tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3335373475501287982024-02-06T19:28:15.371-08:00Inspirational Women Of World War OneLucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comBlogger367125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-333537347550128798.post-82908516071989201692023-10-21T07:14:00.004-07:002023-10-21T07:14:55.175-07:00 Sofia Flora Skipwith, OBE (1855 – 1940) – WW1 VAD who founded an Auxiliary Hospital in her home Loversall Hall, Yorkshire <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlK7eGtdY00b2XS9Kn6qZl1cRNqe1-4lFxofBxxTYi8pJoKfVmWRB74YqkVndKrf50vh5Pq2JfNEAgqdnA6GnI_NAL0IobOACKfJSZ49jzJJfy4eJ3b2rVW4LHZUgXHkiYdKPprU2wzI7X894DAkMvOSTGKnUJwqW6VUXhCdIVLI5QOZx17OCal2yR7BO_/s378/Sofia%20Skipwith%20WW1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="378" data-original-width="250" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlK7eGtdY00b2XS9Kn6qZl1cRNqe1-4lFxofBxxTYi8pJoKfVmWRB74YqkVndKrf50vh5Pq2JfNEAgqdnA6GnI_NAL0IobOACKfJSZ49jzJJfy4eJ3b2rVW4LHZUgXHkiYdKPprU2wzI7X894DAkMvOSTGKnUJwqW6VUXhCdIVLI5QOZx17OCal2yR7BO_/s320/Sofia%20Skipwith%20WW1.jpeg" width="212" /></a></div>Sofia Flora Cooke Yarborough was born on 18th November 1855 in Middlesex, England, UK. Her parents were Charles C. Yarborough, a retired British Army Lieutenant-Colonel, and his wife, Ester Ann.C. Yarborough. <p></p><p>In 1887, in Tonbridge, Kent, UK, Sophia married widower and British Army Officer Grey Townsend Skipwith (1838 – 1900) who had 8 children by his previous wife. </p><p>Sofia and Grey lived in India and had two children - Flora Blanche Skipwith, born in India in 1889 and Charles Grey Yule Skipwith, born in India in 1890. Charles also joined the British Army. Sofia’s husband died in India in 1900. </p><p>When war broke out, Sofia joined the local VAD and turned her home – Loversall Hall in Doncaster, Yorkshire, UK - into an Auxiliary Hospital which was opened in 1914 and had 100 beds. Sofia was the Hospital’s Commandant. </p><p><br /></p><p>One anonymous soldier-poet wrote of Loversall Hall: </p><p>“The stately homes of Britain… </p><p>Where many a high-born beauty her gracious warfare raged, </p><p>Men at the call of duty, lie broken, maimed and aged, </p><p>And many a man is living, </p><p>Who for his death has prayed, </p><p>Thanks to his maker giving </p><p>That he the woman made.” </p><p>Sofia’s daughter, Flora Blanche Skipwith, also served in her Mother’s hospital in WW1, as did the writer and poet Barbara Euphan Todd (1890 – 1976) – best known for her ten books for children about a scarecrow called Worzel Gummidge. Having initially worked on the land, Barbara worked at the Hospital from 12/12/1917 until 15/02/1919</p><p>Sophia helped hundreds of soldiers, kept in touch with many of them when they returned to the front line, and was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her war work.</p><p>Sofia died on 19th December 1940. Her Obituary was published in the “Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer” on 24th December 1940. </p><p>Loversall Hall</p><p>Built by the Fenton Family of Leeds between 1808 and 1816, Loversall Hall is situated in the heart of the beautiful South Yorkshire Countryside within the village of Loversall just on the outskirts of Doncaster.</p><p> OBE</p><p>The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established on 4th June 1917 by King George V and comprises five classes across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two of which make the recipient either a knight if male or dame if female. There is also the related British Empire Medal, whose recipients are affiliated with, but not members of, the order.</p><p>The five classes of appointment to the Order are, from highest grade to lowest grade:</p><p>Knight Grand Cross or Dame Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (GBE)</p><p>Knight Commander or Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE or DBE)</p><p>Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE)</p><p>Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE)</p><p>Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE)</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsRtlrASnEV_MmcncEmumHI5cVlOJWt9-GU4xfUKZcDgrCfLd7QRXeMexFyM3By7PEezqjCE1zDCMB17kvvzyKIZuAC7h8yrJc2C_gxI6wVyzana7dYp-eXvJ3-_-jeQ4mJh2lEsN5gtHOwhyaYAres5iLDm9PBBC29GEr3rzJjiDKmjtJJKlJVaB4QAzd/s153/OBE%20Order%20of%20the%20British%20Empire.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="138" data-original-width="153" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsRtlrASnEV_MmcncEmumHI5cVlOJWt9-GU4xfUKZcDgrCfLd7QRXeMexFyM3By7PEezqjCE1zDCMB17kvvzyKIZuAC7h8yrJc2C_gxI6wVyzana7dYp-eXvJ3-_-jeQ4mJh2lEsN5gtHOwhyaYAres5iLDm9PBBC29GEr3rzJjiDKmjtJJKlJVaB4QAzd/s1600/OBE%20Order%20of%20the%20British%20Empire.JPG" width="153" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">OBE</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Sources: Find my Past, FreeBMD </div><p>https://www.myheritage.com/names/grey_skipwith</p><p>https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/192636041/sophia-flora-skipwith</p><p>https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/new-exhibition-reveals-doncaster-womens-role-in-first-world-war-475964 14th Jul 2016</p><p><br /></p><p>https://www.harnessproperty.com/listing/79cc4bb1-4e49-5b9c-807b-8ef3d2b5fa02</p><p><br /></p>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-333537347550128798.post-67148679380126324492023-10-21T06:59:00.003-07:002023-10-21T06:59:57.453-07:00 Julia Warde-Aldam MBE, ARRC (1857 - 1931) – opened her house as an Auxiliary Hospital, serving as Commandant and Matron <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkwqspSwheYODZso724s0fw1Mzsnu2xhQiRnzBmtMatfQGaZL0Rr0eTnkl7ITaOkjZa_GjsTwncz8N7w-yX2f9bLjxsH25fDr4F74uAGE5QtbOKWNrNENthOBXZVdz326Rzp74KFmRcQRZgm2kc3rL4HlnOZHWchXced1to904WTQOVzL7LT3J7wAYWtY9/s188/Julia%20Warde-Aldam%20Commandant.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="177" data-original-width="188" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkwqspSwheYODZso724s0fw1Mzsnu2xhQiRnzBmtMatfQGaZL0Rr0eTnkl7ITaOkjZa_GjsTwncz8N7w-yX2f9bLjxsH25fDr4F74uAGE5QtbOKWNrNENthOBXZVdz326Rzp74KFmRcQRZgm2kc3rL4HlnOZHWchXced1to904WTQOVzL7LT3J7wAYWtY9/s1600/Julia%20Warde-Aldam%20Commandant.jpeg" width="188" /></a></div>Sarah Julia Warde was born in Carleton, near Pontefract, Yorkshire, UK in early 1857. Her parents were Revd. William Warde, an Anglican Church Minister - a former Vicar of Campsall - and his wife, Marianne Warde, née Smithson.<p></p><p>On her father's death in 1868, Julia and her elder sister Mary Ann jointly inherited Hooton Pagnell Hall, near Doncaster, which had been bought by the family of Sir Patience Warde in 1704. Mary died in 1880, leaving Julia as sole inheritor.</p><p>On 30th Apreil 1878 Julia married William Wright Aldam, son of William Aldam MP and owner of Frickley Hall, taking the name Warde-Aldam. They had two sons, William St. Andrew (1882–1958), who inherited the Hooton Pagnell estate, and John Ralph Patientius (1892 - 1973), who inherited the Frickley estate. On Willam's father's death in 1890, the couple also inherited Healey Hall in Northumberland and in 1899 they purchased the estate of Ederline in Argyllshire.</p><p>In September 1914, a month after the Britain's entry into the First World War, Julia opened up Hooton Pagnell Hall as the Hooton Pagnell Auxiliary Military Hospital. She took on the role of Red Cross Commandant and Matron of the hospital, and was awarded an MBE in the 1918 Birthday Honours and the Royal Red Cross, Second Class.</p><p>Julia died in 1931.</p><p>Sources: Find my Past</p><p>https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/new-exhibition-reveals-doncaster-womens-role-in-first-world-war-475964 14th Jul 2016</p><p>Imperial War Museum website for photograph of Julia</p><p>OBE</p><p>The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established on 4th June 1917 by King George V and comprises five classes across both civil and military divisions. </p><p>The five classes of appointment to the Order are, from highest grade to lowest grade:</p><p>Knight Grand Cross or Dame Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (GBE)</p><p>Knight Commander or Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE or DBE)</p><p>Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE)</p><p>Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE)</p><p>Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9fvllgQgoTUPyyMq1xr5K-1yLJQwpR6I7hpkrEWwaar0VuWsmGu6M_-Dnnwx77zBkWQkfrAFxquraGlkD3KgWsKg3I_Q16DY3pNfZwBTFCyPLEzH1NF5KDa7mCVgQMJ_g50462rbzJQX2bQoC_oNFzR8ojx7bmtqRp_uv6yd6r_oO0waY-Dr7_MuQtJ1b/s282/MBE.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="282" data-original-width="130" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9fvllgQgoTUPyyMq1xr5K-1yLJQwpR6I7hpkrEWwaar0VuWsmGu6M_-Dnnwx77zBkWQkfrAFxquraGlkD3KgWsKg3I_Q16DY3pNfZwBTFCyPLEzH1NF5KDa7mCVgQMJ_g50462rbzJQX2bQoC_oNFzR8ojx7bmtqRp_uv6yd6r_oO0waY-Dr7_MuQtJ1b/s1600/MBE.JPG" width="130" /></a></div><br /><p>MBE</p><p>Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, an MBE is the third highest ranking Order of the British Empire award (excluding a knighthood/damehood), behind CBE and then OBE.</p><p>The MBE is awarded for an outstanding achievement or service to the community which has had a long-term, significant impact.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlXBZbpR5lPp5iBPbWY5J45lLJnR0529Yq1K6kU6tXlQBpJcpzRwUiGFgvHbv92VDRFaPzgwMGjmdHgVHdmv-RMbIeKy6f_zixiT3M83HcY2BUFf7jSEC6_PfX7eqThrQXQFtGQ3yDop32xYolB4_jM-1TZQaT94n0uWNr3Y6PcJ4IeKLpsuK-5Se8y1eg/s248/Royal%20Red%20Cross.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="204" data-original-width="248" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlXBZbpR5lPp5iBPbWY5J45lLJnR0529Yq1K6kU6tXlQBpJcpzRwUiGFgvHbv92VDRFaPzgwMGjmdHgVHdmv-RMbIeKy6f_zixiT3M83HcY2BUFf7jSEC6_PfX7eqThrQXQFtGQ3yDop32xYolB4_jM-1TZQaT94n0uWNr3Y6PcJ4IeKLpsuK-5Se8y1eg/s1600/Royal%20Red%20Cross.jpeg" width="248" /></a></div><p>The Royal Red Cross (RRC) medal was introduced by Queen Victoria on 27th April 1883. The Royal warrant provides for the award to any ladies, whether subjects or foreign persons, who may be recommended by Our Secretary of State for War for special exertions in providing for the nursing of sick and wounded soldiers and sailors of Our Army and Navy. (During the reign of King George V the words 'or Our Air Force in the field' were added). Those awarded the 1st class medal are known as members whilst those awarded the 2nd class are known as associates (ARRC). </p><div><br /></div>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-333537347550128798.post-18074586424968679862023-08-17T05:31:00.002-07:002023-08-17T05:31:54.707-07:00 Lady Edmond Talbot (1859–1938)<p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>With thanks to Chris Warren for contacting me and</i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>sending me copies of his two WW1-related books </i></b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjjgG90-btvieMw0ASwugr70SI5yPR6wcQZuAYuO7OaQ_VQQIpY_4HjEl-sqWluJ5hyt9spgx8oMs8FAa8_gV1ld42V11i8jXtKraMuqprXxrymY-QA-NRfNw38BFH5DU0l4fQIJ0wV3bsIyehsZguest1UDIJEVmW7mzAuLGWeQz_W-qz6QdB5nkORSt1/s255/Lady%20Edmond%20Talbot.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="255" data-original-width="220" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjjgG90-btvieMw0ASwugr70SI5yPR6wcQZuAYuO7OaQ_VQQIpY_4HjEl-sqWluJ5hyt9spgx8oMs8FAa8_gV1ld42V11i8jXtKraMuqprXxrymY-QA-NRfNw38BFH5DU0l4fQIJ0wV3bsIyehsZguest1UDIJEVmW7mzAuLGWeQz_W-qz6QdB5nkORSt1/s1600/Lady%20Edmond%20Talbot.JPG" width="220" /></a></div>Born Lady Mary Bertie, daughter of the Earl of Abingdon, she was married on 5th August 1879 to Edmund Talbot (1855 – 1947), whose name at birth was Lord Edmund Bernard FitzAlan-Howard By Royal Licence, he assumed the name Talbot in 1876 to enable him to inherit the estates of Bertram, Earl of Shrewsbury. <p></p><p>Lord and Lady Talbot had two children and lived in Cumberland Lodge in Windsor Great Park, London, UK. They were Catholic. Lord Talbot was elected Member of Parliament for Chichester in 1894, a seat he held until 1921. In April 1921 Lord Edmund Talbot was appointed by the British government as Lord Lieutenant, or Viceroy, of Ireland. Much was made of the fact that Talbot was Catholic – the first to hold the office since the 17th century.</p><p><br /></p><p>Retired school teacher Chris Warren has published two excellent WW1-related books:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6aCbjzLbTQJEzQUUBsofInWu25jm2lCbGbKpvdLScIYW3tIirH_TLTfELDIPFSIo9aa9ekqMV21feaVxqAgY6BQEFJIYdGS1Wur-ms9p91ZLXu3Wln3T_0IpuhI8xQZf7TgaGAgZDoj2PGYUH8dWYMB7I-UmOug6Im-ab3k5kZ6eRK74rhpKqMKjhyCyr/s3796/Covers%20of%20Warren%20Books%20right%20way%20up.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2904" data-original-width="3796" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6aCbjzLbTQJEzQUUBsofInWu25jm2lCbGbKpvdLScIYW3tIirH_TLTfELDIPFSIo9aa9ekqMV21feaVxqAgY6BQEFJIYdGS1Wur-ms9p91ZLXu3Wln3T_0IpuhI8xQZf7TgaGAgZDoj2PGYUH8dWYMB7I-UmOug6Im-ab3k5kZ6eRK74rhpKqMKjhyCyr/s320/Covers%20of%20Warren%20Books%20right%20way%20up.