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Four of the nurses were killed by enemy action including Agnes Murdoch Climie, a staff nurse who trained at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. [53] Miss Climie was a member of the Territorial Force Nursing Service and based at a general hospital in France while she was on the staff of the 4th Scottish General Hospital, Stobhill .
Pages in category "World War I nurses" The following 188 pages are in this category, out of 188 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Lydia Abell;
During World War I, Jane stayed on the home front and organized nurses to go overseas and work with wounded soldiers. She was in charge of over 20,000 nurses, who all worked in vital roles overseas in the war. In 1918, Jane went to Europe to attend a nursing conference and to continue her work. However, she fell ill there and passed away in 1919.
Edith Louisa Cavell (/ ˈ k æ v əl / KAV-əl; 4 December 1865 – 12 October 1915) was a British nurse.She is celebrated for treating wounded soldiers from both sides without discrimination during the First World War and for helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium.
1901: The United States establishes the Army Nurse Corps as a permanent part of the Army. The Corps remains all-female until 1955. [1] [2] 1908: The United States establishes the Navy Nurse Corps on 13 May. The Corps remains all-female until 1965. [1] [3] The first 20 nurses (the first women in the Navy) report to Washington, D.C. in October ...
The Territorial Force Nursing Service (TFNS) was established by Richard Haldane (Secretary of State for War) as part of the Army Medical Service of the newly established Territorial Force, created by his reform of auxiliary forces in the United Kingdom (UK) [1] The service was inaugurated in July 1908, and its first Matron-in-Chief was Sidney Browne, who had previously held this position in ...
Following the war, Corkhill went on to pursue a nursing career. After serving as a nurse in various hospitals both in Australia and overseas, Corkhill became the senior sister at the District Hospital in Bega, New South Wales in 1951. [1] In 1975, she donated a large collection of her father's photographs to the National Library of Australia. [13]
Out of the over three thousand Canadian nurses who volunteered their services 53 nurses died while serving their country. [1] The military history of Canadian nurses during World War I began on August 4, 1914, when the United Kingdom entered the First World War (1914–1918) by declaring war on Germany.