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Duchess of Westminster & nursing staff, WW1Constance Edwina (n饠 Cornwallis West), Duchess of Westminster (later Mrs James Fitzpatrick Lewes) (died 1970), First wife of 2nd Duke of Westminster
Lady Perrott, formerly Ethel Lucy Hare, first Lady Superintendent-in-Chief of the St John Ambulance Brigade. This meant that she took charge of all St John nursing divisions
Glory Hancock, WW1Madelon Battle Hancock (1881 - 1930), known as Glory Hancock was the most decorated woman of the First World War, with twelve medals awarded in total for her work
Lady Stradbroke posed with bombs dropped on Henham Hall, WW1Lady Stradbroke, formerly Helena Fraser and wife of George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke, pictured in nurses uniform at the family home of Henham Hall in Suffolk contemplating the bombs dropped by
Mrs Wynne decorated with French Croix de GuerreDecorated with the French Croix de Guerre and the Belgian Order of Leopold for work at the front, and pictured on the cover of The Sketch magazine when she was going to Russia with the Anglo-Russian
General Haigs daughters in Red Cross dress, WW1The daughters of General and Lady Haig - Alexandra and Victoria dressed in miniature Red Cross outfits during the First World War and posed with a kid goat. Date: 1915
Eve in Tatler as a nurse, WW1Eve, the fictional Hon. Evelyn Fitzhenry, The Tatler magazines gossip columnist, pictured stylishly dressed as a nurse, the favourite occupation for the majority of high-born ladies during the First
Lady Swettenham, an ambulance worker in France, WW1Lady Swettenham, formerly Mary Emily Copeland, wife of the famous colonial administrator, Sir Alexander Sweettenhan, K.C.M.G
Nurses at the Coulter Hospital, WW1A group of ladies who were nursing at the Coulter War Hospital in Grosvenor Square during the First World War. From left to right
Nurses at Egginton Hall Hospital, WW1The nursing staff at Egginton Hall Hospital in the heart of Derbyshire, an up-to-date Red Cross hospital in Derbyshire, established by Mrs Arthur Dugdale at the outbreak of the First World War
Pears Soap advertisement featuring WW1 nurseAn advertisement for Pears soap during the First World War, part of a series called Womanhood in War Time and featuring a Red Cross nurse The copy claims that Pears is preferred by the brave women
Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland as a nurse, Tatler cover, WMillicent Fanny Sutherland-Leveson Gower- [n饠 Millicent Fanny St Clair-Erskine], duchess of Sutherland (18671955), society hostess and social reformer
Trench Cooking for WomenCookery lessons in a trench dug-out - a special feature at Kings College for Women, London, as training for nurses leaving for the front. Date: 1915
Lady Furness as a war workerLady Furness, formerly Ada Daisy Hogg, first wife of Marmaduke Furness, 1st Viscount Furness, pictured in nursing uniform in 1917
Pencil sketches of nurse and childrenPencil sketches of a nurse in a wide headdress, and children, one with a toy dog. Date: 1920s
Nurses on board boat for Belgium, WW1A group of nurses on board a boat destined for the British Field Hospital in Belgium during the First World War. Those wearing riding kit are ambulance wagon drivers. Date: 1914
FANY drivers in fur coats, Western Front, WW1Five women drivers of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY) wearing fur coats on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916
Child in a Russian Kindergarden HospitalA nurse using a stethoscope in a Middle Asian Republic (eastern Russia) Kindergarden to check up on the health of a small child. Date: 1930 s
Children and Nurses in a Russian KindergardenA Kindergarden in the Mid Asian Russian republic in the 1930s run by nineteen nurses. Date: 1930 s
Military - Red Army NursesA group of the Red Army Nurses in Russia in the early 20th century. Date: circa 1920
Russian Troops Getting Medical Aid, WW1During World War One between 3, 749, 000 and 4, 950, 000 Russian troops sustained injuries whilst fighting. This was more than any other participating nation
Advertisement for Sanitas disinfectant, WW1Wartime advertisement for Sanitas disinfectant, by appointment to King George V -- don t use German disinfectants. Sanitas Fluid for washing wounds, purifying the air of sick rooms, etc