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>- his Uncle Jack’s letters sent home from the Western Front - “Somewhere in France: Letters written from the Front 1914 – 1918 by Jack Turner, MC, Croix de Guerre”.</p><p>And</p><p>- “In Flanders Now: The War Poems of Father Albert Purdie 1915 - 1918”</p><p>John Turner MC, Croix de Guerre (1882 – 1918) – British schoolteacher and artist (known as Jack Turner). http://lesserknownartists.blogspot.com/2023/08/john-turner-mc-croix-de-guerre-1882.html</p><p>In a letter home written in July 1915 by Chris’s Uncle Jack when he was serving on the Western Front, he wrote about meeting the Catholic Chaplain Father Albert Purdie and reading the poem Father Purdie had written about Ploegsteert Wood. </p><p>For the poem by Father Purdie, please see</p><p>http://forgottenpoetsofww1.blogspot.com/2023/08/albert-bertrand-purdie-1888-1976.html</p><p>In an extract from one of Jack’s letters published in the book, he mentions being given a copy of a book – a special gift to Catholic soldiers during the First World War from Lady Edmond Talbot.</p><p>“He has also given me a jolly little “Garden of the Soul” (Lady Edmond Talbot’s gift to the Catholic soldiers) which is small but has all the offices in.”</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJBNI4gL00cwi6KcRzMdfqNoebL2lhAFXPgL6ThOSYivbrC_VANRndL5y8CaKB0fKFXptwdA00N1J8sslQtesVdrfruTjrpnpGXCk6C4pfsZtCm9wFHj3Pd-6aPjxZTZeTpd2otTmqesCoxt1F5FOekFmQzd7JkR8KThEzp6HYZnh9uiapZJ1-aUoanwaQ/s259/Garden%20of%20the%20Soul%20book%201914.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="259" data-original-width="194" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJBNI4gL00cwi6KcRzMdfqNoebL2lhAFXPgL6ThOSYivbrC_VANRndL5y8CaKB0fKFXptwdA00N1J8sslQtesVdrfruTjrpnpGXCk6C4pfsZtCm9wFHj3Pd-6aPjxZTZeTpd2otTmqesCoxt1F5FOekFmQzd7JkR8KThEzp6HYZnh9uiapZJ1-aUoanwaQ/s1600/Garden%20of%20the%20Soul%20book%201914.jpeg" width="194" /></a></div><br /><p>Chris Warren’s wonderful books can be purchased by following these links:</p><p>https://www.blurb.co.uk/b/11285382-in-flanders-now</p><p> https://www.blurb.co.uk/b/9304624-somewhere-in-france</p><p>Sources:</p><p>“Somewhere in France: Letters written from the Front 1914 – 1918 by Jack Turner, MC, Croix de Guerre”.</p><p>https://www.hcbooksonline.com/product/garden-of-the-soul-catholic-repository-1914/</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-333537347550128798.post-63425739497206055522023-05-25T12:02:00.004-07:002023-05-26T04:03:57.525-07:00 Lady Sybil de Vere Brassey (1858 - 1934) – British Suffragette <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo6dECO-HNRiQseqU1RPtt4FZuXhjKpJtI7QeVIpTL-CR7Ejbqt-APCn63o4Mi3rW5D7UKIqb75TBegnL7Ox02-13RKYjsjXpOWa68rFS0kSLnYmi91P4kFPA7_CKrbHiKxa6gdzrd9caLGpb9wtg8izXoTt3wgIwMa4f1QKbdDvFiHgVnb84mjOj1Qw/s216/Lady%20Sybil%20de%20Vere%20Brassey.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="216" data-original-width="194" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo6dECO-HNRiQseqU1RPtt4FZuXhjKpJtI7QeVIpTL-CR7Ejbqt-APCn63o4Mi3rW5D7UKIqb75TBegnL7Ox02-13RKYjsjXpOWa68rFS0kSLnYmi91P4kFPA7_CKrbHiKxa6gdzrd9caLGpb9wtg8izXoTt3wgIwMa4f1QKbdDvFiHgVnb84mjOj1Qw/s1600/Lady%20Sybil%20de%20Vere%20Brassey.jpeg" width="194" /></a></div>Sybil de Vere Capell was born on 29th November 1858 at 2 Lyall Street, Belgrave Square, London, UK. Her parents were Arthur de Vere Capell, Viscount Malden, a Lieutenant-Colonel in the British Army, and his wife, Emma Martha, nee Meux. <p></p><p>On 18th September 1890, Sybil married Thomas Brassey, Baron Brassey of Bulkeley, 1st Earl Brassey, son of Thomas Brassey (1805 – 1870) and Maria Farringdon Harrison. They were married in St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London, UK. Sybil was the second wife of Lord Thomas Brassey, a former Liberal Member of Parliament, who was a supporter of the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Society.</p><p>The Brassey family were extremely wealthy. Thomas’s father, also called Thomas, was a civil engineering contractor and manufacturer of building materials. He was responsible for building much of the world's railways in the 19th century.</p><p>From 1895 to 1900, Sybil's husband was the Governor of Victoria, Australia. Sybil went with her husband when he sailed his three-masted topsail-yard schooner steam yacht “The Sunbeam” to Australia and back. When war broke out in 1914, the couple had their ship converted into a hospital ship and set out for Lemnos, before going on to Imbros, where they arrived on 14th August 1915. </p><p>Sybil and her husband returned to Britain, leaving their ship to serve used as a convalescent ship for wounded Allied officers.<br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBuaXHut3qath6QAy7gTSLaDTHBIehsvDy3TvKQCxA2wcBGd9spOzPWXjdV02xNwHLcufpQFK6eavrl5Vn-rLyJuWcYikz_UgP78773FjeZGHra2OqxNh-4JD-oBVhBICsALd2r83xC2wfTotNqY44mfRCI7KhKyRcheOmL7p301VhoIybaMvrwQs7NA/s120/Sunbeam.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="77" data-original-width="120" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBuaXHut3qath6QAy7gTSLaDTHBIehsvDy3TvKQCxA2wcBGd9spOzPWXjdV02xNwHLcufpQFK6eavrl5Vn-rLyJuWcYikz_UgP78773FjeZGHra2OqxNh-4JD-oBVhBICsALd2r83xC2wfTotNqY44mfRCI7KhKyRcheOmL7p301VhoIybaMvrwQs7NA/w320-h205/Sunbeam.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"The Sunbeam"</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p>There is very little else I could find about Lady Sybil so I wonder what she did in Britain during WW1? </p><p>Lady Sybil died on 20th February 1934 and was buried in Golders Green Cemetery.</p><p>Imbros, (now officially Gökçeada) is the largest island belonging to Turkey, located in Çanakkale Province. It is located in the north-northeastern Aegean Sea, at the entrance of Saros Bay. Imbros has an area of 279 km2 (108 sq mi) and has some wooded areas.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOJ8vhm7QHLIVKE57QiCF1UEZGbCzyIh_LXeH8UEuNbO-Hdro-T1tOgzLqB6Y_71biO9Cu3Bh2AND42-_AhcZb-3bX6X-16izwQ0htvQonBIRdFhP396RE67pbdH0RSdSebC8tRG2HLMSdf1AozDM2j-Aviimh-zUEiLm8yr0lcfWP3gzpM1i82QPoLQ/s336/Herbert%20Hillier%20British%20%20WW1%20War%20Artist%20An%20annotated%20panorama,%20in%20two%20sections,%20showing%20several%20warships%20in%20Kephalos%20Bay%20at%20Imbros%20%20Art.IWM%20ART%204325%20a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="336" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOJ8vhm7QHLIVKE57QiCF1UEZGbCzyIh_LXeH8UEuNbO-Hdro-T1tOgzLqB6Y_71biO9Cu3Bh2AND42-_AhcZb-3bX6X-16izwQ0htvQonBIRdFhP396RE67pbdH0RSdSebC8tRG2HLMSdf1AozDM2j-Aviimh-zUEiLm8yr0lcfWP3gzpM1i82QPoLQ/w400-h179/Herbert%20Hillier%20British%20%20WW1%20War%20Artist%20An%20annotated%20panorama,%20in%20two%20sections,%20showing%20several%20warships%20in%20Kephalos%20Bay%20at%20Imbros%20%20Art.IWM%20ART%204325%20a.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Herbert William Hillier (1869 - 1956) British WW1 War Artist - “An annotated panorama, in two sections, showing several warships in Kephalos Bay at Imbros”. Art.IWM ART 4325 a</p><p>Herbert joined the Royal Naval Reserve and in 1915 volunteered as a war artist and served as an Able Seaman in the Gallipoli Campaign at the age of 46,aboard a former tramp steamer, requisitioned by the British Navy as HMS Manica, which became the first Royal Naval balloon ship.</p><p>Primary Source: An article entitled “A Suffragette in Kephalos Bay” by Jim Claven, published in “The Gallipolian”, Winter 2021 magazine of the Gallipoli Association.</p><p>https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75345769 and</p><p>Other sources:</p><p>https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/13139</p><p>https://thepeerage.com/p7766.htm</p><p>https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22431816</p><p>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Brassey</p><p>https://www.caltongallery.co.uk/Artist.aspx?id=Artist.HILLIER,%20HERBERT</p><p>Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbros</p><div><br /></div>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-333537347550128798.post-789119486975749732023-04-12T07:37:00.008-07:002023-04-12T07:37:46.929-07:00Book Review “The History of Women’s Football” by Jean Williams (Pen and Sword, Barnsley, 2022)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1UawRwgpek16CrFbJxEKLUWMDtWelln_3S434cGT_RYDPHMFky6_uqYptUxp6ypQRVX-DmsXCZFk_bIOYgS_FDIHzoEGa8kFKB_Gmgxa2im9bWpol6r1XpS-b3-BB6_vWG0pqoDOQPYccptvpJmZJiHxEtWkI5-jmj-AC8XXhRgwVx_Z_bPC50u11dg/s273/The%20History%20of%20Women's%20Football%20by%20Jean%20Williams%20cover%20photo.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="273" data-original-width="184" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1UawRwgpek16CrFbJxEKLUWMDtWelln_3S434cGT_RYDPHMFky6_uqYptUxp6ypQRVX-DmsXCZFk_bIOYgS_FDIHzoEGa8kFKB_Gmgxa2im9bWpol6r1XpS-b3-BB6_vWG0pqoDOQPYccptvpJmZJiHxEtWkI5-jmj-AC8XXhRgwVx_Z_bPC50u11dg/w216-h320/The%20History%20of%20Women's%20Football%20by%20Jean%20Williams%20cover%20photo.jpeg" width="216" /></a></div>“The History of Women’s Football” by Jean Williams (Pen and Sword, Barnsley, 2022)<p></p><p>For anyone truly interested in the history of the women’s participation in ‘the beautiful game’ of Association Football, this book is a MUST READ. From the first game played at Crouch End with a crowd of 10,000 paying spectators (p vii Introduction) up to 2022, the book is full of interesting accounts and anecdotes With copious stories of players, photographs and memorabilia, this is a book you will want to refer to again and again.</p><p>My main field of interest is the First World War and, although I knew quite a bit about women’s football games played to raise funds for the soldiers during the conflict, Chapter 2, entitled “Banned”, goes into that era in depth. Included is the aftermath of the ban following the success of women’s football during WW1, on the playing of women’s matches on their grounds which was decreed by the Football Association on 5th December 1921.</p><p>My interest in women’s sport started a few years ago, when my husband and I were volunteer programme presenters at a community radio station in Lancashire. As my husband is a sports journalist and writer, we felt very lucky to be invited to attend the England Women’s Football match against Malta in October 2009 at Bloomfield Road stadium in Blackpool. That was the opening match of the qualifying matches for the 2011 Women’s World Cup. </p><p>We asked a friend of ours, a former media sports photographer with a national daily newspaper, if he was going to attend but he said “Oh no – it’s only women!”. Those words stung me and when, a few years later helping out at a women’s ice hockey game, I heard the same phrase, I was inspired to write the lyrics for a song about it. Southport-based singer /songwriting duo put music to my lyrics and interpreted it for me:</p><p>https://soundcloud.com/user-713468389/the-girls-radio-edit</p><p>In October 2009, we did a live telephone interview with Fara Williams on our radio show on 103.2 Preston FM the Tuesday afternoon in the run up to the game and we then attended the media day at the hotel when the team arrived in Blackpool on the Thursday.</p><p>We were the ONLY media that turned up! So we got all the allotted interview time and had a long chat with England manager at that time, Hope Powell, and Sue Smith, who was - at the time - the most capped England women’s player.</p><p>In the afternoon, we were able to go and watch the team's outdoor training session.</p><p>After the game itself on the Sunday, we saw Hope Powell and Fara Williams at the press conference and there were a few other media people there for that.</p><p>Having been researching the First World War since 2012 for a series of commemorative exhibitions, I knew about the success of women’s football teams who played charity matches in aid of war work during the conflict. They were so popular and successful that the English Football Association banned the palying of football matches by women’s teams on their grounds until the 1970s.</p><p>‘The Beautiful Game’ is a nickname for association football. It was popularised by Brazilian footballer Pelé, although the exact origin of the phrase is disputed. Stuart Hall, an English football commentator, used it as far back as 1958. Hall admired Peter Doherty when he went to see Manchester City play at Maine Road and used the term "The Beautiful Game" to describe Doherty's style of play.</p><p>Association football, known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed goal defended by the opposing team. Traditionally, the game is played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes.</p><p>The games are officiated by a referee, who has "full authority to enforce the Laws of the Game in connection with the match to which he has been appointed" (Law 5), and whose decisions are final. The referee is assisted by two assistant referees. In many high-level games there is also a fourth official who assists the referee and may replace another official should the need arise.</p><p>The Football Association (known by its abbreviation The FA) is the governing body of association football in England and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. Formed in 1863, it is the oldest football association in the world and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the amateur and professional game in its territory.