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Donagheady Nurses in World War I
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Donagheady Nurses in World War I
Transcribed, Compiled and Submitted by Rene Donaghy, Donagheady, Co. Tyrone
Sources:
1901 AND 1911 Census records www.nationalarchives.ie
GRONI births and marriage records www.nidirect.gov.uk
TFNS records are held in National Archives in the 399 series under the individual nurses names and numbers.
AANS records are available online in Australian WW1 records under the individual nurses names and numbers.
2nd Donagheady Presbyterian Church records on the Co Tyrone site and recorded on the War Memorial.
No official record is held for Nellie Stevenson, Matron, as she was with the Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment Hospital in Henley-in-Arden for the duration of the war.( Many records from these VAD hospitals were deliberately destroyed after the war.)
However, Douglas Bridgewater, Honorary Research Fellow, Centre for War Studies, University of Birmingham published a book in 2014, ISBN: 978-1-85858-528-4 entitled ‘A Small Town & The Great War Henley in Arden 1914 – 1919’ includes a chapter on the auxiliary hospital with Nellie Stevenson ARRC matron.
Personal recollections and photos from the family of Annie Porter.
Also an article in 1980 Magheramason Presbyterian Church Newsletter of an interview with the then Mrs McCrea.
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| Sarah Jane | Mathers | 22/11/1873 | James Mathers & Margaret Platt | WO399/13218 | TNFS | 3rd Northern General, Sheffield | mentioned in dispatches, trained in RVH Belfast, Died 05/08/1964 |
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Sister | 58th & 30th General Hosps, France | died 05/08/1964 |
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34th Ambulance Train | buried Grange |
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| Annie | Porter | 22/01/1895 | Robert L Porter & Martha McLaughlin |
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VAD nurse | 5th Northern General, Leicester | married William L McCrea |
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volunteer for 2 years | Died 14/06/1990, buried Mountcastle |
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| Mary Ann | Stevenson | 15/07/1872 | John James Stevenson & Jane Mitchell | WO399/14718 | Acting Matron | 4th General, Plymouth | trained in RVH, Belfast |
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TNFS | 73rd General, Trouville | Died 08/10/1962, Strabane |
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hospital ship, Aberdonian |
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| Ellen (Nellie) Ellenor | Stevenson | 13/01/1881 | John James Stevenson & Jane Mitchell |
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Matron | Henley in Arden | ARRC |
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1914 - 1919 | Red Cross VAD Hospital | died 24/06/1961 |
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| Margaret | Stevenson | 05/02/83 | John James Stevenson & Jane Mitchell | NAA : B2455 | AANS | 1st Australian General, Egypt | trained Glasgow |
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Sister | London, Rouen & No 26 | married name Wilson |
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Ambulance Train | died 1976, Victoria |
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| Elizabeth Long | Stevenson | 07/12/73 | John James Stevenson & Jane Mitchell | WO399/14713 | Matron | 4th General, Plymouth | ARRC |
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TNFS | Seale Hayne Military Hospital | trained at RVH, Belfast |
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died 1969, Kensington |