A list of female staff (incomplete) working at the
3rd LONDON GENERAL HOSPITAL WANDSWORTH
during
OCTOBER 1915 - JULY 1919
Principal Matron BARTON Eleanor C.TFNS. RRC 1st class 1916. 3rd LGH 1909- 1920
Matron HOLDEN Edith RRC (January 1916) TFNS. 3rd LGH Sept 1914- Sept 1920
Assistant Matron NORTHOVER EM. TFNS. RRC 1st class 1916. 3rd LGH April 1915 - July 1916
Sister BARRETT Mary Jane. ARRC TFNS. 3rd LGH Aug 1914- July 1920
Sister BOSTON
Sister BOYD. TFNS
Sister BROWNLEY SMYTHE JONES .Ward T17
Sister BRAITHWAITE M. D. Nursing Sister VAD
Sister COCKRAN Agnes TFNS. RRC 2nd class 1916. 3rd LGH since 1914
Sister COPELAND Harriett. TFNS. 3rd LGH 11/8/16 – 11/8/20
Sister CRAIG
Sister EARDLEY-WILMOT TFNS. Ward 8
Sister EYRE Ellen Mabel. ARRC. 1919-1919 Ward IX
Sister FLINTOFF Alice TFNS.
Staff Nurse FRANKEISS Nellie. RRC 2nd class 1916. 3rd LGH since mobilisation.
Nurse GIARDET Fanny. RRC 2nd class 1916. 3rd LGH since 1914
Sister GIBSON .TFNS. Worked in main building
Sister GODDARD. TFNS
Sister GRIBBLE Mary G. TFNS
Sister HALL E. 1914. Ward IX from 1914
Sister HAYES E. TFNS
Sister HARRISON Eliza A. TFNS. 3rd LGH 6 Aug -24 Sept 1914
Sister HEINEMANN. TFNS
Sister HIGGINS .TFNS
Sister IVINS. RRC Sept 1915
Sister JOHNSTON .TFNS
Sister MAY. TFNS
Sister Mc CLURE. TFNS
Sister MITCHELL .TFNS
Sister NASH .TFNS
Sister NEWTON Margaret Annie. TFNS 3rd LGH.7/9/14- 18/9/18
Sister NOWRIGHT
Sister RALPH Margret Wilkinson .TFNS. 3rd LGH from April 1914 - Oct 1916
Sister ARCHER-RUSSELL Annie .TFNS. 3rd LGH Oct 1915-Oct 1916
Sister SANDS. TFNS .RRC JUNE 1916
Sister SPENCER .TFNS. RRC JUNE 1916
Sister THORNTON. TFNS
Sister WALKER .TFNS
Sister WARD.TFNS
Sister WATSON. TFNS
Sister WEST. TFNS
Sister WHITE Winifred. TFNS. RRC 2nd class 1916
Sister WICKERS TFNS
FEMALE ORDERLIES
Miss COLLINS Marjory. VAD. Ward Orderly Ward T17
Miss DOWN Vera. VAD. Ward orderly B1
Miss GOSSE E .VAD. D HUT
Miss HARRISON L M
Miss MELVILLE. Ward Orderly
Miss Helen Margaret NIGHTINGALE. Lady postman.
Miss RYLE J C. Enquiry bureau/main hall
Mabel SMITH VAD. Died 7 Nov 1918, from pneumonia following influenza. She joined the hospital on Sept 4th 1915 and was a loyal worker. Buried in Saffron Walden.
MISS WATSON. VAD
Miss KINTYRE. Volunteer
QUEEN AMELIE OF PORTUGAL. Probationer
Miss DESMOND. Secretary to the CO
Female Staff February 1927 (Resignations)
Sister Eliza Graves (Miss)
Sister Mary Jane Barrett ARRC. (Miss)
Staff Nurse Eva Young (nee Young)
Staff Nurse Beatrice Mary Bloom
Staff Nurse Grace Hamilton Condie
Staff Nurse Connie F Cuffley (nee Channon)
Staff Nurse Mary A. Findlay
Staff Nurse Norah C. Farmer
Staff Nurse Faith Eldridge (nee Grellier)
Staff Nurse Mary E. F. Miller
Staff Nurse Kathleen V. Stephenson
Staff Nurse Violet Thornton
Miss Helen Margaret NIGHTINGALE. Lady postman. Helen wrote many articles, stories and poems for the gazette.
She was mentioned in despatches in October 1918She also wrote a play 'A Change of Tenant' (political theatre) which was first performed in 1900-1910. This play can also be found in a book called 'Votes For Women and Other Plays' by Susan Croft (2009). www.aurorametro.com/team/helen-margaret-nightingale/ |
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Sister FLINTOFF Alice TFNS. On Nov 11th 1918 died very suddenly
from heart failure following influenza. She joined the hospital in its
early days of 1914 and was on of the first to serve abroad. She served
in the East in Cairo, Gallipoli, Alexandria. Malta and other places. When
the C.O. was invalided from Mesopotamia, it was Sister Flintoff who was
acting matron on the Varsova - the boat which brought him down from
Basra to The Bar. She went up as far as Baghdad before being sent to
India with dysentery and malaria.She was invalided home after a long
rest and returned to duty on Oct20 1918.She was buried at Wandsworth
Cemetery on Nov 13 with full military honours.