Wilson, Freda Patience, 1911-1996 (Cert. Social Study, Edinburgh University)

Person

Dates

Existence: 1911 - 1996

Biography

Cert. Social Study 1946. Freda Patience Wilson (1911-1996), originally from Scone, was 2 years into her nursing training when she was caught up in an air-raid on Plymouth in 1941. She lost an eye, both her legs were broken and she sustained injuries to both arms.

Unable to continue nursing she enrolled on the Social Study course gaining a Certificate in 1946. Still undergoing treatment for her injuries, she took a number of assistant almoner posts, writing that she “certainly saw a lot to justify the nationalisation of hospitals”.

Freda went on to work with the Amis des Volontairs Francais in Falaise, France where she supervised subsequent Social Study students. She died in Wales in 1996.

Sources: Student Admission file, EUA; Edinburgh University Archives; Ancestry.co.uk.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

W45 Wilson, Freda Patience, 1942-1944

File — Box SW53

Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/972

Scope and Contents

Cert. Social Study 1946. File contains: Enrolment form, correspondence, placement reports. Contains third party information relating to a minor.

Dates: 1942-1944

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Student Records / Admission Files: Certificate and Diploma in Social Study