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Place of birth

Devonport Devon [2]

Kensington London [2]

Kingston, Kingsbridge, Devon [2]

- probably - Blairgowrie and Rattray, Perth and Kinross, Scotland [1]

79 Victoria Road Wandsworth London [1]

81 Nelson St, Manchester [1]

Anstruther, Fife, Scotland [1]

Barton, Lancashire [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Beckenham Kent [1]

Broadlands, Isle of Wight [1]

Buckland, Kent [1]

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk [1]

Camberwell London [1]

Chorlton, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Clifton Hill House, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Clitheroe, Lancashire [1]

Cork [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Devonport, Plymouth, Devon [1]

Dublin [1]

Ealing [1]

Eastbourne [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Estcourt, Natal [1]

Exeter, Deevon [1]

Folkestone, Kent [1]

Fulham London [1]

Gayton-le-Marsh Lincolnshire [1]

Glasgow [1]

Great Yarmouth Norfolk [1]

Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England [1]

Islington London [1]

Kilburn [1]

Kings Lynn Norfolk [1]

Kingstown [now named Dún Laoghaire], County Dublin [1]

Lerwick Shetland Islands Scotland [1]

Lincoln [1]

Llandovery, Carmarthenshire [1]

Lytham, Lancashire [1]

Millbrook, near St Germans, Cornwall [1]

Newport, Monmouthshire [1]

North Shields Northumberland [1]

Nottingham [1]

Ontario [1]

Penn Fields, Staffordshire [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Portland, Dorset [1]

Portsmouth Hampshire [1]

Rank

Assistant Principal [12]

Clerk [9]

Telephonist [9]

Chief Section Leader [7]

Divisional Director [7]

Steward [7]

Senior Writer [5]

Director [4]

Ledger Clerk [4]

Motor Driver [4]

Principal [4]

Superintendent [3]

Assistant Director [2]

Chief Section Leader, Clerk [2]

Deputy Assistant Director of Administration [2]

Deputy Assistant Director of Personnel [2]

Deputy Director [2]

Deputy Divisional Director [2]

General Domestic Worker [2]

Member [2]

Messenger [2]

Nurse [2]

Shorthand Typist [2]

Stewardess [2]

Worker [2]

Writer [2]

Air Commandant [1]

Assistant Administrator [1]

Assistant Director of Inspection [1]

Assistant Director of Recruiting [1]

Assistant Principal and Secretary to Director [1]

Canteener [1]

Chief Officer [1]

Chief Section Leader (Clerk) [1]

Chief Section Leader Steward [1]

Chief Section Leader, Draughtswoman [1]

Chief Section Leader, Steward [1]

Chief Theatre Sister [1]

Civilian Surgeon [1]

Cleaner [1]

Commandant [1]

Cook [1]

Deputy Assistant Director [1]

Deputy Assistant Director of Recruiting [1]

Deputy Medical Assistant Director [1]

Deputy Principal [1]

Directeur [1]

Divisional Director for Scotland [1]

Electrician [1]

Electrician, Chief Section Leader [1]

Unit

Women's Royal Naval Service [111]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [3]

Women's Royal Air Force [3]

Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) [3]

British Red Cross Society [2]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [2]

British Women's Royal Naval Service [2]

French Red Cross [2]

British Committee, French Red Cross [1]

British Red Cross [1]

British Red Cross Society/Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Corps [1]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service [1]

Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service [1]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Scottish Women's Hospitals (French Red Cross) [1]

Scottish Women's Hospitals (French Red Cross). [1]

Women' Royal Naval Service [1]

Women's Royal Naval Sce [1]

Women's Royal Naval Service - H.M.S. "Crescent," [1]

Women's Royal Naval Service. [1]

Women's Royal Naval service [1]

Women's Royal Navy Service [1]

Women’s Royal Naval Service [1]

Service

Royal Navy [116]

British Army [9]

Other Empire Force [9]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Last name first letter

C [16]

D [13]

B [11]

M [11]

H [8]

