Macdonald, Elizabeth Mackay
Scope and Contents
Certificate of training 1910; certificate of registration Edinburgh City Hospital 1911; regulations for admission to Nursing Service Reserve 1908; letters of pay authorisation 1915; uniform and camp kit lists for Reserve; RIE School of Nursing certificate 1914; World War I passport 1914; military hospital identity card 1915
Dates
- Creation: 1908-1915
Language of Materials
English.
Conditions Governing Access
None
Biographical / Historical
Born in Caithness in 1885 MacDonald trained as a nurse at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh School of Nursing until 1914. She went on to serve during World War I in Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (Reserve), which had been set up in 1902 to replace the Army Nursing Service. In October 1917 she was awarded the Royal Red Cross in recognition of her service at the Battle of the Somme in 1916. She died in Edinburgh in 1966.
Extent
8 items: papers
Arrangement
Chronological within record class
Other Finding Aids
Manual item-level descriptive list available
Custodial History
Donated by family to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Archive, 1970
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Found in 79 Lauriston Place, 1987
Accruals
No further accessions are expected
- Title
- Macdonald, Elizabeth Mackay
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Repository Details
Part of the Lothian Health Services Archive Repository
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