</p><p>For further information about this and other Pen & Sword publications, please see their website https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/</p><p>Lucy London, April 2023 </p>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-333537347550128798.post-84928411838752273152023-03-05T07:24:00.000-08:002023-03-05T07:24:14.330-08:00 Ada Reeve (born Adelaide Mary Reeves, 3 March 1874 – 5 October 1966) - English actress of both stage and screen<p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Found by Historian Debbie Cameron and shared with her kind permission</i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbBfOlFW9g1C5iwnFgBIS0JD4ssDelFJKD7s_CoqAuHy5x799PY3pgDIWumcUNdTloFuIku1yIrrrkVVzGTO_SoaKxCzrqQmGpapYYd-hlb21JiFZ5Toh7L1Aw05GVGLlgOgfzmIB9b9AfH_UiMb8VJG7bsZGYIg8CMxI-nRMO5bXnXYu02P9NUOuGZQ/s690/With%20the%20Diggers%20at%20her%20home%20Malta%20Cottage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="690" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbBfOlFW9g1C5iwnFgBIS0JD4ssDelFJKD7s_CoqAuHy5x799PY3pgDIWumcUNdTloFuIku1yIrrrkVVzGTO_SoaKxCzrqQmGpapYYd-hlb21JiFZ5Toh7L1Aw05GVGLlgOgfzmIB9b9AfH_UiMb8VJG7bsZGYIg8CMxI-nRMO5bXnXYu02P9NUOuGZQ/s320/With%20the%20Diggers%20at%20her%20home%20Malta%20Cottage.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p>Born in East London on 3rd March 1874, Ada was the eldest child of a minor theatrical family. Her father was an actor and her mother had been a dancer. Ada was just four years old when she made her theatrical debut in the pantomime Red Riding Hood. She was one of the most popular British singing comediennes of all time, and considered to be a headliner in variety and vaudeville. </p><div>During World War 1 the immensely popular stage and music hall star actively embraced war work as an independent, self-appointed fundraiser. She used her fame to raise funds to help those affected by the war, putting on variety shows in aid of ‘Our Blinded Heroes’, the Red Cross and other good causes. She also entertained injured troops in the military hospitals and camps. She travelled and entertained soldiers in camps and hospitals in Britain, Egypt, India, Australia and New Zealand. In 1917-18 while touring Australia and New Zealand she used her cachet as a star performer to directly appeal to audiences to donate funds for the Anzac Club and Buffet for Diggers on leave in London. She became known as “Anzac Ada” and when in London, she sang at the Anzac Buffet.</div><p>Ada also entertained injured British troops, for example, in Netting, Scotland in late 1915. Furthermore, during the week commencing 29 May 1916 she put on a variety entertainment in Birmingham “to raise a substantial sum to lighten the load of our Blinded Heroes and ensure their future welfare and comfort.”</p><div>Photo: “With the Diggers at her home Malta Cottage in Norton, Isle of Wight, 1915. </div><div><br /></div><div>Some of Historian Debbie Cameron's research can be found here:</div><div><div><br /></div><div>https://historicalclues.blogspot.com/2022/01/a-family-at-war-and-beyond.html?fbclid=IwAR0HwllMT7VZlloljHWqsuSnb4Jc-L17iHmNGINaun2L7eVTrjDWOhEwAxA</div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>Group Remembering British Women in WW1 – The Home Front and Overseas</div><div><br /></div><div>https://www.facebook.com/groups/1468972083412699/</div><div><br /></div></div>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-333537347550128798.post-61195611971030704492023-02-17T11:31:00.001-08:002023-02-17T11:31:12.676-08:00Nina Larrey Smith Duryea (1874 – 1951) - American writer awarded medals for her voluntary relief work in France during the First World War. <p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>While watching a recording of the 2022 Final of the British Quiz Show Mastermind,</i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>I discovered Nina and just had to research her</i></b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbYPolWyI-0vtIAMQFY8Rec1atxyP1amwHYzX-aOQWBhl1E_KybWh6tlRhMxduog_kW4B3WdH2LhCWyY-2SZxV2tvsGCLo32g2nyeDGltwq4UCGsPEZb_uP7lsoDmFpyhIVaRpp2dRl1tkLqRygUwYFIegtZ3hSfNwCHd3tMQEUCol9mywzo2X4T4GKw/s263/Nina%20Larrey%20Duryea.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="192" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbYPolWyI-0vtIAMQFY8Rec1atxyP1amwHYzX-aOQWBhl1E_KybWh6tlRhMxduog_kW4B3WdH2LhCWyY-2SZxV2tvsGCLo32g2nyeDGltwq4UCGsPEZb_uP7lsoDmFpyhIVaRpp2dRl1tkLqRygUwYFIegtZ3hSfNwCHd3tMQEUCol9mywzo2X4T4GKw/s1600/Nina%20Larrey%20Duryea.jpeg" width="192" /></a></div>Nina Larrey Smith was born in Cohasset, Massachusetts, United States of America on 11th August 1874. Her parents were Franklin Waldo Smith and his wife, Laura Bevan Smith. Nina’s father was a merchant in Boston. He was a founder of the YMCA in the United States. Educated in Boston and Belgium, Nina married Chester Burrell Duryea, an inventor, in 1898. The couple had one son, Chester but separated in 1903.<p></p><p>Nina used to spend her summers in Brittany and at the start of the First World War, she was so horrified by the influx of refugees from Belgium that she founded Duryea War Relief (known in French as Secours Duryea) in Dinard - a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of Brittany, France.</p><p>With a headquarters in Roye, Somme in the Picardie Region and a depot in Lille, Nina and her volunteer assistants distributed clothing, food, garden tools, medicine and other necessities to over 70,000 war survivors and refugees. The American lyricist/composer Cole Porter was one of the volunteers helping Duryea War Relief in WW1.</p><p>Nina's organization also opened a children's center, offering meals and a safe playground (when playing outdoors was still dangerous because of shrapnel, explosives and other hazards), a hospital for children with tuberculosis and an orphanage. Nina was made a member of the French Legion of Honour for her war work, with additional decorations from Belgium, Italy, Russia and Montenegro.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinFsiaLod3TmzJ02Zog-yuFSdGCjRvqszX5UnL2nbVMrzlL6AaygFb039H1VfyA7Mgg-ujI29I6Oq6_8PGoX3AskBbN-edB4D05EdL7SSB6-Z9bgVGhVYbyZNb69Bu41ptSz8lIs8AH2Dwbrf4QOkgKX1o6VicTB3e9N7mqBgxkhCxHj5TEFQIlNj5dA/s1116/Nona%20Dureya%20WW1%20Dinard%20France.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="766" data-original-width="1116" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinFsiaLod3TmzJ02Zog-yuFSdGCjRvqszX5UnL2nbVMrzlL6AaygFb039H1VfyA7Mgg-ujI29I6Oq6_8PGoX3AskBbN-edB4D05EdL7SSB6-Z9bgVGhVYbyZNb69Bu41ptSz8lIs8AH2Dwbrf4QOkgKX1o6VicTB3e9N7mqBgxkhCxHj5TEFQIlNj5dA/s320/Nona%20Dureya%20WW1%20Dinard%20France.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nina, 2nd from left front row in front<br />of her typewriter - with some of the volunteers</td></tr></tbody></table><p>After the war, Nina beame Vice President of the International Revival of Industrial Arts, building a market for handicrafts from war-affected regions. She also invented a textile named Sona and a garment called Torsolite, for protective use in hazardous situations.</p><p>Nona also wrote plays. In 1919 a comedy play written by Nina, entitled “Mrs. Drummond's War Relief”, was produced in New York. The production was directed by Hilda Spong and Nina and her friends raised funds and gave speeches about post-war reconstruction during the intervals In 1932, nother play written by Nina - entitled WLove — Common or Preferred” - was also produced as a fundraiser.</p><p>Nina died on 1st November 1951 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts</p><p>One of Nina's books was “The Soul of Fighting France”, which was published in 1918 - I have not been able to find any trace of a copy, unfortunately.</p><p>Additional information source:</p><p>https://oztypewriter.blogspot.com/2014/01/machines-ecrire-et-de-secours-nina.html</p><div><br /></div>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-333537347550128798.post-34174486192471328412022-09-26T08:35:00.001-07:002022-09-28T08:53:17.933-07:00Book Review: “Women are now doing men’s work” by Lawrence Taylor, Edited by Carole McEntee-Taylor<p>As those of you who follow my weblog and Facebook page Inspirational Women of World War One will know, I have been researching the women of WW1 seriously for over ten years now. However, while I was familiar with some of the information in Lawrence Taylor’s wonderul book, which has been written to raise awareness of women in the Great War, I found quite a lot of information that was new to me. </p><p>There are 21 chapters – covering The First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, Munitionettes, The Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps, Voluntary Aid Detachments, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service, Hospital Ships, The Australian and New Zealand Army Nursing Services, The Scottish Women’s Hospital, The Women’s Royal Naval Service and more. The book has a delightful cover of a cartoon by Fred Spurgin (1882- 1968), a British comic illustrator.</p><p>"Women are now doing men's work" is a definite must read for anyone truly interested in the history of The First World War. I very much hope that Lawrence plans more books about the women of WW1.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlA1Q24qRG8ngHXoqoamZV0ANkpudfjyHnRK256XzphIPgcie0gmlnZelfVOGYSJennnOv0cC_5WXzmXkLMSjII0C-wuM-UF-PVMRYtLAhP1CWsthaoOeBGrYe4tsuhP6XUunCn2fMF_j9MM_YarO56CaocwrIDUHo9URCCM-DJ7h8BSroLumcGSSFog/s499/Women%20are%20now%20doing%20men's%20work%20by%20Lawrence%20Taylor%20cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlA1Q24qRG8ngHXoqoamZV0ANkpudfjyHnRK256XzphIPgcie0gmlnZelfVOGYSJennnOv0cC_5WXzmXkLMSjII0C-wuM-UF-PVMRYtLAhP1CWsthaoOeBGrYe4tsuhP6XUunCn2fMF_j9MM_YarO56CaocwrIDUHo9URCCM-DJ7h8BSroLumcGSSFog/s320/Women%20are%20now%20doing%20men's%20work%20by%20Lawrence%20Taylor%20cover.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><p>You can purchase a copy by following this link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Women-Are-Doing-Mens-Work/dp/B09ZCWSQ1K/ref=mp_s_a_1_29?crid=3D5PXINMXTN6Z&keywords=carole%20mcentee-taylor&pscroll=1&qid=1652387788&sprefix=%2Caps%2C441&sr=8-29&wIndexMainSlot=44&fbclid=IwAR2SPxda6nSI1n2QMfVeibI2QW3PqwSf4BRKzhHPdSsHgujqAG6WgEjN16w</p><p>Lawrence explains in the Further Reading Section at the end of the book that the Imperial War Museum, London has an excellent website where you can view photographs of the women of WW1. Agnes Conway, who chaired The Women's Work Subcommittee of the Imperial War Museum London (which was founded in 1917), collected a vast number of photographs of the women of WW1 for the nation. Lawrence Taylor finds many of those photographs and regularly researches and posts information about the women of WW1 on his Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/lawrence.taylor.75</p><p>From 1917-1929, Agnes Conway – whose father was Martin Conway - the first honorary Director-General of the IWM - gathered information and photographs pertaining to the role of women during the First World War. She was the curator of the Women's Work Section of the Imperial War Museum and was named Honorary Secretary of the Women's Committee between 1917 and 1920. Agnes was helped in her work by Lady Priscilla Norman, who ran a hospital in France during the first few months of the war, Lady Asquith, Lady Mond and Lady Haig. https://inspirationalwomenofww1.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-spirit-of-british-womanhood-agnes.html</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-333537347550128798.post-69903925395534726592022-04-16T10:35:00.003-07:002022-04-16T10:35:31.350-07:00Annie Elizabeth Mistrick nee Brewer (1874 – 1921) - British nurse.<p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>With thanks to Bryan Boots for suggesting I include Annie here and for his help </i></b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ggwf1BpStUjBFvALHCJKICzqKiA4AuwFVwyWBNpphyLul7e3TAJTiDEQuQsAD38YtT9kKFKAynD1aNS5bgQRUxBkmGZSBkD4pyGTBKYVMfumtPJLs7-3SlkQ-p_ApEPACuG08eH_z97v5n6iU4D5R744vzOGWTo6yhF6_HsOIgr7U1JoPfm8ZhR6Pg/s297/Annie%20Brewer%20portrait.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="170" data-original-width="297" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ggwf1BpStUjBFvALHCJKICzqKiA4AuwFVwyWBNpphyLul7e3TAJTiDEQuQsAD38YtT9kKFKAynD1aNS5bgQRUxBkmGZSBkD4pyGTBKYVMfumtPJLs7-3SlkQ-p_ApEPACuG08eH_z97v5n6iU4D5R744vzOGWTo6yhF6_HsOIgr7U1JoPfm8ZhR6Pg/s1600/Annie%20Brewer%20portrait.jpeg" width="297" /></a></div>Annie Elizabeth Brewer was born in Newport, South Wales, UK on 21st November 1874. Her parents were John Brewer and his wife, Jessie M. Brewer, nee Pote. <p></p><p>When she was twenty-four, Annie qualified as a nurse of 'insane persons' (psychiatric nurse) and worked in hospitals around Britain including in London and Chester, before travelling around Europe as a personal nurse and companion.