W [8]

P [7]

T [7]

L [5]

R [5]

E [4]

N [4]

F [3]

J [3]

K [3]

S [3]

A [2]

G [1]

I [1]

O [1]

U [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [102]

Country

United Kingdom [49]

Ireland [2]

Malta [1]

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Place of birth

Devonport Devon [2] Kensington London [2] Kingston, Kingsbridge, Devon [2] - probably - Blairgowrie and Rattray, Perth and Kinross, Scotland [1] 79 Victoria Road Wandsworth London [1] 81 Nelson St, Manchester [1] Anstruther, Fife, Scotland [1] Barton, Lancashire [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Beckenham Kent [1] Broadlands, Isle of Wight [1] Buckland, Kent [1] Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk [1] Camberwell London [1] Chorlton, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Clifton Hill House, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Clitheroe, Lancashire [1] Cork [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Devonport, Plymouth, Devon [1] Dublin [1] Ealing [1] Eastbourne [1] Edinburgh [1] Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Estcourt, Natal [1] Exeter, Deevon [1] Folkestone, Kent [1] Fulham London [1] Gayton-le-Marsh Lincolnshire [1] Glasgow [1] Great Yarmouth Norfolk [1] Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England [1] Islington London [1] Kilburn [1] Kings Lynn Norfolk [1] Kingstown [now named Dún Laoghaire], County Dublin [1] Lerwick Shetland Islands Scotland [1] Lincoln [1] Llandovery, Carmarthenshire [1] Lytham, Lancashire [1] Millbrook, near St Germans, Cornwall [1] Newport, Monmouthshire [1] North Shields Northumberland [1] Nottingham [1] Ontario [1] Penn Fields, Staffordshire [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Portland, Dorset [1] Portsmouth Hampshire [1]

Rank

Assistant Principal [12] Clerk [9] Telephonist [9] Chief Section Leader [7] Divisional Director [7] Steward [7] Senior Writer [5] Director [4] Ledger Clerk [4] Motor Driver [4] Principal [4] Superintendent [3] Assistant Director [2] Chief Section Leader, Clerk [2] Deputy Assistant Director of Administration [2] Deputy Assistant Director of Personnel [2] Deputy Director [2] Deputy Divisional Director [2] General Domestic Worker [2] Member [2] Messenger [2] Nurse [2] Shorthand Typist [2] Stewardess [2] Worker [2] Writer [2] Air Commandant [1] Assistant Administrator [1] Assistant Director of Inspection [1] Assistant Director of Recruiting [1] Assistant Principal and Secretary to Director [1] Canteener [1] Chief Officer [1] Chief Section Leader (Clerk) [1] Chief Section Leader Steward [1] Chief Section Leader, Draughtswoman [1] Chief Section Leader, Steward [1] Chief Theatre Sister [1] Civilian Surgeon [1] Cleaner [1] Commandant [1] Cook [1] Deputy Assistant Director [1] Deputy Assistant Director of Recruiting [1] Deputy Medical Assistant Director [1] Deputy Principal [1] Directeur [1] Divisional Director for Scotland [1] Electrician [1] Electrician, Chief Section Leader [1]

Unit

Women's Royal Naval Service [111] Voluntary Aid Detachment [3] Women's Royal Air Force [3] Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) [3] British Red Cross Society [2] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [2] British Women's Royal Naval Service [2] French Red Cross [2] British Committee, French Red Cross [1] British Red Cross [1] British Red Cross Society/Voluntary Aid Detachment [1] First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Corps [1] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service [1] Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service [1] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Scottish Women's Hospitals (French Red Cross) [1] Scottish Women's Hospitals (French Red Cross). [1] Women' Royal Naval Service [1] Women's Royal Naval Sce [1] Women's Royal Naval Service - H.M.S. "Crescent," [1] Women's Royal Naval Service. [1] Women's Royal Naval service [1] Women's Royal Navy Service [1] Women’s Royal Naval Service [1]

Service

Royal Navy [116] British Army [9] Other Empire Force [9] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Last name first letter

