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First World War Nursing Records Online at the N A

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Pam

Pam Report 4 Nov 2011 22:41

Some Military Nursing records also on Find My Past

The records cover the vast period of 1856 to 1940 and comprise five main record sets:

Army Nursing Service: a small but significant set of 238 nurses of often quite genteel origin, born in the 19th century
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service: records of 783 nurses, born between 1859 and 1904

Royal Hospital Chelsea Nurses: records of 165 largely untrained nurses, born between 1839 and 1876, who served at the hospital for pensioned soldiers between 1856 and 1910

Scottish Women's Hospital: records of 1,575 women (and men) who were stationed in continental Europe during WWI

WWII Military Nurses: details of 1,244 nurses who served in France with either Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service, or Queen Alexandra's Reserve, or the Territorial Army Nursing Service, during WWII

Researching:
Middlesex, Berkshire and Somerset

George_of_Westbury

George_of_Westbury Report 4 Nov 2011 20:29

First World War nursing records available online 03 November
The National Archives has today published online more than 15,000 First World War nursing service records, providing a glimpse into the life stories of the women who dedicated their lives to their profession.

What you can find
The records date from 1902 to 1922 and hold an unusually high level of detail, rarely seen in service records. Files chart the nurses' full service history, including:

date and place of birth

training prior to and during the war

references to their suitability as military nurses

hospitals, field ambulances, casualty clearing stations and other medical units they served in

confidential reports containing their superiors' assessment of their performance

But cost £3-50 per record

Link

http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/635.htm

George

Researching:
My avatar is that of my Dad and shipmates, taken onboard HMS Blanche in 1938, place unknown From left to right, my Dad,Sidney Mellor and Sidney Bateman.