CREW LIST: NURSES

V.A.D.: Voluntary Aid Detachement. Staffed by non-professional nurses with basic training in first-aid and nursing. After October, 1914, all Detachments were supervised by the Joint War Committee (J.W.C.) of the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St.John of Jerusalem.

S. M. P.: Special Military Probationers (a.k.a. War Probationers). Non-professional nurses with basic training in first-aid and nursing but directly employed by the War Office after the spring of 1915.
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Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.: Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Staffed by professional nurses who had joined the war effort from retirement or non-military appointments.

RRC: Royal Red Cross recipient. A Bar to the medal indicates that it has been awarded a second time.
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NURSING STAFF
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1. Atkinson, Edith (Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.)
2. Bailey, Annetta Beatrice (Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.)
3. Campbell, Isabella McLean (Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.)
4. Davis, Charlotte Lillian (Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.)
5. Dowse, Elizabeth Annie (Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.) MATRON RRC & Bar
6. Greenwood ,Winifred (Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.)
7. Guthrie, Agnes (Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.)
8. Harris Mary A. (Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.)
9. Hutchison, Effie Laura (Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.)
10. Jack, E. K. 
11. Jeffrey, Isabella Mary (Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.)
12. Jones, Gwendonline Grace (Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.)
13. Milborne, Ethel Louise (Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.)
14. Munro, Rebecca McMurray (Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.)
15. Nathan-Jerrold, Blanche Mabel (Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.)
16. Orford, Fanny Furze (Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.)
17. Pattenden, Frances Kate (Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.)
18. Penney, Edith Mary (Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.)
19. Peters, Violet Maude (Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.)
20. Rhodes, Eva Maud (Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.)
21. Robinette, Caroline Amelia (Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.) RRC 
22. Ross, Marion (Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.)
23. Smith, Edith Margaret (Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.)
24. Smith, Laura Dagmar (Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.)
25. Snow, Eva Mary (Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.)
26. Swanton, Gift Kate (Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.)
27. Teare, Dorothea May (Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.)
28. Thomson, Maria Birnie (Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.) RRC 
29. Waddell, Annie Barbara (Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.)

​AUXILIARY NURSING STAFF

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1. Blencowe, Emily G. (V.A.D. but listed as S.M.P. on the Service Medal Roll)
2. Bowyer,  Mary Elizabeth (V.A.D.)
3. Callan, Eleanor (V.A.D.)
4. Callan, Kathleen (V.A.D.)
5. Clarkson, Hilda (S.M.P.) RRC
6. Coleridge - Smith, Evelyn Mary (V.A.D)
7. Collcutt, Daisy (V.A.D.)
8. Creed, Florence  (V.A.D.)
9. Douglas, Muriel Stopford (V.A.D.)
10. Doyle, Florence (V.A.D.)
11. Faulconer, Marjorie Evelyn (V.A.D.)
12. Fincham, Muriel C. F. (V.A.D.)
13. Garland, Ada May (V.A.D.)
14. Garratt, Helena Bertha (V.A.D)
15. Guilford, Mabel Winifred (V.A.D.)
16. Hall, Lilian Nina (V.A.D.)
17. Handley, Annie Loisa (V.A.D.)
18. Hassall, Eve Suie (V.A.D.)
19. Irving, Florence  (V.A.D.)
20. Knowles, Marion (V.A.D.)
21. Lefroy, Ethel Muriel (V.A.D.)
22. Lewes, Lilian Meredith (V.A.D.)
23. Ling, Kathleen Oliver (V.A.D.)
24. Longstaff, Jane (V.A.D.)
25. Macbeth, Sheila (S.M.P.)
26. Mattison, Barbara Grace (S.M.P.) RRC
27. McCrea, Henrietta Mary (V.A.D.)
28. Milton, Minnie Jane (V.A.D.)
29. Pridden, Gwendolyn (V.A.D.)
30. Ramsbottom, Marion Anne (V.A.D.)
31. Rawdon, Dorothea (V.A.D.)
32. Reeve, J.
33. Rogers, Annie (V.A.D.)
34. Sparke, Sara Gwendoline (V.A.D.)
35. Tarbolton, Emily Isabel (V.A.D.)
36. Turnbull, Mary Elizabeth (V.A.D.)
37. Ward, Constance K. (S.M.P.)
38. Widdicombe, Lilian Anne (V.A.D.)
39. Wilkinson, Norah Mary Helena (V.A.D.)
40. Willmott, Florence (V.A.D.)

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SOURCES:

[1] REPORT INTO THE LOSS OF HMHS BRITANNIC by Lieutenant Colonel Henry Stewart Anderson, Senior Medical Officer (Imperial War Museum; document No. 90/37/1). Also available in the book "Hostage To Fortune: The dramatic story of the last Olympian HMHS Britannic" by Simon Mills.
[2] Great War Forum
[3] Imperial War Museum (see Sources for the file numbers).
[4] Information provided by Ian Edwards.
[5] Material published in The Titanic Commutator, journal of the Titanic Historical Society (see Sources for more details)
[6] British Legion Press release about the reunion of the Britannic survivors that took place on Monday November 21, 1955, marking the 39th annivesary of the sinking. The original copy of this press release was discovered by Michail Michailakis at The Living Archive (Milton Kaynes) among the documents of the personal collection of RAMC Private Samuel Edwin Williams. The information was also included in the book Mystery Of The Last Olympian by Richie Kohler & Charlie Hudson (Best Publishing Company;2016).
[7] Online archive of the British Red Cross [www.redcross.org.uk] - V.A.D. cards.
[8] War Office personal files for the members of the Nursing Staff (The National Archives)
[9] Captioned photo of Britannic survivors at Fort Manoel, Malta, from Sheila Macbeth's scrapbook.
[10] Research by Sue Light. www.westernfrontassociation.com
[11] www.fairestforce.co.uk
[14] www.qaranc.co.uk
[15] The Scottish Military Research Group
[16] British War Medal and Victory Medal Rolls (1914-1920). Available on Ancestry.
[17] British local newspapers.

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