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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. The British declaration of war automatically brought Canada into the war, because of Canada's legal status as a British Dominion which left foreign policy decisions in ...
Three Scottish nurses drowned while serving on hospital ships during WW1. A further 33 Scottish nurses died from diseases acquired while on military service. [ 56 ] Two nurses were members of the regular Military Nursing Service and the others were members of the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve and the Territorial ...
Nurses of any nation killed by military action during the First World War. Pages in category "Nurses killed in World War I" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total.
Pages in category "World War I nurses" The following 188 pages are in this category, out of 188 total. ... List of Canadian nurses who died in World War I;
This was presented to her at Buckingham Palace during a special ceremony for Canadian nurses. [2] [6] She also received the British War Medal and Victory Medal. [7] Gamble was recalled to Canada after the war and served as matron of St. Andrew's Military Hospital, Toronto. She was among the first nurses to take a new course in public health ...
Helena Stewart Bennet died on October 18, 1918 when flu and pneumonia ravaged the Shropshire hospital she had been posted to. Nurse who died in PoW camp weeks before armistice ‘may have survived ...
Rena Maude McLean (June 14, 1879 – June 27, 1918) was a Canadian nurse who volunteered during World War I. She helped set up the first hospital in France staffed exclusively by Canadians, and also served in the UK and Greece. [1] She died when the Canadian hospital ship HMHS Llandovery Castle was torpedoed off the coast of Ireland.
Beatrice Mary MacDonald, ARRC (September 27, 1881 – September 4, 1969) was a Canadian-born American nurse who served in the United States Army Nurse Corps during World War I. On January 4, 1936, she received a Purple Heart for combat wounds during World War I, making her (retroactively) the first woman to receive the award.