</p><p>Annie, who was also known as Nancy, was in France with a lady from Cardiff when war broke out, and immediately joined the Anglo French Nursing Expedition and was behind the lines in the first battle of the Marne. With occasional "leaves" she remained in France, serving on the Somme and at Verdun. Annie assisted with 229 operations in 7 days during the battle of Verdun. Annie invariably accompanied the troops up the line and on one occasion the ambulance in which she was travelling was shelled and she was wounded in the head and struck with a piece of shrapnel in the leg. She also came under shellfire while working in a French hospital. The strain led to a period of serious illness, but she insisted on returning to duty once she recovered.<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8m63nItBFxu-fNFgxClgUeSCp6lF6qeC1RO-FPOp1VbLk-I4aCCPTyt3zQXcL_B1TAAuhbkM5QgzJVa_SnErHtv7xqmwYn7IVLSWUoeDmDg_3KWck0V809yF1kSwIYz2y8VVMq_9Ux1lMjdQDgvpOAm3PxPueCTY7Tsx0QQlgLOj2kG9jXLDZ3658CQ/s976/Annie%20Brewer%20WW1%20nurse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="549" data-original-width="976" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8m63nItBFxu-fNFgxClgUeSCp6lF6qeC1RO-FPOp1VbLk-I4aCCPTyt3zQXcL_B1TAAuhbkM5QgzJVa_SnErHtv7xqmwYn7IVLSWUoeDmDg_3KWck0V809yF1kSwIYz2y8VVMq_9Ux1lMjdQDgvpOAm3PxPueCTY7Tsx0QQlgLOj2kG9jXLDZ3658CQ/s320/Annie%20Brewer%20WW1%20nurse.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Annie in WW1</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p>According to French Genealogical sources, Annie married French ambulance driver Daniel Mistrick, on the Verdun battlefield. After the war she remained in Europe, working at a feeding station in Germany with the French army of occupation. The French government awarded her the Legion d'Honneur and Croix de Guerre. Annie also received war and victory medals from the British government but was never recognised by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.</p><p>In 1921, Annie returned to Newport to nurse her ailing mother in the family home at 23 West Street, but she was also seriously ill and died of kidney disease, Bright's disease, on 30th January 1921 aged 46. Although she is buried at St. Woolos cemetery, Annie currently does not have a war grave. Gwent Western Front Association are campaigning for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission to put her on their register. </p><p>Ian Brewer, Annie's great nephew, has researched the life of Annie Brewer, published on BBC Cymru. She was also featured in BBC Wales television documentary entitled "Annie's War: A Welsh Nurse on the Western Front". On 30th January 2018, The Western Front Association unveiled a blue plaque on West Street in Newport. Guests at the unveiling included members of Mrs. Mistrick's family, Health Minister Vaughan Gething and pupils from St. Woolos primary school.</p><p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjIcBGLgLL-jo0SjfEFqwvo5JACq6tS-gTfQ7W8mkGipQdxrlOQXoUaDRLlFYQEZYilSK9E-qiNRc2g_z8eZqJ45iQOSa9VfpUwudhwSO86OnZjCyz7rj8_SQLAsz7xO-sENMgCXH8REBediDiG51qF01EV9qSU4MnM2bc404QATaXJ1RGLBjJrDPC3A/s220/Annie%20Brewer%20blue%20plaque.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="210" data-original-width="220" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjIcBGLgLL-jo0SjfEFqwvo5JACq6tS-gTfQ7W8mkGipQdxrlOQXoUaDRLlFYQEZYilSK9E-qiNRc2g_z8eZqJ45iQOSa9VfpUwudhwSO86OnZjCyz7rj8_SQLAsz7xO-sENMgCXH8REBediDiG51qF01EV9qSU4MnM2bc404QATaXJ1RGLBjJrDPC3A/s1600/Annie%20Brewer%20blue%20plaque.jpg" width="220" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Blue Plaque in memory<br />of Annie</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p>Sources: Find my Past, Free BMD< Information received from Bryan Boots, Lives of the First World War and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Brewer</p><div><br /></div>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-333537347550128798.post-32094894388603351112021-10-03T12:36:00.001-07:002021-10-03T12:36:44.940-07:00 Louise de Bettignies (15th July 1880 – 27 September 1918) French woman who became a British Secret Agent in WW1<p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>With grateful thanks to Ciaran Conlan, an Irishman who has a love of WW1 and helps anyone who needs hel. Ciaran helps me a great deal with my research. </i></b></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifBciau_N8s1Hmu6VF0o9DsV7jzv53_1xbEErbnVLsIeMnWVER8YQbknMUQ2oYM0m9GtuZu-ML17adgd6Zq5xwp5E52hAPouXdTt4CY7Q_f2l8qbOiFJhBsVw0JQFe9VmUj2vTo6z-8B15/s300/Louise+de+Bettignies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="249" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifBciau_N8s1Hmu6VF0o9DsV7jzv53_1xbEErbnVLsIeMnWVER8YQbknMUQ2oYM0m9GtuZu-ML17adgd6Zq5xwp5E52hAPouXdTt4CY7Q_f2l8qbOiFJhBsVw0JQFe9VmUj2vTo6z-8B15/s0/Louise+de+Bettignies.jpg" width="249" /></a></div>WW1 Secret agent Louise de Bettignies was born in Saint Armand-les-Eaux in Northern France on 15th July 1880. Her parents were Henri-Maximilien de Bettignies, a porcelain manufacturer who was a Captain in the French National Guard, and his wife, Julienne-Marie Mabille de Poncheville.<p></p><p>During the First World War, Louise was recruited and worked as a secret agent for the British during WW1, using the code name Alice Dubois. She was arrested by the Germans and condemned to death on 16th March 1916. </p><p>Louise said “I am French. I would never do anything against my country, my conscience and my honour”. The sentence was commuted to hard labour for life and Louise was sent to Germany, where she died due to pleural abscesses poorly operated upon at St. Mary's Hospital in Cologne on 27th September 1918.</p><div>https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_de_Bettignies</div>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-333537347550128798.post-84338082912814792262021-08-02T12:44:00.004-07:002021-09-19T07:02:19.310-07:00<p> Three nurses who lost their lives in the mysterious explosion aboard HMS “Natal on 30th December 1915 are remembered on the Chatham Memorial in Kent, UK:</p><p>Nursing Sister, CAROLINE MAUD EDWARDS, Served aboard H.M.H.S. "Drina.", Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service. Killed in destruction of H.M.S. "Natal" in Cromarty Firth, 30 December 1915. Grave Reference: 15.</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE-v_roWXAGdNCdpEgpEp1l2YKKd1r9A4bRIRUUshwE2jDj_PHD5nZBsB_i86t8Td1rJRovRvzl-rK6XndsmOaRmB1co3KqRkEEvUucLyYh1ulRD8Whw3jZWu3K_wRiNHfog18ZtKrHsKp/s2048/Caroline+Maud+Edwards+Natal.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE-v_roWXAGdNCdpEgpEp1l2YKKd1r9A4bRIRUUshwE2jDj_PHD5nZBsB_i86t8Td1rJRovRvzl-rK6XndsmOaRmB1co3KqRkEEvUucLyYh1ulRD8Whw3jZWu3K_wRiNHfog18ZtKrHsKp/s320/Caroline+Maud+Edwards+Natal.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Caroline Maud Edwards</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nursing Sister, ELIZA MILLICENT ELVENS, Served aboard H.M.H.S. "Drina.", Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service. Killed in destruction of H.M.S. "Natal" in Cromarty Firth, 30 December 1915. Grave Reference: 15.</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuWdF-bkjvklRJnI0Ca79rzS6962r1b4nVY7RRZYQn-o2bFH1khQP05kctLmA2NlilOwaCuQMRO01Ii2zjfBsQZfa5OGvBhwcNn7ZJxlN2lYBKSqdUokibICNpd8LAQeNqB0RFz1IsvCyx/s774/Eliza+Elvins+Natal+explosion.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="774" data-original-width="560" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuWdF-bkjvklRJnI0Ca79rzS6962r1b4nVY7RRZYQn-o2bFH1khQP05kctLmA2NlilOwaCuQMRO01Ii2zjfBsQZfa5OGvBhwcNn7ZJxlN2lYBKSqdUokibICNpd8LAQeNqB0RFz1IsvCyx/s320/Eliza+Elvins+Natal+explosion.jpg" width="232" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"> </div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">ROWLETT, Nursing Sister, OLIVE KATHLEEN. H.M.H.S. Served aboard HMHS "Drina.", Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service. Killed in destruction of H.M.S. "Natal" in Cromarty Firth, 30 December 1915. Grave Reference: 15. </div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">From the CWGC List of Female Casualties of the First World War; photos from the Imperial War Museum, London - the collection made by Agnes Conway - historian and archaeologist, who from 1917-1929 collected information concerning women's work in the First World War. Agnes was Chairman of the Women's Work Sub-Committee of the Imperial War Museum in London. Her father, Martin Conway, was first the honorary Director-General of the IWM.</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">HMS Natal was a Warrior-class armoured cruiser built for the British Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. She escorted the royal yacht in 1911–1912 for the newly crowned King George V's trip to India to attend the Delhi Durbar. During the First World War, the ship was assigned to the 2nd Cruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet, but did not participate in any battles. Natal was sunk by a mysterious internal explosion near Cromarty on 30 December 1915 with the loss of at least 390 crewmen and civilians.</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnTD9O9w00uJunJ-0LOGPouzHXueayqsZDPJAwrYKyn_9y87GdHtgwPEjUMOu716nftsKw5TfkpYHi0sIDjnPBci7T-1SJG4rgYGBcOU8ch3a0OM7opl91vhR_joxiuaPXvXAh8aLpOS0i/s287/HMHS+Natal+and+SS+Persia.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="176" data-original-width="287" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnTD9O9w00uJunJ-0LOGPouzHXueayqsZDPJAwrYKyn_9y87GdHtgwPEjUMOu716nftsKw5TfkpYHi0sIDjnPBci7T-1SJG4rgYGBcOU8ch3a0OM7opl91vhR_joxiuaPXvXAh8aLpOS0i/s0/HMHS+Natal+and+SS+Persia.jpeg" width="287" /></a></div><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">On 30 December 1915, Natal was lying in the Cromarty Firth with her squadron, under the command of Captain Eric Back. The captain was hosting a film party aboard and had invited the wives and children of his officers, one civilian friend and his family, and nurses from the nearby hospital ship "Drina" to attend. A total of seven women, one civilian male, and three children were in attendance that afternoon.</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">I am sure everyone knows about the wonderful work done by Agnes Conway in collecting photographs</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">of the women of WW1 so that they could be remembered. The i mages are available from the Imperial War Museum's website.</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://inspirationalwomenofww1.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-spirit-of-british-womanhood-agnes.html</span></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><br /></div></div>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-333537347550128798.post-12220424413333312042021-02-10T08:11:00.002-08:002021-02-10T08:11:33.641-08:00Edith Maud Drummond Hay R.R.C. 2nd Class 3.6.19 (1872 – 1960) – artist and WW1 volunteer <p>Edith Maud Drummond Hay was born on 28th February 1872 in Kinfauns in Perthshire, Scotland. Her parents were Henry Maurice Drummond Hay, a Colonel in the Army who was a Scottish naturalist and ornithologist, and his wife, Charlotte Elizabeth Richardson Hay. On their marriage, Henry took the family name of Hay, adding it to his own surname. Edith was one of four sisters and two brothers - Henry Maurice Drummond Hay, James Adam Gordon Richardson Drummond Hay Constance, Alice and Lucy. </p><p>When Peter Drummond Hay and his family moved into his great aunt’s house in the Perthshire village of Glencarse back in the 1980s, he uncovered a treasure trove of wartime memories.</p><p>Edith was affectionately known in the family as ‘Aunt Tuck’. She left a fascinating legacy - a collection of illustrated diaries, including an album of her experiences as a volunteer with the British Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) during the First World War, when she joined the Perth/38 Detachment. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjciL9R1MK63v6MSePj1xfSmZPg3TSQMe0MimOCxBJBG4cxPIoZH-SMCY316_VhJ37n_NAqzQ14DaClZNBh2etIyEzzwgIIhkMT-_vVb46beqcXhJVrQsizRNNLuq49_hMy30N-MbGKjsrG/s500/Edith+Maud+Drummond+Hay+VAD+card+1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="260" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjciL9R1MK63v6MSePj1xfSmZPg3TSQMe0MimOCxBJBG4cxPIoZH-SMCY316_VhJ37n_NAqzQ14DaClZNBh2etIyEzzwgIIhkMT-_vVb46beqcXhJVrQsizRNNLuq49_hMy30N-MbGKjsrG/s320/Edith+Maud+Drummond+Hay+VAD+card+1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>According to her Red Cross Record Card, Edith served in several hospitals, including some in France, and she was awarded the Royal Red Cross, Second Class in June 1919 for her war work. Edith never married and died on 20th February 1960. The Grant of Probate for Edith mentions the name David Charles Scott-Moncrieff, which makes me wonder if there is a link to the WW1 poet Charles Kenneth Scott-Moncrieff (1889 – 1930).<p></p><p>The family donated Edith’s WW1 album to the Red Cross in London, where it is at the Red Cross Museum. The British Red Cross’s 2020 Calendar features some of Edith’s WW1 paintings.</p><p>The Royal Red Cross (RRC) is a military decoration awarded in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth for exceptional services in military nursing, established on 23 April 1883 by Queen Victoria, and first awarded to the founder of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale. A second and lower class, Associate, was added during in November 1915 during the First World War.