Three duchesses doing war work, WW1Three duchesses doing war work at the start of the First World War. Above: the Duchess of Westminster working at her sewing machine in the open air at Gifford House, Roehampton, wearing a large hat
First Aid Nursing Corps in the trenches, 1915A scene in France showing members of the First-Aid Nurses Corps bringing relief to a sufferer in the trenches. Date: 1915
Nannies with children in pushchairsTwo nannies with four children in pushchairs
Advert for hot water bottles for wounded soldiersPresents, practical and seasonable, for your invaild friend or wounded soldier. Hot water bottles, with H. & G. C. C. mark - recognised as the mark of reliability in foremost hospitals in the world
Nurse with toddler and teddy bearA nurse holding a toddler who is in turn holding a teddy bear. Date: c.1925
The San Francisco earthquake of April 18, 1906Cartoon showing a globe-headed American character nursing his bandaged head; a humorous look at the effects of the San Francisco earthquake on the American economy
The Cowdray Club, LondonThe Cowdray Club at 20 Cavendish Square, London. Date: circa 1920s
Nurses from Great Ormond Street Hospital examine bombNurses from The Great Ormond Street Childrens Hospital examine fragments from the bomb which struck the building but (thankfully) caused no loss of life - September, 1940
WWI - Red Cross Nurse, bearing flags of the Allied PowersWWI era - Beautiful postcard depicting a Red Cross Nurse, bearing flags of the Allied (Entente) Powers. She stands before the English Flag - The Cross of St. George. Date: 1917
Billiards Illustrated - Tucked Up - a handsome male patient is grateful for the care and attention provided by a pretty young nurse, tending to his needs. Date: circa 1903
Malta - One of the Convalescent Camps - WWI. Malta was not on the front line of World War I (unlike World War II) but did participate in many ways nevertheless
Malta - St Patricks Convalescent Camp - WWIMalta - St Patricks Convalescent Camp. The caption (written by a soldier recoving at the camp) detais various tents as the Y.M.C.A, the Cookhouse and the Surgical Ward
Malta - Ghain Tuffieha Camp Hospital - WWIMalta - Ghain Tuffieha Camp Hospital (St Peters Camp). Malta was not on the front line of World War I (unlike World War II) but did participate in many ways nevertheless
A British NurseA British nurse from the early twentieth-century. c. 1910
Queen Elizabeth at Harrods meeting NFS firefighters, WW2Harrods (Knightsbridge) hosted an exhibition on behalf of Nursing Schools Association (Learn to Live) which was attended by Queen Elizabeth
Nurse and patient in a Red Cross convalescent homeA nurse and a patient in a Red Cross convalescent home in Little Missenden, Bucks
LFB staff at Red Cross convalescent homeLFB staff in a Red Cross convalescent home in Little Missenden, Bucks
Red Cross convalescent home, Little Missenden, BucksTwo members of staff outside a Red Cross convalescent home in Little Missenden, Bucks
Domestic cat nursing kittens. Date 1720
The lady with the lamp (Miss Nightingale at Scutari, 1854). Florence Nightingale holding lamp in front of man. Date 1891
Bensons capcine porous plaster. The best. Date c1887 July 28
The angel of the hospital
Two nurses with patient in hospital wardTwo nurses make sure a patient is comfortable in his bed in a hospital ward, possibly somewhere in East London. The patient is a convalescing policeman. Date: late 1960s
Two nurses with convalescing policemenTwo nurses enjoy a joke with a room full of convalescing policemen, possibly somewhere in East London. The men are laughing and smiling, while the nurses hand out cups of tea from a trolley
Princess Mary as a nursePrincess Mary, only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary, later the Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, as a nurse during her training at the Childrens Hospital, Great Ormond Street, London
War Memorial Fund - DogA small dog dressed up as a nurse atop a Union Jack and next to a collecting tin for the Woolwich & District War Memorial Hospital Fund. Toby is never shunn d when asking! Date: early 20th century