Army Martron-in-Chief. Born Emma Maud McCarthy in Australia. In England by 1891, training as a nurse at the London Hospital, Whitechapel. Served in the South African War, 1899-1902, with the Army Nursing Service Reserve. Promoted to Matron in 1903. Served in France in WW1, as matron-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders. Retired in 1925. Died at her home at Chelsea,
Her year of birth on the plaque is given as 1858 but the gives 1859.
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Dame Maud McCarthy
On our visit the sun was so strong and at such an angle that it rendered the ...
Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.
Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Qualified as surveyor and then as a lawyer. Â Public spirited and worked with the Claremont Central Mission (we think this was a nationwide religious charitable organisation working with young peopl...
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