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV10qyCsWkJtlP2q5TO6BraFGow0UXrPLDvdR96Z2xtXqN4cVw3lj4Io8SduMZLnmeXwfNSvlvjAxJ8SYfEoilcIjRH8ffy_MXQjzyhzn0Q7JeJzRVs4H6ttNjZWqdSMkqVL-xQ7CIaHby/s248/Royal+Red+Cross.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="204" data-original-width="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV10qyCsWkJtlP2q5TO6BraFGow0UXrPLDvdR96Z2xtXqN4cVw3lj4Io8SduMZLnmeXwfNSvlvjAxJ8SYfEoilcIjRH8ffy_MXQjzyhzn0Q7JeJzRVs4H6ttNjZWqdSMkqVL-xQ7CIaHby/s0/Royal+Red+Cross.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Sources: British Red Cross 2020 Calendar, Find my Past</p><p>https://vad.redcross.org.uk/Card?sname=Hay&id=64335</p><p>https://vad.redcross.org.uk/Card?sname=Hay&page=2&id=100475</p><p>https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/perthshire-family-discover-aunt-tucks-8335249</p><p>https://www.geni.com/people/Colonel-HM-Drummond-Hay/6000000015351769856</p><p>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Drummond-Hay</p><p>Photograph of Edith from https://museumandarchives.redcross.org.uk/objects/8828</p><div><br /></div>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-333537347550128798.post-40480911243006433782021-02-10T07:57:00.001-08:002021-02-10T07:57:22.834-08:00Professor Dame Ida Caroline Mann, Mrs Gye, DBE, MB, BS, PhD (Lond), MA (Oxon), MD (Hon) (WA), FRCS, FRACS, FRACO (1893 –1983)<p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>With grateful thanks to Alison T. McCall, genealogist, for finding this information about Ida while helping me with research into her brother WW1 poet Arthur James Mann.</i></b></p><p>Ida was "a distinguished ophthalmologist ... equally well known for her pioneering research work on embryology and development of the eye, and on the influences of genetic and social factors on the incidence and severity of eye disease throughout the world". She was the first woman to be appointed as a surgeon to the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital - Moorfields. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiICU1B_UEp7RJ0mTsOJ2wfnWYBQVsLCgpgu8UUxLgAFE1EGLlt33EvtdyRup-sHFWIGC_RazabnRg6uFXmbTWKqwvIqp2zdj_AQlBSZK4THS55m3wI93wezQMe817mDlNy8J2uYaOrn_F5/s260/Ida+Caroline+Mann.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="260" data-original-width="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiICU1B_UEp7RJ0mTsOJ2wfnWYBQVsLCgpgu8UUxLgAFE1EGLlt33EvtdyRup-sHFWIGC_RazabnRg6uFXmbTWKqwvIqp2zdj_AQlBSZK4THS55m3wI93wezQMe817mDlNy8J2uYaOrn_F5/s0/Ida+Caroline+Mann.jpeg" /></a></div>Ida Caroline Mann was born on 6 February 1893 in Kilburn, London, UK. Her parents were Frederick William Mann, post office clerk, and his wife Ellen, née Packham. Ida’s brother was the poet, aviator and teacher Arthur James Mann (1884 – 1933).<p></p><p>Educated at Wycombe House School, Hampstead, London, Ida passed the Civil Service Girl Clerk's examination and took a job at the Post Office Savings Bank. She then applied to study medicine at the London School of Medicine for Women, the only medical school which was open to women at that time. She passed the matriculation examination in 1914, one of only eight women out of hundreds of passes, completed her studies, 'with no trouble and intense delight', and qualified Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MB, BS) in 1920. </p><p>Ida gained experience during the First World War at Fulham Military Hospital, and became a demonstrator in physiology. In 1917 she transferred to St Mary’s Hospital, where she studied embryology with Professor J. E. S. Frazer. She graduated from the University of London (MB, BS, 1920; D.Sc., 1928) and, qualifying as a member in 1920 (fellow in 1927) of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, she was appointed ophthalmic house surgeon at St Mary’. </p><p>In 1939, Ida visited Australia as the British Medical Association's representative at the 1st Annual General Meeting of the Ophthalmological Society of Australia (B.M.A.). She flew in an Imperial Airways Flying Boat, which took a week to fly at low altitude from Southampton to Melbourne. On 30 December 1944, Ida married widower Professor William Ewart Gye, director of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, at the register office, Brentford, Middlesex.</p><p>Following Gye’s retirement in 1949 due to ill health and, opposed to the nationalisation of medicine, Mann stepped down from her post at Moorfields. The couple travelled to Australia and settled in Perth, where Mann set up a small private practice and became a consultant at Royal Perth Hospital. She also helped her husband with cancer research. After William's death in 1952, Ida travelled widely in outback Australia at the request of the Western Australian Public Health Department and the Royal Flying Doctor Service, compiling records of the incidence of eye diseases, especially trachoma, among Aborigines. Ida died on 18 November 1983 in Perth, Western Australia.</p><p>Ida's Publications</p><p>Ida Mann, The Development of the Human Eye (Cambridge, 1928)</p><p>Ida Mann, Developmental Abnormalities of the Eye (Cambridge, 1937)</p><p>Ida Mann and Antoinette Pirie, The Science of Seeing (Harmondsworth, 1946)</p><p>Ida Mann, Culture, Race, Climate and Eye Disease (Illinois, 1966)</p><p>As Caroline Gye, The Cockney and the Crocodile (London, 1962)</p><p>As Caroline Gye, China 13 (London, 1964)</p><p><br /></p><p>Sources: </p><p>https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mann-dame-ida-caroline-14894</p><p>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Man</p><p>https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1442-9071.1984.tb01134.x</p><p><br /></p>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-333537347550128798.post-73734837994108041212021-01-22T06:08:00.006-08:002021-01-22T06:11:10.612-08:00Winifred Buller (1884 – 1970?) – British aviation pioneer who served with the American Volunteer Motor Ambulance Corps in WW1<p style="text-align: center;"><i><b>With thanks to Chris Dubbs for finding the photograph that sent me off on this voyage of discovery and to Lynne Sidaway for additional information. It is proving very difficult to find information about Winifred. </b></i></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkiS8tIuzyqGiPtvwxfOgcBjBMSgLrcYVcOOXIqI_1jPNV5p_Qu7dm_RJy4EknQigADmd4EJEtrpJzRh3PMe2C0cup0tO2BAALptMGVuiBSpWR6k_lR9aOTx2pdBduIdIYdt8xSAIFFmSl/s290/Winifred+Buller.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="290" data-original-width="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkiS8tIuzyqGiPtvwxfOgcBjBMSgLrcYVcOOXIqI_1jPNV5p_Qu7dm_RJy4EknQigADmd4EJEtrpJzRh3PMe2C0cup0tO2BAALptMGVuiBSpWR6k_lR9aOTx2pdBduIdIYdt8xSAIFFmSl/s0/Winifred+Buller.jpg" /></a></div><br />Born Winifred Sayer in 1884 in Bacton, near Yarmouth in Norfolk, UK, her parents were William Sayer, a solicitor, and his wife, Ettie Sayer. Winifred became fascinated by all things mechanical and learnt to drive in her teens, quickly becoming an expert motorist. <p></p><p>In 1904, Winifred married George Cecil Buller, a businessman, who was Managing Director of the Shoreham and Lancing Land Company. The couple had 2 children – Max (Donald) Napier Buller (1907 – 1993) and Cecil Edward Anthony Buller (1906 – 1972). In the 1911 Census, George and Winifred Mea Buller were listed as living at 60 Draycott Place, Chelsea, London. It seems they also had property in Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, for their sons were there according to the 1911 Census, in charge of a nanny. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Winifred met the French aviator Count Olivier de Montalent when he was in Britain in 1911 with his Breguet plane. She took several flights with him, which made her decide to learn to fly. When her husband was away on an extended business trip, Winifred drove her sons and their nanny to France so that she could take flying lessons at the aerodrome in Douai. La Brayelle Airfield was one of the first airfields in France. It was situated 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of Douai, in the Nord département in northern France. It was host to the world’s first aviation meeting, home to Bréguet Aviation and an important airfield in the First World War. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7VDT8cIztfJq4ucI2tNZNknIc_TibgBdUdsOmkbtOuMOMZo9mdF4mSgWVGqi82IMx3V2kRJMj4YKtUwQfUwZkx65yrM5K3s9uvRtdHXxPMy4TVtxoK7gTSRiqkhlEYY1ULo6of_OX2JIM/s947/Winifred+Buller+and+plane+in+France.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="947" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7VDT8cIztfJq4ucI2tNZNknIc_TibgBdUdsOmkbtOuMOMZo9mdF4mSgWVGqi82IMx3V2kRJMj4YKtUwQfUwZkx65yrM5K3s9uvRtdHXxPMy4TVtxoK7gTSRiqkhlEYY1ULo6of_OX2JIM/s320/Winifred+Buller+and+plane+in+France.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Winifred soon became an accomplished and skilled pilot and on 18th May 1912, the request of the Aero Club de France for permission to issue an Aviator's Certificate to Mrs. W. Buller, a British subject, was granted. Back in Britain, Winifred became the English ladies cross-country flying champion in 1912, holding the record for long-distance and cross-country flying. . She then became the first woman to take aviation seriously enough to adopt it as a profession and worked as a test pilot for the British Caudron Company, based in Cricklewood, near Hendon Aerodrome, north of London.</div></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;">A report in the “Broughty Ferry Guide and Advertiser”newspaper of 3rd July 1914 announced that Winifred joined the flying corps of the British League in April 1914, which was intended for service in Ulster in case of military opertions. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDp1d_axDR-yIlLWTQGYUDSCf3vu4bu7PajN0J-23FKTUff6aDo3aFGmOif7rjI6_t_T9FtUt_L_eoiLqdaC4NukLxMdmkW3oBIK0bnqMYcuJ8Af0PPguaVmbrw26dTXKUo2tKVsA7TsrL/s960/Winifred+Buller+French+Aviation+I+D+card.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDp1d_axDR-yIlLWTQGYUDSCf3vu4bu7PajN0J-23FKTUff6aDo3aFGmOif7rjI6_t_T9FtUt_L_eoiLqdaC4NukLxMdmkW3oBIK0bnqMYcuJ8Af0PPguaVmbrw26dTXKUo2tKVsA7TsrL/s320/Winifred+Buller+French+Aviation+I+D+card.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">During the First World War, Winifred joined the American Volunteer Motor Ambulance Corps and, as this photograph shows, served on the Western Front. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHrQRpe2ydu7EDT9ZouSivhh0lyoPGurhBQxNKqWmBHTYU5Vlf4qH-7sC6F1Y0Dc9GO0YNc-9H38pyDr44-ewivD6fxhZu8UNMO16UQWidRNCfukxN67BVajl2jwfTy_IkVhXnotb7hf3G/s266/Winifred+Buller+photograph.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="189" data-original-width="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHrQRpe2ydu7EDT9ZouSivhh0lyoPGurhBQxNKqWmBHTYU5Vlf4qH-7sC6F1Y0Dc9GO0YNc-9H38pyDr44-ewivD6fxhZu8UNMO16UQWidRNCfukxN67BVajl2jwfTy_IkVhXnotb7hf3G/s0/Winifred+Buller+photograph.jpeg" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have not been able to verify further details about Winifred. It seems she may have gone to America with her husband and sons. Several websites mention that George Buller became a naturalised US citizen in 1927 and that Winifred died in Hove in 1970, by which time she was Mea Winifred Williams. However, I found several women with similar names, so it is difficult to be certain. If anyone has any definite information about Winifred please get in touch. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">WW1 Photograph of Winifred in her plane on the Western Front – Original caption: "Red Cross Nurse on Battlefield In Aeroplane. Mrs. Winifred Buller, the English airwoman, who is now on active service with the Volunteer Motor Ambulance Corps, is ready to fly over the battlefield with her wounded charge should the ambulance in which she is conveying him break down. The photo shows Mrs. Buller in her aeroplane. (Photo by George Rinhart / Corbis via Getty Images)"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Sources: Find my Past, Free BMD, British Newspaper Archive, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Chronicling America and https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/1912_Aviators_Certificates_-_UK</div><div><br /></div></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div></span></div>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-333537347550128798.post-78303521701219528372020-12-20T06:44:00.004-08:002020-12-20T06:44:55.760-08:00Lydia Grant (1880 - 1917) - Australian VAD who died serving and is buried in Manchester Southern Cemetery, Manchester, UK<p style="text-align: center;"><b><i> With thanks to Marjorie Earl for finding this poem about Australian WW1 VAD nurse Lydia William Falconar Grant, Elder daughter of Peter G. and Emily Grant of Brisbane, Queensland. Member of the Brisbane Branch of the Red Cross Society of Australia. Nurse with the Voluntary Aid Detachment - 2nd General Western Hospital</i></b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipFUqtgEujn3cFOLCRdWVfhK1vyjLZHAxgQ9fSWbKZypXoEjkkxSQth64ybNbTNpvQQvxA0CW0OdKCQFLSTryVvhL3XBkI-t6LGRoe25KFZ9iTVy1SeSeB2pbZyFqAge48Isb2L18oVwbv/s400/Lydia+William+Falconar+Grant+VAD+WW1+buried+Manchester+Southern+Cemetery.