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:

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.

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Id: 21973
Final Grade: Superintendent
Title: Miss
Forename(s): Anne Ellen
Surname: CAULFIELD
Final Employment Status: Army Nursing Service
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Birthplace: Ceylon
Date of Birth: About 1845
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Father's Occupation: Civil Service
Training Hospital: King's College Hospital
Training Place: London
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Nursing Experience: After training at King's she worked at Netley Military Hospital under Mrs Deeble. In 1877 she was appointed Lady Superintendent of Nurses at the Herbert Military Hospital, Woolwich. In 1881, at only a few days' notoce Miss Caulfield was sent with her staff to South Africa, where she worked at Fort Amiel, Newcastle. This was the first time a staff of trained women nurses under the War Office had been ordered to the front.
In 1882, when British troops were sent out to supress the rebellion in Egypt, she and her staff were quatered in the Khedive's Palace, Ismalia, which had to serve as an emergency hospital.

During the Boer War she remained at Woolwich which was one of the hospitals used for troops being returned to the UK.
Age in 1899: 54
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References: Census: RG12/ 528 1891 The Herbert Hospital, Woolwich
The British Journal of Nursing, February 1937, p51
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