Anderson, Katharine Edith McCall (1866–1924), civilian and military nurse, was born at 1 Woodside Crescent, Anderston, Glasgow, on 5 January 1866, the eldest daughter among the eight children of Sir Thomas McCall Anderson (1836–1908), who became a professor of the practice of medicine at the ...
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Anderson, Katharine Edith McCall (1866–1924), civilian and military nurse
Keiron Spires
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Baly, Monica Eileen (1914–1998), nurse and historian of nursing
Susan McGann
Baly, Monica Eileen (1914–1998), nurse and historian of nursing, was born on 24 May 1914 at 23 Shirley Park Road, Shirley, near Croydon, Surrey, the first of the two children, and the only daughter, of Albert Frank Baly (d. 1953), a clerk with ...
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Bannon, Dorothy Edith (1885–1940), nurse
Kevin Brown
Bannon, Dorothy Edith (1885–1940), nurse, was born on 7 June 1885 at New Romney, Kent, the daughter of James Norman Bannon, a solicitor, and his wife, Kate Mann. She trained as a nurse at the Nightingale School of Nursing at St Thomas's Hospital, London...
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Bentley, Charlotte Eliza (1915–1996), nurse and nursing activist
Kevin Brown
Bentley, Charlotte Eliza (1915–1996), nurse and nursing activist, was born on 15 December 1915 at 63 Portland Court, Great Portland Street, London, the daughter of John Richard Bentley, hosier, and Charlotte Emma Redard. After education at a Swiss convent school and secretarial training ...
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Blackwood [née Lambart], Lady Alicia (1818–1913), nurse and philanthropist
Suzanne L. G. Rickard
Blackwood [née Lambart], Lady Alicia (1818–1913), nurse and philanthropist, was born on 29 November 1818 at Eaglehurst, near Ower Green in Hampshire, the daughter of George Frederick Augustus Lambart, Viscount Kilcoursie (1789–1828), and Sarah Coppin (1786–1823), the only daughter of ...
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Blair, Dame Emily Mathieson (1890–1963), nurse and nursing administrator
Catharine M. C. Haines
Blair, Dame Emily Mathieson (1890–1963), nurse and nursing administrator, was born on 12 January 1890 at Boghead, Lenzie, Kirkintilloch, daughter of Hugh Blair, muslin manufacturer, and his wife, Mary Ann, née Croll. Blair trained as a nurse at the Western Infirmary, Glasgow, from 1912 to 1916. In July 1916 she was appointed ward sister at the ...
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Bridges, Daisy Caroline (1894–1972), nursing administrator
Enid Fox
Bridges, Daisy Caroline (1894–1972), nursing administrator, was born in London on 7 April 1894, the daughter of John Henry Bridges JP (1852–1925), and his wife, Edith Isabella Tritton (d. 1907) of Ewell, Surrey. Educated at Heathfield School, Ascot, and Cheltenham Ladies' College...
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Browne, Dame Sidney Jane (1850–1941), nurse
Susan McGann
Browne, Dame Sidney Jane (1850–1941), nurse, was born on 5 January 1850 in Bexley, Kent, one of the four children of Benjamin Stocks Browne and his wife, Jane Sidney, formerly Deane. Sidney grew up in a medical family: her father was a surgeon and her two brothers were doctors. She was educated at home, and when she was twenty-eight started nursing at the ...
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Cattell, (Fanny) Maud (1857–1947), nurse
J. Hampson
Cattell, (Fanny) Maud (1857–1947), nurse, was born on 23 April 1857 at Sheldon, Warwickshire, the second of the ten children of John Cattell (bap. 1828, d. 1921), farmer, and his wife, Fanny Mary (bap. 1832, d. 1908), daughter of William Pate...
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Cavell, Edith Louisa (1865–1915), nurse and war heroine
Claire Daunton
Cavell, Edith Louisa (1865–1915), nurse and war heroine, was born on 4 December 1865, the first child of the Revd Frederick Cavell (1825–1910), Church of England clergyman, and his wife, Louisa Sophia (1835–1918), née Warming, in Swardeston vicarage, Norfolk. Her father, a graduate of ...
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Clay, Trevor (1936–1994), nurse and trade unionist
Monica E. Baly
Clay, Trevor (1936–1994), nurse and trade unionist, was born on 10 May 1936 at 47 Deacon Street, Chilvers Coton, Nuneaton, the eldest of the six children of Joseph Reginald George Clay (1901–1971), a wheelwright at Dunlop, and his wife, Florence Emma (1903–1991), née...
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Cockayne, Dame Elizabeth (1894–1988), nursing administrator and teacher
Anne Marie Rafferty
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Cockayne, Dame Elizabeth (1894–1988), nursing administrator and teacher, was born on 29 October 1894 in Burton upon Trent, the youngest in the family of two daughters and three sons of William Cockayne, brewer's traveller and licensed victualler, and his wife, Alice Bailey. One of her brothers was killed in the First World War, the second died of tuberculosis, and the third died in 1943. Her father died when she was five. These distressing experiences sharpened ...
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Collins, Sheila Margaret (1921–2009), nurse and educationist
Edith R. Parker
Collins, Sheila Margaret (1921–2009), nurse and educationist, was born on 28 August 1921 at 6 Hillcrest Road, Tywyn, near Conwy, Caernarvonshire, the younger daughter of John Collins, assurance superintendent, and his wife, Mary, née Deehan. Her father was from co. Galway, her mother from ...
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Davies, Rachael Annie Cox- (1862–1944), nurse
Claire Chatterton
Davies, Rachael Annie Cox- (1862–1944), nurse, was born at Glangrwyney House, Llangenny, near Crickhowell in the Brecon Beacons, on 4 September 1862, the second daughter and fourth of five children born to Edward John Cox Davies (1823/1824–1878), attorney and solicitor, and his wife, ...
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Davis [née Cadwaladr], Elizabeth [Betsy] (1789–1860), traveller and nurse
Deirdre Beddoe
Davis [née Cadwaladr], Elizabeth [Betsy] (1789–1860), traveller and nurse, was born on 24 May 1789 at Penrhiw near Bala, Merioneth, the fifth child of Dafydd Cadwaladr (1752–1834), smallholder and Methodist preacher, and his wife, Judith (d. 1800), née Humphreys, the daughter of a ...
