her as being awarded the Serbian Cross of Mercy. Dont know what it is this Matelot/Nurse thing but It affects a lot of us......(perhaps I'd better go and see the Padre for some more tablets!) Many Thanks once again Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royalredcross Posted 2 July , 2006 Share Posted 2 July , 2006 She's on my roll. Gertrude M. Tew served as a Nurse at Mladanavatz from April 1915 to October of the same year. She was awarded the Serbian Cross of Mercy for her service. Norman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benson Posted 2 July , 2006 Share Posted 2 July , 2006 She's on my roll. Gertrude M. Tew served as a Nurse at Mladanavatz from April 1915 to October of the same year. She was awarded the Serbian Cross of Mercy for her service. Norman Norman Many Many Thanks that certainly re-charged the old battries ......onwards and upwards! Dave H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Light Posted 2 July , 2006 Author Share Posted 2 July , 2006 Many thanks for your speedy reply, yes I thought I'd be on a winner with a name like that but I suppose thats what makes it fun! Dave I've been having a look through the census returns and the birth index. I'm not sure whether I'm looking at what you're looking at, but I can find the registration details for two women called Gertrude M. Tew. One was: Gertrude Maria Tew whose birth was registered in the June quarter of 1887 in Hardingstone, Northants. The other was: Gertrude Mary Tew, birth registered June quarter 1889 in Cheadle, Staffordshire. Checking onwards, luckily for you, Gertrude Maria Tew got married in the December quarter 1908 [Northampton], so that just leaves Gertrude Mary in the frame. Gertrude Mary Tew was the daughter of John Tew, a farmer, of Millhouse Farm, Hollington Road, Cheadle, Staffs., and his wife Sarah. Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benson Posted 2 July , 2006 Share Posted 2 July , 2006 Sue How do you do that? thats really kind of you, yes those are the two ladies I found (after using about 250 credits!) I didnt manage to find any ref to middle names though. So its Cheadle Staffs not Cheshire, I wonder if they shifted boundries or if its two different places? that part should be easy, even for me!......... found it on auto route..... so local papers now i suppose Once again many thanks Dave H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJanman Posted 2 July , 2006 Share Posted 2 July , 2006 Sorry, but it's just SWH women - no RAMC at all. Thanks anyway Sue. Barbara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Strawbridge Posted 3 July , 2006 Share Posted 3 July , 2006 The resurrected thread on Elsie Inglis jogged my brain, and I remembered that I had acquired lists of members of the SWH, if anybody needs a look-up of any particular name. They include all grades of staff - doctors, nurses, dispensers, orderlies, masseuses etc., and give full name, unit within SWH, position held and dates of service. The lists are: 1. Members who served in Ajaccio, Corsica 2. Members who served at the Abbaye de Royaumont 3. Those who served with the Girton and Newnham Unit The three above seem to cover those units for the duration of the war [or at least, the duration of their involvement]. 4. Serbia - up to February 1916 There is also a Roll of Honour, and a report of the work of the SWH for 1916. Sue A bit of a nerve I know but these are the casualties of the SWH. If you find anything on these I would be most grateful. Forget Elsie Inglis as she is well recorded. In particular home addresses would be helpful and full first names where I have initials. But any tit bits will do. Thanks, Jim BURT, Mary A de Burgh CATON, Florence Missouri DUNLOP, Jessie H.L. EARLE, Agnes Kerr FANNIN, Teresa FRASER, Madge Neil GRAY, Mary Sutherland Brown GUY, Alice Annie INGLIS, E.M. Dr (founder) JORDAN, Louisa LEIGHTON, Clara McDOWELL, Matilda MINSHULL, Augusta SMITH, Olive SUTHERLAND, Bessie G. TOUGHILL, Caroline Macdonell F.E. UNDERWOOD, E.J. Mrs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Light Posted 3 July , 2006 Author Share Posted 3 July , 2006 Jim I can find all of the women mentioned somewhere, except Jessie Dunlop, although you may well have most of the information. I'll send a copy of the list of those who died, and any extra entries for the others - probably tomorrow, as my brain is fried tonight. Dave, I did find Gertrude on the list eventually - there seem to be lists within lists that I hadn't noticed before. But just the same information as Norman has already supplied. Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royalredcross Posted 5 July , 2006 Share Posted 5 July , 2006 As Sue is doing the others for you, here's the missing one she couldn't find. Jessie H. Logan DUNLOP served as an Orderly with the America Unit and Transport Column in Serbia. She was awarded the Serbian Red Cross Medal in silver. Norman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marina Posted 5 July , 2006 Share Posted 5 July , 2006 Thee's an interesting article in this month's 'History Today' on a volunteer nurse, Susan Richmond, who served at Royaumont for about a year. She was an actress and kept a record of her time at the hospital. Large, very moving parts of her record are reprinted here, as well as many photos of the staff and patients. Marina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Strawbridge Posted 6 July , 2006 Share Posted 6 July , 2006 Thank you Sue and Norman for adding further information on these ladies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Light Posted 6 July , 2006 Author Share Posted 6 July , 2006 Thee's an interesting article in this month's 'History Today' on a volunteer nurse, Susan Richmond, who served at Royaumont for about a year. She was an actress and kept a record of her time at the hospital. Large, very moving parts of her record are reprinted here, as well as many photos of the staff and patients. Marina It's a wonderful article - I've read a lot of diary-type accounts of hospitals, but this was so well observed and written - as you say, very moving. And I thought that Kate would be interested that when Susan Richmond left Royaumont in October 1916, she went to Abbeville where she joined the Lena Ashworth theatrical company. Jim My eye was caught in the Royaumont list by an orderly called Davina Gilmour Morrison Strawbridge. She sounds very well-heeled to me! Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Strawbridge Posted 7 July , 2006 Share Posted 7 July , 2006 Jim My eye was caught in the Royaumont list by an orderly called Davina Gilmour Morrison Strawbridge. She sounds very well-heeled to me! Not this branch of the family (unfortunately). I suspect that she was from the American side (Philadelphia) where they owned a string of quality stores, sponsored the America's Cup, Master of Hounds and so on. One even married a Rockafella. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonym Posted 8 July , 2006 Share Posted 8 July , 2006 Sue In an earlier part of this thread you mention the "British Journal of Nursing" and a particular page. Is there a direct way to pick a page number or do you do as I do - go to the bottom of the page and click "NEXT" or "PREVIOUS" and so on until I get to a particular page? Tonym Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Light Posted 9 July , 2006 Author Share Posted 9 July , 2006 Tony From the search page: BJN Search Use the 'Browse' link on the left, and you then get a list of all the volumes, with links at the bottom of the page, in date order. All the WW1 dates are roughly in the range 51-60. Each year is divided into two volumes, Jan-Jun and Jul-Dec. If you click on a volume, then all the page number links appear at the bottom of the page. Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonym Posted 9 July , 2006 Share Posted 9 July , 2006 Hello Sue, Thanks for the reply but I think that I have the wrong link. I am working from a page (165 vol 60) that I put into my favourites when I was researching the Glenart Castle. All I have on the left of that page are two tabs "BOOKMARKS" & " THUMBNAILS" neither of which produce the list of volumes. I assume therefore that I am working from the wrong starting point. Do you have the correct link for BRITISH JOURNAL OF NURSING SEARCH and, if you have it, a link for NURSING RECORD & HOSPITAL WORLD? Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Light Posted 9 July , 2006 Author Share Posted 9 July , 2006 Do you have the correct link for BRITISH JOURNAL OF NURSING SEARCH and, if you have it, a link for NURSING RECORD & HOSPITAL WORLD? Tony The link I put in my previous post is the one you need and from there you can either search or browse - I'll repeat it here: BJN Search and Browse But if that doesn't work for any reason, you can use the page that leads into that: Royal College of Nursing Archives and click on the top link on the page. 'The Nursing Record' was the original name of the same journal. It changed it's name on 5th July 1902 when it became the British Journal of Nursing, so looking at any edition prior to that date will show the different title. Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Robertson Posted 9 July , 2006 Share Posted 9 July , 2006 Sue, Do you have any information on a Nurse Bertram who served in Serbia around 1915? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Light Posted 9 July , 2006 Author Share Posted 9 July , 2006 Derek I have her as: Miss Elizabeth Bertram (Nurse) Served in Kraguievatz, Serbia, from July-December 1915, and in Ajaccio, Corsica, from 4th May 1916 - 20th April 1919. A short piece in the British Journal of Nursing states she left England for Serbia on 29th April 1915, so was probably part of another unit there before going to Kraguievatz. Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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