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="289" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipFUqtgEujn3cFOLCRdWVfhK1vyjLZHAxgQ9fSWbKZypXoEjkkxSQth64ybNbTNpvQQvxA0CW0OdKCQFLSTryVvhL3XBkI-t6LGRoe25KFZ9iTVy1SeSeB2pbZyFqAge48Isb2L18oVwbv/s320/Lydia+William+Falconar+Grant+VAD+WW1+buried+Manchester+Southern+Cemetery.jpg" /></a></div><br />GRANT, LYDIA WILLIAM FALCONAR VAD – Nurse, Red Cross Unit: BRCS VAD AUSTRALIAN DETACHMENT BRISBANE Born in Scotland in 1880 Died 1 April 1917 - aged 37 - at the military hospital on Ducie Avenue (this was part of 2nd Western General Hospital) on 1st April 1917.<p></p><p>Her Brother, Chesborough G F Grant was in attendance and he gave on the death certificate an address of Whytecliff, Albion, Queensland, Australia. In 1903 and 1905 Lydia was living at Lynton, Norwood Street, Toowong, Brisbane with Emily Mary Graham Grant, Peter George Grant and John Macdonald Grant. She was buried in Southern Cemetery, Manchester, UK.</p><p>A Poem (In Memory of the Late Miss Lydia Grant.) published in the Cairn Post, Tuesday, 1st May 1917</p><p>Feeling compassion for. the sick and the wounded caused by the nations at strife.</p><p>Brought ardent desire to be up and doing her share in the battle of life.</p><p>Seeing no longer a reason why she should indolent be,</p><p>Announced she had found her vocation-"War work as a V.A.D.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oft times her work became strenuous and sometimes irksome, too;</p><p>But she was ever ready patriotic work to do;</p><p>For had she not two brothers fighting "somewhere in France,"</p><p>She felt she could not be idle and miss so ennobling a chance.</p><p><br /></p><p>She was one of the V.A.D.'s chosen the wounded and sick to attend;</p><p>Did she flinch when she knew 'twas in England? No! to ask it was but to offend.</p><p>Thoughts flew to her home and her mother, had fears lest she'd not give consent;</p><p>This was the answer: "God bless you and the mission on which you are bent"</p><p><br /></p><p>That day on the quay when they parted, her tender emotions were stirred.</p><p>Though not regretting the step she was taking, she mingled her tears with theirs;</p><p>Then reminding them of the dear ones at the war who were doing their part,</p><p>She whispered, "Good-bye, mother dárling," the boat was preparing to start.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then after anxious weeks of waiting a cable came to tell:</p><p>"Safe arrival, uneventful journey, happy and well."</p><p>Then letters followed, telling of, the wounded and dead, but</p><p>The sorrows of life are teaching a lesson, for which I am thankful," she said.</p><p><br /></p><p>News of her serious, illness came, brothers sent for by doctor's request;</p><p>"O, God"! cried the mother in anguish, grave fears it had stirred in her breast.</p><p>In vain was the skill of the doctor, and the nurses who all did their best;</p><p>"Thy will be done," sobbed the mother, when she heard they had laid her to rest.</p><p>By L.E.R.</p><p>"Caringa," Townsville.</p><p>Unfortunately, I have not been able to find out who L.E.R. was.</p><div><br /></div>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-333537347550128798.post-17188210408006226392020-12-08T05:51:00.000-08:002020-12-08T05:51:05.186-08:00Eleanor Charles Warrender (1862 – 1949) - British nurse in the Boer War and in the First World War<p style="text-align: center;"> <b><i>With thanks to Becky Bishop for suggesting I research Eleanor </i></b></p><p>Eleanor Charles Warrender was born on 20th February 1862. Her parents were Sir George Warrender, 6th Baronet of Lochend and Bruntsfield, and his wife, Helen, nee Purves-Hume-Campbell. Eleanhor’s siblings were: Alice Helen Warrender b. 1857 d. 23 Sep 1947, Julian Margaret Maitland Warrender b. c 1856, d. 5 Apr 1950, Captain John Warrender1 b. 5 Mar 1859, d. 12 Jul 1894, Vice-Admiral Sir George John Scott Warrender of Lochend, 7th Bt. b. 31 Jul 1860, d. 8 Jan 1917 and Lt.-Col. Hugh Valdave Warrender b. 14 Sep 1868, d. 8 Mar 1926.</p><p>Eleanor must have studied nursing because she nursed on hospital ships during the Boer War and served with the French Red Cross during the First World War. She was involved with the Guide Movement and was a supporter of local causes. She was awarded the French Croix de Guerre avec palmes and was appointed Dame of Grace, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (D.G.St.J.). </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgakw42sYx_l3VmVL3c2nbTe4lAxwQXkDcNyn_M8OftNTVXXscDFEk5B-eElRm2wYM2_dabnr_y354ja-VqIWNq1l-uLQRNkzoIh6FqcR4MgQbVRobR_4S3Rt5CsuxWxOwDeIG-1qgAvJQ/s275/High+Grove+House+Ruislip+Mdx.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgakw42sYx_l3VmVL3c2nbTe4lAxwQXkDcNyn_M8OftNTVXXscDFEk5B-eElRm2wYM2_dabnr_y354ja-VqIWNq1l-uLQRNkzoIh6FqcR4MgQbVRobR_4S3Rt5CsuxWxOwDeIG-1qgAvJQ/s0/High+Grove+House+Ruislip+Mdx.jpeg" /></a></div><p></p><p>In 1894, Eleanor and her siblings inherited a house called High Grove in Ruislip, Ruislip-Northwood U.D., Middlesex from her mother’s stepfather, Sir Hugh Hume-Campbell. In 1935, Eleanor sold 10.5 acres (4.2 ha) of the grounds of the house to the local council to establish a new playground and park, now named Warrender Park, and 13 acres (5.3 ha) to Ideal Homes for a residential development. During the Second World War, she made Highgrove available to the military, and British and American personnel from RAF Northolt stayed there. </p><p>Eleanor never married and died in 1949.</p><p>If anyone has a photograph of Eleanor, please get in touch. </p><div><br /></div>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-333537347550128798.post-12714911768175890422020-12-04T07:43:00.000-08:002020-12-04T07:43:01.295-08:00 Rosamund Essex (1900 – 1985) – British journalist, author and lay reader<p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Rosamund was one of the “forgotten generation” of women who forged lives for themselves in the Aftermath of the First World War.</i></b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyu8nhQH_NiZJxzsfciTJHP4Ewa4EOzLo6Z7uoTbDlwEU6muSyNm-dKbhb_yFGFk331VvsPo5MQPedZJAlb3QTH46UZ3chOC0InrwoJS3uYSG3S73Iz3buQ7Sm_O8qPoD_K3rBR2-CbhE6/s287/Rosamund+Essex+with+her+son.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="175" data-original-width="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyu8nhQH_NiZJxzsfciTJHP4Ewa4EOzLo6Z7uoTbDlwEU6muSyNm-dKbhb_yFGFk331VvsPo5MQPedZJAlb3QTH46UZ3chOC0InrwoJS3uYSG3S73Iz3buQ7Sm_O8qPoD_K3rBR2-CbhE6/s0/Rosamund+Essex+with+her+son.jpeg" /></a></div><br />Rosamund Sybil Essex was born in Bournemouth on 26th July 1900. Her parents were Herbert James Essex, a church minister, and his wife, Rachel Bissett Essex, nee Watson. Rosamund had a brother, Philip Louis George Essex, who was born in 1895. Educated at Bournemouth High School for Girls, Rosaumund went on to study at St. Hilda's College, Oxford, where she obtained a Master of Arts Degree (M.A.). Her brother, who went to study medicine at the College of Medicine in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1912, abandoned his studies and joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in 1914, was promoted to the rank of Temporary Sub Lieutenant in March 1916 and died in 1917. He is remembered in St Clements Church, Bournemouth, WW1 (WMR 51401).<p></p><p>In 1917, Rosamund’s headmistress told the girls that only one in every ten women could hope to find a husband “Nearly all the men who might have married you have been killed. You will have to make your way in the world as best you can. The war has made more openings for women, [but] you will have to fight. You will have to struggle."</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8U_h-3w97tcNz1vVkenCyuWL8KUFOWd3rwPq3y6RQ9rKy0paLm0soav8oiJnz6clGNgrvsFLLUc-ZH9nQj_-sdF4_YI1f3Mc65qDn7BIRj25HfmlqOo5JBOyjTcLYTe2Ry3qywDVmFbtm/s258/Woman+in+a+Man%2527s+World+cover+Rosamund+Essex.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="258" data-original-width="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8U_h-3w97tcNz1vVkenCyuWL8KUFOWd3rwPq3y6RQ9rKy0paLm0soav8oiJnz6clGNgrvsFLLUc-ZH9nQj_-sdF4_YI1f3Mc65qDn7BIRj25HfmlqOo5JBOyjTcLYTe2Ry3qywDVmFbtm/s0/Woman+in+a+Man%2527s+World+cover+Rosamund+Essex.jpeg" /></a></div><p></p><p>Rosamund wanted to become a priest like her Father, but that was not possible for a woman back then. She had also hoped to marry and have children. In her book “Woman in a Man’s World” (Sheldon Press, 1977), Rosamund tells us of her struggles to overcome the difficulties faced by women during that time and how she realised her dreams by adopting a little boy, becoming Editor of “The Church Times” from 1950 to 1960 and becoming a lay reader.</p><p> “The highlight of all my work in the Church came in 1969 when quietly, almost unnoticed by the Church at large, a canon law was given royal assent which allowed women to be readers. </p><p>Rosamund died on 11th April 1985. Her book was an inspiration to me when it was published in 1977. </p><div><div>The photograph shows Rosamund with her adopted son, who was ordained as a priest. </div><div>Cover of the book "Woman in a Man's World"</div><div><br /></div><div>Sources: </div><div>Find my past, Free BMD, “Woman in a Man’s World” </div><div>https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/singled-out-by-virginia-nicholson-464239.html and</div><div>http://www.universitiesatwar.org.uk/explore/essex-philip-louis-george</div><div><br /></div></div>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-333537347550128798.post-15747153803293653552020-11-27T07:54:00.000-08:002020-11-27T07:54:13.188-08:00Lady Diana Manners (1892 - 1986) - British WW1 nurse who later became famous as socialite and writer Lady Diana Cooper <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSWdjBKBdCn4C59qF3qAfy7I0NGX0wNO7GZLZDR1Hgh6ddzlpThqWPbawQa8sIuMDrSYErc8L1qQqq-dS36cO85RZBTd24HxotNUtbwOb_LwWMckO0TBUtaCmuPfD0ScuhTADXusHH9Ptx/s948/Nancy+Cunard+centre+and+Lady+Diana+Cooper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="948" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSWdjBKBdCn4C59qF3qAfy7I0NGX0wNO7GZLZDR1Hgh6ddzlpThqWPbawQa8sIuMDrSYErc8L1qQqq-dS36cO85RZBTd24HxotNUtbwOb_LwWMckO0TBUtaCmuPfD0ScuhTADXusHH9Ptx/s320/Nancy+Cunard+centre+and+Lady+Diana+Cooper.jpg" /></a></div>Diana Olivia Winifred Maud Manners (show in the photograph - on the left, holding the cross collection box) was born on 29th August 1892. She became a member of The Coterie, an influential group of young English aristocrats and intellectuals during the 1910s.<p></p><p>Lady Diana was one of the most famous members of the Coterie. She wrote to Edward Horner on 7 August 1914, claiming that she thought it was "...up to the Coterie to stop this war. Members included Duff Cooper, Raymond Asquith, son of the Prime Minister H. H. Asquith, Maurice Baring; Patrick Shaw-Stewart, a managing director of Barings Bank, war poet Nancy Cunard and her friend Iris Tree; Edward Horner, Sir Denis Anson, Hugo Francis Charteris, Lord Elcho and Yvo Alan Charteris. </p><p>During the First World War, Lady Diana worked as a Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) nurse at the Rutland Hospital in Charring Cross and Guy's Hospital in London and was Mentioned in Despatches. She later worked at a hospital for officers set up by her mother in London. She also worked briefly as editor of the magazine "Femina" and for Beaverbrook newspapers, before becoming an actress. Her war work as a nurse increased her popularity. Diana was mentioned in a WW1 parody of the music hall song “Burlington Bertie” - "I'll eat a banana/with Lady Diana/Aristocracy working at Guy's". </p><p>Lady Diana Manners married one of the few survivors of WW1 from her circle of friends - Duff Cooper – who went on to become an British Ambassador to France. She became became famous as the socialite and writer Lady Diana Cooper.</p><p>The photograph (photographer unknown) shows Nancy Cunard (centre) and Lady Diana Manners (left) at a sale in December 1915, held in Harrods department store, Loneon, UK in aid of the Red Cross Fund. Photograph from “The Tatler” Magazine, 8th December 1915. </p><p>Photograph found by Zoe Lyons and posted on Sue Robinson’s Facebook Group Wenches in Trenches https://www.facebook.com/groups/381631619655707/</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div><br /></div>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-333537347550128798.post-8951366742444970052020-10-23T04:36:00.003-07:002020-10-23T04:36:46.269-07:00Book Review "An Unladylike Profession: American Women War Correspondents in World War 1" by Chris Dubbs (Potomac Books, Nebraska, 2020)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxyts4eVcG0jhLt2RcAHtv3O6H2iM5Ylem0VU5hxgNF0XkNcceBy14wS_9-Ce0bsG6k1pmbw6r8Z3QXci1_3cy20KTDV2xibLGiWdZ1_LdBjry4VhrNnTDUiP56Xbsspl8DdAG4hgnmT7o/s275/An+Unladylike+Profession+by+Chris+Dubbs+cover+2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="183" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxyts4eVcG0jhLt2RcAHtv3O6H2iM5Ylem0VU5hxgNF0XkNcceBy14wS_9-Ce0bsG6k1pmbw6r8Z3QXci1_3cy20KTDV2xibLGiWdZ1_LdBjry4VhrNnTDUiP56Xbsspl8DdAG4hgnmT7o/w213-h320/An+Unladylike+Profession+by+Chris+Dubbs+cover+2.