I have transcribed the QSA Medal Rolls for Nurses serving in the Boer War (WO 100/229). These rolls contain details of:
- 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 working in civil hospitals caring for military patients (Civilian Nurse)
- 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)
- Servants to nurses (Servant) and cooks (Cook)
- Some Ladies who were considered for a QSA because of their hospital work (Civilians)
I have added to the medal roll information details from other sources, all of which are referenced so that you can find the primary source for yourself. This has enabled me to corroborate information and make corrections where official records were incorrect. If you cannot find what you want please contact me, and I will see what I can find out for you.
| | Id: | 2095 | | Grade: | Sister | | Forename(s): | Louise Eleanor Victoria | | Surname: | ASMAN | | Service: | ANSR | | Age in 1899: | 29 | | Page Number: | | | Place Roll Created: | | | Date Roll Created: | | | Remarks: | | | QSA Medal Roll WO 100/229: | | | PCANS(R) Nominal Roll 30th September 1900: | | | The London Gazette: | | | Other Information: | "The Princess of Wales whose interest in the wounded is well known received the twelve nurses whom she selected in her capacity as Hon. President of the British Red Cross Society for service in South Africa at Marlborough House. Her Royal Highness was most gracious and kind to the nurses and presented each of them with a badge which she had embroidered. Besides the names we gave last week the following nurses have been selected ... Miss Louise Asman ..." ( Army Nursing Notes. The Nursing Record and Hospital World. January 6 1900; p6 )
"The nursing staff of the sixth General Hospital some of whose names have already been mentioned as having been selcted for duty are as follows ... Miss L.E.V. Asman ... They will leave for South Africa on the 20th inst." (Army Nursing Notes. The Nursing Record and Hospital World. January 13 1900; p24)
Sister Asman on passage to England on HS Dunera as invalid (Bombay, December 25, 1900) (London Times December 31 1900; p7a)
Louise ASMAN, Nurse, appears on the 1901 Census for the Connaught Military Hospital, Farnborough. It states that she was born in London, about 1870. (RG 13/1105 1901 Connaught Hospital) | | Photograph: | | | Modified: | 07/Aug/10 |
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