Indunna Posted 25 July , 2007 Share Posted 25 July , 2007 WOMEN'S WAR MEMORIAL TO OVERSEAS NURSES The British Journal of Nursing - Volume 73, April 1925 (p84) MEMORIAL TO OVERSEAS NURSES. PART OF THE ELIZABETH GARRETT ANDERSON HOSPITAL EXTENSION. The Committee of the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital Extension Fund have been honoured by receiving permission from the Dominions Governments to incorporate as part of their extension scheme a memorial to Members of the Overseas Nursing Services who gave their lives in the War. It is proposed to erect the Nurses’ Home which will form part of the new building to their memory. No memorial solely dedicated to the Overseas Nursing Services has yet been raised in this country, and the Committee feel that the opportunity is specially appropriate in connection with the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital, which was the pioneer woman’s hospital of our Empire. Queen Alexandra, who in 1890 laid the foundation-stone of the present building in the Euston Road, has expressed the hope that In all who have at heart the welfare of women and children, will help the Extension Appeal Fund, and render service of some kind to forward the success of the enlargement of the Hospital of which she is Patron.” The Nurses’ Home will be dedicated to thirty-nine members of the Canadian Nursing Service, twenty-four members of the Australian Nursing Service, four members of the South African Nursing Service, fifteen members of the New Zealand Nursing Service, three members of the Colonial Nursing Association, and one member of the Indian Military Nursing Service. Many women in all parts of the Empire will want to join in raising this memorial. All subscriptions sent to the Hon. Treasurer of the Appeal Fund, the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital, 144, Euston Road, London, N.W. I, will be gratcfully acknowledged. MEMBERS OF NURSING SERVICES WHO DIED OR WERE KILLED IN THE WAR. Australian Nursing Services. MATRON : Jean Miles WALKER, R.R,C. SISTERS: Hilda Mary KNOX Edith Ann MOORHOUSE Norma Violet MOWBRAY Gertrude Evelyn MUNRO. Katherine Lawrence PORTER Fanny Isobel Catherine TYSON Blodwyn WILLIAMS STAFF NURSES: Louisa Annie BICKBELL Emily CLARE Ruby DICKINSON May HENNESSY Letitia Gladys MORETON Amy Veda O’GRADY Rosa O’KANE Kathleen POWER Doris Alice RIDGWAY Elizabeth ROTHERY Mary Florence STAFFORD Ada Mildred THOMPSON Beatrice Middleton WATSON VOLUNTARY WORKERS: Miss Adele BRENNAN Miss Lydia GRANT Miss L. B RIGGALL (note Miss L. B Riggall - full name was Louie Blanche Riggall - died in France 7 Sept 1918 ) South African Military Nursing Service. NURSING SISTER Constance Alexandra EDMEADES STAFF NURSES: Edith Agnes BAKER Dora BERNSTEIN Gertrude Eliza DUNN Beatrice HEARNS Annie Winifred MONRO Ida WARDLE Julia Kathleen WATKINS Daisy Aletta FITZHENRY PROBATIONER NURSES: Emily Pauline Hermione PAFF Kaloolah BEAUFORT Eleanor Eileen BLACK Dorothea Kathleen BOLUS Indian Military Nursing Service. NURSING SISTERS: I. KEARNEY K. Christine JAY New Zealand Nursing Service. Marion BROWN Isabel CLARK E. M. E. COOK Catherine A. Fox Ada GILBERT Mary GORMAN A. G. HAWKER Nora M. HILDYARD Helena K. ISDELL Mabel E. JAMIESON Mary LIND Letitia MORETON Mary H. RAE Lorna A. RATTRAY Margaret ROGERS Canadian Nursing Services. MATRON Jessie B. JAGGARD ACTING MATRON Margaret M. FRASER NURSING SISTERS : Miriam Eastman BAKER Dorothy Mary Y. BALDWIN Christina CAMPBELL Ainslie St. Clair DAGG Lena A. DAVIS Carola J. DOUGLAS Alexina DUSSAULT Minnie A. FOLLETTE Agnes Florien FORNERI Margaret Jane FORTESCUE Minnie K. GALLAGHER Sarah Ellen GARBUTT Matilda Ethel GREEN Victoria Belle HENNAN Lenna Mae JENNER Ida Lilian KEALY Jessie Nelson KING Margaret LOWE Henrietta MELLETT M. Frances MUNRO Jessie Mabel McDIARMID Katherine M. MacDONALD Rebecca MacINTOSH Evelyn V. McKAY Mary Agnes McKENZIE Rena McLEAN Agnes MacPHERSON Eden Lyal PRINGLE Ada J. Ross Mae Belle SAMPSON Gladys Irene SARE Etta SPARKS Anna Irene STAMERS Jean TEMPLEMAN Addie A. TUPPER Gladys M. M. WAKE Anna Elizabeth WHITELY The British Journal of Nursing Historical nursing journals database - is in online at http://www.rcn.org.uk/resources/historyofn...caljournals.php and is well worth searching thru Jennifer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Bennett Posted 26 July , 2007 Share Posted 26 July , 2007 Headstone of Louisa (Louie Blanche ?) Riggall in St Sever Cemetery, Rouen. A very Beautiful, very Australian Epitaph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indunna Posted 28 July , 2007 Author Share Posted 28 July , 2007 Thanks Peter for the picture - it is a beatuiful Headstone to her Jennifer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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