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With the Scottish Nurses in Roumania
With the Scottish Nurses in Roumania
Yvonne FitzRoy wrote a book, with this title, about her experiences as an Orderly serving with the London Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospital in Rumania and Russia. Seventy-five women sailed from Liverpool to Archangel on 30 Aug 1916. Miss FitzRoy arrived back in London on the 7 Jun 1917. The Chief Medical Officer, Dr Elsie Inglis, arrived back in Newcastle on 24 Nov 1917, and died two days later. In total 102 women and two men served in this mission, some for the whole time, others replacing those who returned home -- but who were they?
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Other Empire Force Driver French Red Cross
Other Empire Force Chauffeur (Driver) Scottish Women's Hospitals [British Committee French Red Cross] London Unit ( Russia/Roumania)
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Born 1890
Died 1973
Other Empire Force Driving instructor Scottish Womens Hospitals
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Other Empire Force 169 Driver First Aid Nursing Yeomanry France
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British Army Orderly French Red Cross
Other Empire Force Orderly Scottish Women's Hospitals [British Committee, French Red Cross] London Unit ( Russia/Roumania)
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Born 1885
Other Empire Force Driver Scottish Women's Hospitals (French Red Cross) London Unit
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Other Empire Force Driver French Red Cross
Other Empire Force Chauffeur (Driver) Scottish Women's Hospitals [British Committee French Red Cross] London Unit ( Russia/Roumania)
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British Army Orderly French Red Cross
Other Empire Force Orderly Scottish Women's Hospitals [British Committee French Red Cross] London Unit ( Russia/Roumania)
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Born 1867
Died 1920
British Army Administrator French Red Cross
Other Empire Force Administrator Scottish Women's Hospital
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