C [16] D [13] B [11] M [11] H [8] W [8] P [7] T [7] L [5] R [5] E [4] N [4] F [3] J [3] K [3] S [3] A [2] G [1] I [1] O [1] U [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [102]

Country

United Kingdom [49] Ireland [2] Malta [1]

Annie Turnbull-Runciman

Royal Navy G6479

Royal Navy G6479 Steward British Women's Royal Naval Service

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Katharine Furse

Born 1875

Died 1952

British Army Voluntary Aid Detachment Voluntary Aid Detachment

British Army 633 British Red Cross Society

Royal Navy Director Women's Royal Naval Service

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Matilda Cuthbert

Royal Navy Deputy Assistant Director of Administration Women's Royal Naval Service

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I L Plunket

Royal Navy Deputy Assistant Director of Personnel Women's Royal Naval Service

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Rachel Wilson

Royal Navy Divisional Director for Scotland Women's Royal Naval Service

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Mary Bell

Royal Navy Deputy Medical Assistant Director Women's Royal Naval Service

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Dorothy Christian Hare

Born 1876

Died 1967

Royal Navy General Medical Director Women's Royal Naval Service

British Army Civilian Surgeon Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Civilian Surgeon Royal Army Medical Corps Women's Medical Unit

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Edith Frances Crowdy

Born 1880

Died 1947

British Army Voluntary Aid Detachment

Royal Navy Deputy Director Women's Royal Naval Service

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Marjorie Alma Butcher, M.b.e.

Born 1890

Died 1964

Other Empire Force VAD Voluntary Aid Detachment

Royal Navy Assistant Principal Women's Royal Naval Service.

Royal Navy Assistant Principal and Secretary to Director Women’s Royal Naval Service

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Amy Curtis

Born 1894

Died 1970

British Army Assistant Administrator Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps

Royal Navy Chief Officer Women's Royal Naval Service

Royal Navy Superintendent Women's Royal Naval Service

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Nina Johnstone-Douglas O.b.e

Born 1881

Died 1964

Other Empire Force Certificate number 3365 Searcher British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem Wounded and missing

Royal Navy Assistant Principal Women's Royal Naval Service

Royal Navy Divisional Director Women's Royal Naval Service

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Marjorie Mary Monkhouse

Born 1875

Died 1950

Other Empire Force Canteener French Red Cross

Other Empire Force Directeur French Red Cross La Cantine des Dames Anglaises.

Royal Navy Assistant Director Women's Royal Naval Service

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Gladys Beryl Stuart Churchill

Born 1892

Died 1983

British Army Nurse French Red Cross

Other Empire Force Orderley Scottish Women's Hospitals (French Red Cross). Royaumont

Royal Navy Assistant Principal Women's Royal Naval Service

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Kathleen Ussher

Royal Navy Assistant Principal Women's Royal Navy Service

Royal Navy G2777 Chief Section Leader British Women's Royal Naval Service

Other Empire Force 13494 Orderly British Committee, French Red Cross Scottish Women's Hospitals, Salonika

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Winifred Louise Everingham

Born 1879

Died 1956

Other Empire Force Nurse Scottish Women's Hospitals (French Red Cross) America Unit

Other Empire Force Chief Theatre Sister Scottish Women's Hospitals (French Red Cross) Royaumont Abbey outside Paris, France

British Army Staff Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service

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Florence Kathleen Pinson

Born 1888

Died 1930

British Army British Red Cross Society/Voluntary Aid Detachment

Royal Navy Women's Royal Naval Service

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Margaret Selina Cole-Hamilton

Born 1884

British Army 25 Trooper First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Corps

Other Empire Force Women's Royal Naval Service

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Kate Inglis

Born 1876

Other Empire Force Certificate number 531 British Red Cross Society Voluntary Aid Detachment

Other Empire Force Certificate number 531 Quarter Master British Red Cross Society Voluntary Aid Detachment

Other Empire Force Commandant British Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment

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