Lives of the First World War

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ID: 5146085

Reference: WO372/23

Title: Medal Index Card

Description: Medal index cards were created by the Army Medal Office towards the end of the First World War. They record the medals that men and women who served in the First World War were entitled to claim.

URL: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D6272641
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UPP: GBM/MCI/5151642

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 6156626

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

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UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/00118/0239/2

Additional: The information in the census record matches other official documents

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 6156631

Name: Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps - WW1

Title: Dame Maud McCarthy

Description: Section in this website contains a biography of Dame Maud McCarthy

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URL: http://www.qaranc.co.uk
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Additional: The information in relation to military service matches medal card data

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ID: 6156635

Name: P09900.003

Title: Maud McCarthy

Description: Photograph of Matron-in-Chief McCarthy in nursing uniform and resplendent with medals awarded.

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URL: http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P09900.003
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Additional: The photo in the Australian War Memorial collection matches Imperial War Museum, London likeness of Maud.

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ID: 6157455

Title: Dame Emma Maud McCarthy, GBE, RRC

Description: Studio portrait of Dame Emma McCarthy GBE, RRC (1920)

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ID: 6157462

Reference: bmd_deaths

Title: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

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UPP: BMD/D/1949/2/AZ/000627/105

Additional: Dame McCarthy is buried in London, where she had lived since her move from Australia before WW1

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 6157469

Reference: gbm_mci

Title: Medal Index Cards Transcription

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UPP: GBM/MCI/5393312

Additional: The data in this record matches data in other official records for Matron Chief E. Maud McCarthy

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 6157479

Name: National Archives Crown Copyright Diaries

Title: War Diaries of Matron Chief E. Maud McCarthy

Description: Daily accounts of developments as reported by Matron McCarthy from the front during WW1

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URL: http://www.scarletfinders.co.uk/110
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Additional: The website contains extensive information in relation to nurses during wartime, including Matron McCarthy's diaries

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ID: 6157846

Name: Imperial War Museum Collection

Title: Portrait of Dame Maud McCarthy, GBE, RRC

Description: Portrait of Dame Maud McCarthy: the Matron-in-Chief in France of Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service, in QUAIMS uniform.

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URL: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/25079
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Additional: Portrait of Dame Maud McCarthy in Imperial War Museuml London collection is similar to a studio photo in Australian archives of her

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ID: 6652003

Name: Sue Light Blog

Title: Plaque erected at home of Dame Maud McCarthy

Description: Sue Light, nurse and developer of the excellent nursing website 'Scarlet Finders', describes the unveiling of a Heritage Plaque at the home of Dame Maud McCarthy in Chelsea, London in June, 2014.

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URL: http://greatwarnurses.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/the-blue-plaque-has-finally-arrived.html
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Additional: Military details and names match for Dame McCarthy

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ID: 7624473

Title: Recorded in The Gazette (London Gazette), issue 13323, page 3497

Description: From 3rd June 1918 "Made a Dame Grand Cross of the said Most Excellent Order"

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URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/13323/page/3497
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Additional: Surname and other names match

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