| | Id: | 171 | | Grade: | Sister | | Forename(s): | ACL | | Surname: | ANDERSON | | Service: | ANS | | Age in 1899: | | | Page Number: | p11 | | Place Roll Created: | No1 General Hospital, Wynberg | | Date Roll Created: | July 14, 1901 | | Remarks: | | | QSA Medal Roll WO 100/229: | | | PCANS(R) Nominal Roll 30th September 1900: | | | The London Gazette: | Mentioned in Despatches June 23, 1902 by Lord Roberts (London Times October 5, 1899; p5a&b)
Awarded The Royal Red Cross (RRC) July 29, 1902 (London Gazette July 29, 1902: p4853) | | Other Information: | The following letter was published in the nursing journal of the day:From a letter written from No 1 General Hospital Wynberg, dated December 11th, 1899; " ... We had a great reception at the Cape when we arrived. The People cheered and our troops cheered back, and it was wonderful altogether. We landed next day and were sent out there, only about nine miles from Cape Town, where the huts were ready for us. Such a lovely place it is, with that wondrous Table Mountain at the back, and Simon's Bay in the distance in front. A pine wood surrounds us - and it is summer! The Camp is now one huge hospital all up the hill and in the wood. There are 620 beds, and already 500 have been filled. The men from Belmont were brought in on the 26th, such a number and such terrible cases. I never saw anything so awful and sad as some of them, and they are so patient and good. Many had to have operations at once. It is a grand place for them, so fresh and nice, and a large number are doing well. I have met a good many old patients from the Guards already, so awfully altered, I scarcely knew them ... One realises now what war means and the utter horror of it; and this they say is only the beginning. I am very glad to be here, and can do a great deal to make them more comfortable, poor brave fellows, but there is so much that we can't do. The rush of work for the first few days after the wounded arrive is tremendous. I just long for several pairs of hands and feet, to run a few different ways at once! No words can describe how heart-rending it is to see them coming in on stretchers, one after another, many of them such utter wrecks. There is one Gordon Highlander in one of my wards with spinal wounds, paralysed all but his arms, and he is as cheery as if he were well, and with such a store of quaint humour. All are so wonderfully patient. People are very good in sending fruits, jellies, and all sorts of nice things for them ... We have four Canadian nurses who came over with the Canadian troops, they are helping us and are most charming women ... We are all hoping to get up country in the hospital trains by turns, two have to go each journey to collect the wounded from the Field Hospitals and bring them here ... " (Letter. The Nursing Record and Hospital World. January 13, 1900; p34) | | Photograph: | | | Modified: | 27/Jul/10 |
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