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div>If, like me – in spite of having commemorated the First World War for years – you thought that the role of women during that conflict was to stay at home, knit and “keep the home fires burning”, then - oh boy - is this book definitely for you! Many of the exploits of the American women (and 1 British) journalists who braved the dangerous, U-boat infested waters of the Atlantic to travel to Europe during WW1 are, to say the least, hair-raising. <p></p><p>I found so much of interest in Chris’s magnificent book that I could write a very long review – but that isn’t the point as reviews need to be fairly brief. The front cover – a photograph of photojournalist Helen Johns Kirtland inspecting an exploded naval mine on the Belgian coast - sets the scene, heralding Chris’s research into the remarkable exploits of 39 women writers. Due to my research during the centenary years for a series of commemorative exhibitions about the role of women in WW1, I already knew about Nelly Bly, Inez Milholland Boissevain and Louise Bryant but I had never heard of the others. </p><p>In order to get round the restrictions involving travel in the war zones and the reluctance to allow women anywhere near the front lines, many of those journalists volunteered with the many American agencies, such as the YMCA, who sent personnel, equipment and money to the countries fighting for their freedom. Some of them nursed too. And they did not just cover the Western Front but, as you will discover, they travelled to many of the other countries involved in the conflict. Once there, they reported on conditions for civilians and troops alike while at the same time recording their own experiences and feelings. I found the exploits of Peggy Hull, who was the first woman to be officially accredited by the U.S. Army (p. 243), and Eleanor Franklin Egan in Russia 1918 - 1919 of particular interest because my Grandfather was there with the British Army at that time. Egan survived a tragic incident involving a Greek passenger ship and an Austrian U-boat near the Island of Crete (p. 189)</p><p>As well as quoting from the reports sent back to the various newspapers and magazines in America, Chris also tells us a good deal about the women themselves and includes photographs of the journalists, some of whom were not young women when they set out on their incredible journeys.</p><p>With superb illustrations, maps and biographies of the women journalists, plus a very detailed and impressive bibliography, this is a book you will return to again and again.</p><p>I could not put this book down, and I read it from cover to cover with great enjoyment. You must read it. With thanks to Chris Dubbs for a truly remarkable book and for mentioning me in the acknowledgements for Chris contacted me during the preparation of the book about some of the events included. </p><p>Lucy London, October 2020 </p><div><br /></div>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-333537347550128798.post-24323147544497055812020-09-06T12:27:00.005-07:002020-09-06T12:29:10.894-07:00 Josephine Letitia Denny Fairfield CBE (10 March 1885 – 1 February 1978) - British doctor<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDyl5Xp25_IZYosemMcWQZJmFH1xNcqcjgkGl3ypRgUsKijq3rVYZ9yKa6zh8YVa2RqLRfubqRxapZ0BnyhmjNdIPosP1XiS7r4sx0JmzY6OK8P08jY8z7Bmy452O069GXhp5ICuZAisKb/s293/Letitia_Fairfield.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDyl5Xp25_IZYosemMcWQZJmFH1xNcqcjgkGl3ypRgUsKijq3rVYZ9yKa6zh8YVa2RqLRfubqRxapZ0BnyhmjNdIPosP1XiS7r4sx0JmzY6OK8P08jY8z7Bmy452O069GXhp5ICuZAisKb/s0/Letitia_Fairfield.jpg" /></a></div>Josephine Letitia Denny Fairfield CBE, known as Letitia, was a doctor, a lawyer, a war-worker, and the first ever female Chief Medical Officer for London. She received a CBE for her outstanding achievements in medicine following her contributions during the First World War. <p></p><p>Despite initially having been rejected by the War Office, Laetitia went on to work for the London County Council, where she campaigned for the initiation of new Public Health departments relating in particular to women's and children's health, and defending who she believed were the most vulnerable members of society. </p><p>When the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps was formed in March 1917, Fairfield was appointed as their Medical Officer. A year later, she was appointed Chief Medical Officer to the Southern Command, and was subsequently elevated to Inspector of Medical Services for the Woman's Royal Air Force.</p>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-333537347550128798.post-7346277593230631002020-08-09T09:09:00.002-07:002020-08-09T09:09:47.425-07:00 Elisabeth Jalaguier (1890 - 1918) – French nurse (one of the few women commemorated on a war memorial)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLfBZoNKCl3fw79raZVT0eJgNtY7YOH9lsIQxhpempYmKRHvOM3pUT-K4wTFXsZhLuKGitoVTZBi3IbXDjr3hwCycfGjiHZrbcu69mTHtBOu5rgh_1V7b_rlSZkk5ZCVc7-PZpkrDMC4eS/s1200/Elizabeth+Jalaguier+French+nurse+killed+20+August+1918.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: block; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="663" data-original-width="1200" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLfBZoNKCl3fw79raZVT0eJgNtY7YOH9lsIQxhpempYmKRHvOM3pUT-K4wTFXsZhLuKGitoVTZBi3IbXDjr3hwCycfGjiHZrbcu69mTHtBOu5rgh_1V7b_rlSZkk5ZCVc7-PZpkrDMC4eS/w410-h226/Elizabeth+Jalaguier+French+nurse+killed+20+August+1918.jpg" width="410" /></a></div>Elisabeth was born in the Château du Lac in the rue d’ Avignon in Nimes, France into a wealthy family. <p></p><p>Educated in the Ecole Normale in Nimes, Elisabeth was planning to become a teacher but at the outbreak of WW1, she trained as a nurse instead, with the la Société de Secours des Blessés Militaires in Nîmes. In 1916 Elisabeth volunteered to serve closer to the fighting and went to look after the wounded on the Somme, on the Marne, the Meuse and in Italy. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikWlgRP_JRZ3yfoJY2it5-h0wV7qnILA8LuQGqlWXacX5MijqjvCQFZ4CwCJONzIMPveaeUgTk8ru3OpNItKxFxiLH0yV6zsqFXJuYSBk6jxjwjWBMKlfNhlHV5esaNKmwOsaBv1e38jWJ/s1200/Elizabeth+Jalaguier+from+the+private+collection+of+Christiane+des+Forest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="664" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikWlgRP_JRZ3yfoJY2it5-h0wV7qnILA8LuQGqlWXacX5MijqjvCQFZ4CwCJONzIMPveaeUgTk8ru3OpNItKxFxiLH0yV6zsqFXJuYSBk6jxjwjWBMKlfNhlHV5esaNKmwOsaBv1e38jWJ/s640/Elizabeth+Jalaguier+from+the+private+collection+of+Christiane+des+Forest.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>In 1918 Elizabeth was sent to Pierrefonds in the Oise, where the Red Cross had set up a field hospital. There she met a military doctor and they became engaged. On the night of 20th August 1918, the Germans began to bomb the area. While her colleagues took shelter, Elisabeth refused to leave her post and her patients. She was killed by a shell splinter while she was giving a soldier an injection.</p><p>Elisabeth’s bravery was acknowledged with the posthumous awarding of the Croix de Guerre and the Legion d’Honneur. When the war memorial was unveiled in Nimes in 1924, Elisabeth’s name was among the 1,312 men from Nimes who died for France during the First World War. Her body, which had initially been buried in the civilian cemetery at Pierrefonds, was transferred to the Military Cemetery and a memorial was erected on the place where she died. </p><p>Sources:</p><p>https://www.objectifgard.com/2018/11/11/fait-du-jour-elisabeth-jalaguier-lheroine-nimoise-de-la-guerre-14-18/</p><p>http://anecdotes-gardoises.over-blog.com/2018/12/elisabeth-jalaguier-morte-pour-la-france.html</p><p>https://le-souvenir-francais.fr/la-quatrieme-armee/</p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm_ijtVHK8dEzwWn6XlbzrkzPTZeRS5ZUF4fGW2Aj9t1PXI0Wae-UFJ98KSnT2K3NUBvu2_-yxUw_k30o-BNHekf0bq_JqrX4WK3_v0blTDKqE6qGC92t1AORvG5_Vs9OesN8DYTLn_HfI/s620/Berck_monument_aux_infirmi%25C3%25A8res_grande_guerre.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="454" data-original-width="620" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm_ijtVHK8dEzwWn6XlbzrkzPTZeRS5ZUF4fGW2Aj9t1PXI0Wae-UFJ98KSnT2K3NUBvu2_-yxUw_k30o-BNHekf0bq_JqrX4WK3_v0blTDKqE6qGC92t1AORvG5_Vs9OesN8DYTLn_HfI/s0/Berck_monument_aux_infirmi%25C3%25A8res_grande_guerre.jpg" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div><br /></div>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-333537347550128798.post-91706952119194098792020-08-09T06:26:00.002-07:002020-08-09T06:26:54.267-07:00Dr Elizabeth Ross (1878 - 1915) – Scottish Doctor and WW1 heroine<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifWsCLbPb3YE1dviwjmWKKUyXZ_DI9gZrzDpxLEv6z5H8U7kh88d8GcK4SnDOu6O0UvEDlwjQ4AI6X09PDA07mkNPzBGsViU23lgZTZXIuLb0xsv-gbF8ekSPYOnHuuXvb68m9XwZNjRo3/s427/Dr.+Elizabeth+Ross.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: block; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="300" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifWsCLbPb3YE1dviwjmWKKUyXZ_DI9gZrzDpxLEv6z5H8U7kh88d8GcK4SnDOu6O0UvEDlwjQ4AI6X09PDA07mkNPzBGsViU23lgZTZXIuLb0xsv-gbF8ekSPYOnHuuXvb68m9XwZNjRo3/w240-h341/Dr.+Elizabeth+Ross.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Born in London in 1878, Elizabeth’s Ross’ family came from the Ross-shire town of Tain and returned there after her father’s death. Her brother, James, also qualified as a doctor and served as a Naval Surgeon during WW1. Elizabeth also had four sisters.<p></p><p>Educated at Tain Royal Academy, Elizabeth went to Glasgow to study medicine at Queen Margaret College in 1896 - two years after the first woman medical graduate, Marion Gilchrist, had received her degree. Elizabeth graduated in 1901 and went to work in Persia – now Iran – as assistant to an Armenian physician, before setting up her own practice. While there she spent time in the Iranian mountains, working with the powerful Bakhtiara tribe, who were so impressed with her they made her a chieftainess. Part of her job during this time was to be a doctor to a harem of women.</p><p>After a brief period as a take up an appointment as a ship's surgeon, travelling to the coast of India and Japan, she returned to Persia. She is now widely believed to be the worlds first female ships' surgeon. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLzbUqbdxR9W5yKQDfsegny8qniTuCdlxe2u2zXhnhnd6RYyv1ZPNA1Fca5ZcmGi1RVaXZ8mVPQPDXmMtmg2VYwopqrJ0LH40huMS4YTfnR6SQzlQbKOEiA73EzP4wcw_rYUa9RQjri28E/s465/Dr+Elizabeth+Ross+-+first+woman+ship%2527s+surgeon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; display: block; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="465" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLzbUqbdxR9W5yKQDfsegny8qniTuCdlxe2u2zXhnhnd6RYyv1ZPNA1Fca5ZcmGi1RVaXZ8mVPQPDXmMtmg2VYwopqrJ0LH40huMS4YTfnR6SQzlQbKOEiA73EzP4wcw_rYUa9RQjri28E/s0/Dr+Elizabeth+Ross+-+first+woman+ship%2527s+surgeon.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><p>At the outbreak of the First World War, Elizabeth responded to an invitation from the Russian government to go and help in Serbia. During the winter of 1914-15 a deadly epidemic of typhus had broken out, killing over 120,000 Serbs, including a third of their doctors.</p><p>Elizabeth volunteered to work in a fever hospital in Kragujevac. Conditions were grim, the hospitals were overcrowded; there was insufficient food and heating, wards and patients alike were filthy and there were no trained nurses. She worked day and night to improve the patients' lot but was soon infected herself. She was cared for by members of the Scottish Women’s Hospital who had recently arrived in Kragujevac but died on the 14th February 1915 on her 37th birthday.</p><p>A letter from a Miss Helen McDougall tells the brief sequel: "We met Dr. Ross on her way up country at Nish; as one of our doctors knew her well, she spent quite a while with us in the evening while we were there... She used frequently to come over and have tea with our unit and tell us all about her work. We all got so interested and I must say appalled that one after another we went over to see her typhus block. One afternoon another member of the unit and I went and we shall never forget our visit... It would be very difficult to realise the terrible odds against which this brave woman was fighting and I may say her one cry was how little she was able to do. When we went in, she welcomed us warmly but was very loath to show us round. Again and again she said, "Are you sure you are not afraid?" When we were leaving, I turned and said to her, "Oh Dr. Ross, how can you go on here?" She only answered, "Six of the doctors are down and who would look after them if I left?".... A few days after this, we heard that she was down."