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M. Rose Macaulay; Beatrice Mary MacDonald; Katherine Maud MacDonald; Margaret MacDonald (nurse) Florence MacDowell; Hester Maclean; Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1890–1958)
MacDonald was responsible for planning every move of her cadre of nurses. She had to ensure their safe and secure transportation, living conditions, and health. [2] [3] MacDonald returned to Canada in 1919, and was soon named the head of the Nursing Service of the Canadian Army Medical Corps.
The most prominent cases of this was the death of four nursing sisters on May 19, 1918, during the bombing raid on No. 1 Canadian General Hospital at Étaples, France, and the death of 14 nursing sisters and over 200 other service personnel on June 27, 1918, when HMHS Llandovery Castle was sunk by the SM U-86. [6]
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.
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.
Three of her sisters, Lady Clare, Lady Elizabeth ("Bettie"), and Lady Victoria would serve, as well as three brothers: Major Rudolph, Viscount Feilding, Coldstream Guards, who survived the war; Lieutenant-Commander the Hon. Hugh Feilding, Royal Navy, killed in action on 31 May 1916 at the Battle of Jutland; and Captain the Hon. Henry Feilding ...
Deacon was enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force as a nurse with the Australian Army Nursing Service on 29 November 1914. [4] She was among the first group of Australian nurses to leave for service on the Kyarra. [1] [2] Her first military experience was in Egypt where she remained for 12 months, serving at Mena Camp during the Gallipoli ...
M. Rose Macaulay; Beatrice Mary MacDonald; Katherine Maud MacDonald; Margaret MacDonald (nurse) Florence MacDowell; Hester Maclean; Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1890–1958)