This is the original Boer War database that was the foundation of the 2013 PhD "Nurses in the Boer War" by Lt Col (Retd) Dr Keiron Spires QVRM TD. In this database you can find:
- Army Nursing Service (ANS)
- Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service (Reserve) (ANSR)
- Australian Military Nurses (New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia)
- Canadian Military Nurses (Canada)
- New Zealand Military Nurses (New Zealand)
- Nurses employed by the Red Cross and St John Ambulance Brigade
- Nurses working in civil hospitals caring for military patients (Civilian Nurse)
- Nurses employed to work in Military Hospitals and the Burgher Camps (Locally Employed)
- Nurses in the Natal Volunteer Medical Corps (Natal Volunteer)
- Religious Sisters working in hospitals (Religious Order)
- Nurses working for the South African Constabulary (South African Constabulary)
- Some ladies who were considered for a QSA because of their hospital work (Civilians)
It is clear that nurses moved from one category to another, many locally employed or civilian nurses were taken into Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service (Reserve), and many Reserve nurses joined the full-time Army Nursing Service. I have tried to combine records where it is clear that multiple entries belong to the same person and have given their category as that in which they ended their service in the Boer War. I have added to the medal roll information details from other sources (Census, Nominal Rolls, The Army List, Shipping Lists, Nursing Journals and The London Gazette), all of which are referenced so that you can find the primary source for yourself. Please note that not all the Medal Rolls survive or are legible so there will never be a definitive list of these nurses.If you cannot find what you want please contact us, and we will see what I can find out for you.
| | Id: | 21866 | | Final Grade: | Sister | | Title: | Miss | | Forename(s): | Katherine Blanche | | Surname: | BRERETON | | Final Employment Status: | Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service (Reserve) | | Post Nominals: | RRC | | Birthplace: | Dublin, Ireland | | Date of Birth: | about 1853 | | Education: | | | Father's Occupation: | | | Training Hospital: | Guy's Hospital | | Training Place: | London | | Hospital Type: | | | Nursing Experience: | Was a Lady Pupil at Guy's Hospital then worked as a Staff Nurse at the Wirrall Children's Hospital and obtained her midwifery certificate at the York Road, Lying-in Hospital, returning to Guy's as Sister of Bright Ward in 1893. Night Superintendent at Guy's Hospital before joining PCANSR | | Age in 1899: | | | Service Number: | 11 | | Enlistment or Seniority: | January 29 1900 | | Shipping: | | | Honours and Awards: | RRC for service at the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital | | Illness or Death: | | | Served in Burgher Camp: | | | Joined QAIMNS: | | | Military Career: | In 1899 she went out to South Africa on the Staff of the first Imperial Yeomanry Hospital at Deelfontein. In 1901 the Government appointed Miss Brereton a member of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the Management of the Concentration Camps in South Africa. She visited all the Camps in the four colonies, and on returning to England in February 1902 recieved with her colleagues the thanks of the House of Commons, and during that year the RRC. In 1903 she accompanied Mrs Fawcett to South Africa on a mission to promote the conciliation of Boers and Britons. In her later career she was awarded the MBE and became a JP. She died in 1930. | | WW1 Service: | | | References: | WO 100/130 QSA Medal Roll p228 created at The Imperial Yeomanry Hospital, Pretoria; dated July 13, 1901
War Office (1900) Nominal Roll of Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service (Reserve) as at 30th September
The London Gazette, October 31, 1902; p6907
Nursing Record & Hospital World, February 10, 1900, p112
British Journal of Nursing, October 1930, p274 | | Comments: | p245: to Concentration Camp Commission Aug 13 1902 | | Photograph: | | | Photograph Information: | |
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