</p><p>Dr Elizabeth Ross died in Kragujevac Serbia of Typhus while nursing victims of the epidemic which killed 300,000 in 1915 and were casualties too of the First World War. She is buried alongside nurses Mabel Dearmer and Lorna Ferriss. Except for a small plaque in Tain’s St Duthus Church, she is almost forgotten. However, this is definately not the case in Serbia. Each year she is commemorated in a ceremony attended by Serbian high ranking dignitaries and many thousands of people. </p><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjat1mc8GvZkKzoNXTVgvqWB0G3tk372e9sFs10RKpItexchu-U1zsz0xCfb-m92V4b7W2NB07d6V-th0oMgUGMyQiWHRV3LJxhpiAd7DlN4TLGPnhcMU-qpUuNMF5qAaq2F2ZGcpwrbrbu/s320/Mabel+Dearmer+Dr+Elizabeth+Ross+and+Lorna+Ferris+Graves+Serbia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; padding: 1em 0px;"><img alt="The Graves of Dr. Elizabeth Ross, Mabel Dearmer and Lorna Ferris" border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjat1mc8GvZkKzoNXTVgvqWB0G3tk372e9sFs10RKpItexchu-U1zsz0xCfb-m92V4b7W2NB07d6V-th0oMgUGMyQiWHRV3LJxhpiAd7DlN4TLGPnhcMU-qpUuNMF5qAaq2F2ZGcpwrbrbu/w320-h320/Mabel+Dearmer+Dr+Elizabeth+Ross+and+Lorna+Ferris+Graves+Serbia.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></blockquote><p> In 1977, the local Red Cross in Kragujevac was given some money, and decided to use it to restore the grave of Elizabeth Ross. She is buried next to two British nurses who also died in Serbia of typhus - Mabel Dearmer and Lorna Ferriss. Altogether, 22 British women lost their lives to typhus in Serbia during the First World War, attempting to aid wounded soldiers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Photographs: Dr. Ross at graduation, as a ship's surgeon and the graves of Dr. Elizabeth Ross, Mabel Dearmer and Lorna Ferris </p><p></p><p>Sources:</p><p>https://sheroesofhistory.wordpress.com/2017/08/31/dr-elizabeth-ross/#more-2015</p><p>https://www.tainmuseum.org.uk/dr-elizabeth-macbean-ross.asp</p><p>https://inspirationalwomenofww1.blogspot.com/search?q=mabel+dearmer</p><div><br /></div>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-333537347550128798.post-12861548358420934242020-07-31T07:15:00.004-07:002020-07-31T07:16:29.005-07:00Commemorative First World War Exhibition Project <blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i>This self-funded project is in memory of my Grandfather, who was an Old Contemptible with the Royal Field Artillery who survived, and my two Great Uncles who lost their lives in WW1.</i></b></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdDmRpBSiF9CFNB4AMDqDtTdKRm9mJFt6acpcr_BXDAdiuSn_a9lFE2gInRwL4tbi0tEPgWqMmbzoxXW3Id216S0E1KuHqx5Ckv7YkGC1_tZxdgy3yKmd6fG08h2AYD1amJ4mxS15h6xf_/s2048/Rebecca+Talk+3+19.10.2018+WOS+%25281%2529.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdDmRpBSiF9CFNB4AMDqDtTdKRm9mJFt6acpcr_BXDAdiuSn_a9lFE2gInRwL4tbi0tEPgWqMmbzoxXW3Id216S0E1KuHqx5Ckv7YkGC1_tZxdgy3yKmd6fG08h2AYD1amJ4mxS15h6xf_/w328-h246/Rebecca+Talk+3+19.10.2018+WOS+%25281%2529.jpg" width="328" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">WOS resident artist Rebecca<br />Grindley gave a talk about women of WW1</td></tr></tbody></table>I began researching WW1 in 2012 for an exhibiton of Female Poets of the First World War, requested by Dean Johnson, founder of the Wilfred Owen Story museum (The WOS), Wirral, UK. Once the exhibition was on display, I just continued researching, adding other headings. Inspirational Women of WW1 came about when I stumbled on the story of Canadian artist Mary Riter Hamilton, commissioned in early 1919 by the Canadian Amputees Association to go and paint the aftermath in France and Belgium. Philip Gosse, MD, a General Practitioner in Britain was the Official Rat Catcher Officer of the British Second Army on the Western Front, which brought about Fascinating Facts of the Great War. Realisation that Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon and Robert Graves were not the only male soldier poets of WW1, prompted me to start researching Forgotten Poets of the First World War. I am now researching lesser-known artists of WW1.</div><div><br /></div><div>Exhibition panels are e-mailed free of charge to anyone wishing to host an exhibition. Exhibitions have been held in a wide variety of locations throughout the UK, as well as in Cork University, Ireland and in Delaware University, USA, and panels have been sent to schools. If you know of a venue that would like to display panels, please ask them to contact me and I will send them the list of panels researched so far. </div><div><br /></div><div>If you are interested in exhibiting any of the panels researched so far, a full list of panels available will be sent on request. Some of the panels have been put into book form – please see http://www.poshupnorth.com/ for details.</div><div><br /></div><div>LUCY LONDON</div><div>Commemorative First World War Exhibition Project</div><div><br /></div><div>www.fascinatingfactsofww1.blogspot.co.uk</div><div>www.inspirationalwomenofww1.blogspot.co.uk</div><div>www.femalewarpoets.blogspot.co.uk</div><div>www.forgottenpoetsofww1.blogspot.co.uk</div><div>http://lesserknownartists.blogspot.com/</div><div>https://worldofnadjamalacrida.blogspot.com/</div><div>http://greatwargraves.blogspot.com/</div><div><br /></div><div>Also on Facebook:</div><div>https://www.facebook.com/Inspirational-Women-of-World-War-One-187332758143199/</div><div>https://www.facebook.com/femalepoetsofthefirstworldwar/</div><div>https://www.facebook.com/forgottenpoetsofww1/</div><div>https://www.facebook.com/fascinatingfactsofww1/</div><div>https://www.facebook.com/groups/385353788875799/</div><div><br /></div>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-333537347550128798.post-31836959389980501382020-07-18T08:56:00.003-07:002020-07-18T09:03:02.245-07:00Gertrude Bell (1868 – 1926) – British English writer, traveller, administrator, archaeologist and spy - involved in establishing and administering the modern state of Iraq. 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Gertrude was born on 14th July 1868 in Co. Durham, UK. Her parents were Sir Hugh Bell, 2nd Baronet, three times Mayor of Middlesborough and a director of the family firm Bell Brothers Ironworks’ steelworks in Middlesbrough, and his wife, Maria, nee Shield. Gertrude had a brother, Maurice, who was born in 1871. Gertrude’s Mother died when she was three years old, which meant that she formed a close relationship with her father.<br />
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In 1876, Gertrude’s Father married Florence Eveleen Eleanore Olliffe, a playwright and writer of children's fiction. Gertrude was educated at Queen's College, London, before going on to study at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, where she obtained a First Class Honours Degree in Modern History.<br />
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After her graduation from university, Gertrude travelled to Persia with her uncle, Sir Frank Lascelles, who was appointed British Minister at Tehran (similar to the post of Ambassador). The next few years were spent travelling - especially in Arabia - mountaineering and learning languages. Gertrude became fluent in Arabic, Persian, French, German, Italian and Turkish.<br />
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During her travels in Arabia, Gertrude met T.E. Lawrence, with whom she shared a love of the Arab peoples. Gertrude translated and published the work of the fourteenth century Sufi poet, Hafiz into English to great acclaim.<br />
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When war broke out in 1914, Gertrude went to work with the Red Cross in France. In 1915, she was summoned to Cairo to work for the Arab Bureau. On 3rd March 1916 she was sent to Basra and on 10th March 1917 to Baghdad. According to Gertrude's reports at the time, "…there were not<br />
many (if any) permanent solutions for calming the divisive forces at work in that part of the world".<br />
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When the Ottoman Empire was split up after the War, Gertrude was given the task of reporting on the situation in Mesopotamia as, by that time, she was an expert on the tribes in the area. Gertrude returned to England in 1925, where her family fortunes had suffered in the aftermath of the war. She returned to Baghdad and was treated for Pleurisy. Her half brother, Hugo, died of Typhoid. Gertrude died in Baghdad on 12th July 1926.<br />
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Gertrude’s Obituary, published in "The Geographical Journal" and written by her colleague and fellow archaelogist – David George (D.G.) Hogarth - stated:<b> "No woman in recent time has combined her qualities – her taste for arduous and dangerous adventure with her scientific interest and knowledge, her competence in archaeology and art, her distinguished literary gift, her sympathy for all sorts and condition of men, her political insight and appreciation of human values, her masculine vigour, hard common sense and practical efficiency – all tempered by feminine charm and a most romantic spirit."</b><br />
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After Gertrude's death, her stepmother, by then Dame Florence Bell, published two volumes of Gertrude's letters written during the preceding twenty years. Gertrude is buried in the British Cemetery in Baghdad. A stained glass window in the church of St. Lawrence, East Rounton, North Yorkshire is dedicated to her memory.<br />
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<br />Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-333537347550128798.post-37703598508256731222020-07-04T08:05:00.001-07:002020-07-04T08:05:40.198-07:00Mary Elizabeth Gladwin (1861 – 1939) - a British-born American Red Cross nurse who served in three wars.<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><i> She was one of the first six American nurses to receive the Florence Nightingale Medal when it was awarded by the International Committee of the Red Cross in 1920.</i></b></div>
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Mary Elizabeth Gladwin was born on 24th December 1861 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK, the daughter of Francis Gladwin and Sarah Gladwin, nee Cooper. The family moved to the United States, settling in Akron, Ohio. Mary graduated from Buchtel College in 1887 (now The University of Akron) and trained as a nurse in Boston, finally completing her formal studies in 1902.<br />
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Mary became a science teacher in Norwalk, Ohio after finishing college. Her first work as a war nurse was while she was still a nursing student, during the Spanish–American War in 1898, treating soldiers with typhoid fever in Chickamauga, Georgia. She was soon included in American Red Cross units assigned to Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines as well. She was awarded a Spanish War Service Medal for her service. During the Russo-Japanese War, Mary joined an American Red Cross unit, assisting Japanese nurses at Hiroshima. The Japanese emperor personally presented Gladwin with the Imperial Order of the Crown.<br />
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Superintendent at Beverly Hospital in Massachusetts from 1904 to 1907 and at the Women's Hospital in New York City from 1907 to 1913, back home in Ohio Mary worked with the Red Cross during the Great Dayton Flood of 1913. She was head of women's employment at the B. F. Goodrich Tyre Company in Ohio, and was superintendent at the City Hospital in Cleveland. She was also president of the Ohio State Nurses Association and chaired the National Committee on Red Cross Nursing in 1911.<br />
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During the First World War, Mary went to Serbia with the American Red Cross to work at a hospital in Belgrade and later iwent to work in Salonika in Greece. She received the Serbian Cross of Charity medal for her service there. In 1920, Mary was one of the first six American nurses to receive the Florence Nightingale Medal from the International Committee of the Red Cross.<br />
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After the war, Mary worked as a hospital administrator and nursing instructor in New York and Minnesota. She wrote two books, Ethics: Talks to Nurses (1930) and a biography of Jane Delano (1931), as well as articles for the American Journal of Nursing. She was also a frequent speaker for students and women's groups, especially after 1929. "If the fathers and mothers could have seen what I have seen on the bloody battlefields," she said, "there never would be another war."<br />
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Mary died on 22nd November 1939 at Akron City Hospital, aged 77 years. In 1978, the new building for the School of Nursing at Akron University was named Mary E. Gladwin Hall. Her papers, including diary, photographs, and an unpublished memoir, are archived at the University of Akron, but her medals were donated to the Summit County Historical Society.<br />
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Sources:<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Newcomb_McGee">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Newcomb_McGee</a><br />
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_E._Gladwin<br />
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