Help would be appreciated. Searching for details the war medals, for Staff Nurse Edith Hewitt Queen Alexander Nurse. Awarded 1917? She lived in Wrexham
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Record Transcription: Britain, Campaign, Gallantry & Long Service Medals & Awards
First name(s) Edith Last name Hewitt Year 1914-20 Service number - Rank Staff Nurse Regiment Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve Service record Rank: Staff Nurse, Corps: Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve Image link http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D6083938 Country Great Britain Medal type British Army Medal Index Cards, 1914-1920 Archive reference WO372/23 Archive reference description Women's Services, Distinguished Conduct Medals and Military Medals Record set Britain, Campaign, Gallantry & Long Service Medals & Awards Category Military, armed forces & conflict Subcategory Medal Rolls and Honours Collections from Great Britain, UK None The National Archives
Transcriptions copyright The National Archives
Looking through the watermark on the Archives record think she was awarded the ARRC
You can download for £3.50
Nice picture of Royal Red Cross Medal here (there are different grades) along with an explanation of what it is awarded for.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Red_Cross
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Thank you so much for that. I will have a look at all the information Regards Eileen
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See a London Gazette entry here (found by googling Edith Hewitt ARRC)
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35360/supplement/6831/data.pdf
Women's Forces - Emergency Commissions - to Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Special Reserve - the undermentioned to be Sisters 30th May 1941
So if same person then within age bracket to be called up WW2 (I found the same thing for a couple of Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Sisters from WW1 recalled to WW2)
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I have found Staff Nurse Edith Hewitt She was on Royal Red Cross register. I found it in a Newspaper report. It stated that her medal was sent to 79 Norman Road Hightown, Wrexham 16/9/1920. Thanks for your help
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In case you need any further info:
??? At Wrexham Union Workhouse
Edith Hewitt in the 1911 Wales Census Name: Edith Hewitt Age in 1911: 22 Estimated birth year: abt 1889 Relation to Head: Servant Gender: Female Birth Place: Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales Civil Parish: Bersham County/Island: Denbighshire Country: Wales Marital status: Single Occupation: Probationer Nurse <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Registration district: Wrexham Registration District Number: 621 Sub-registration district: Wrexham ED, institution, or vessel: 44 Piece: 34071 Household Members: Name
Edith Hewitt in the 1901 Wales Census Name: Edith Hewitt Age in 1901: 13 Estimated birth year: abt 1888 Relation: Daughter Father: George Hewitt Mother: Sarah Hewitt Gender: Female Where born: Wexham, Denbighshire, Wales Civil Parish: Wrexham Town: Wrexham Ecclesiastical parish: St Giles and St Mark County/Island: Denbighshire Country: Wales Street address: View image Condition as to marriage: View image Education: View image Employment status: View image Occupation: View image Registration district: Wrexham Sub-registration district: Wrexham ED, institution, or vessel: 35 Neighbors: Household schedule number: 148 Piece: 5224 Folio: 136 Page Number: 25 Household Members: Name Age George Hewitt 46 Sarah Hewitt 43 George Hewitt 18 Edith Hewitt 13 Herbert Hewitt 9 Arthur Hewitt 6 Ethel Hewitt 4 Grosvenor Hewitt 1
HEWITT, EDITH mms JONES GRO Reference: 1887 J Quarter in WREXHAM Volume 11B Page 290
George Hewitt in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915 Name: George Hewitt Registration Year: 1879 Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar Registration district: Wrexham Inferred County: Denbighshire Volume: 11b Page: 341 Records on Page: Name George Hewitt Sarah Jones
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Edith also below...
https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4244907/4244909/2/
Chris :)
https://newspapers.library.wales/search/advanced
(Welsh Newspapers Online)
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Edith Hewitt in the UK & Ireland, Nursing Registers, 1898-1968
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Add Alternative Information Report issue Name: Edith Hewitt Residence Year: 1925 Residence Place: Harlesden, London, N.W.10 Registration Date: 15 Feb 1924 Publisher: General Nursing Council for England & Wales ----Ancestry hold the G.N.Cregisters.
Feb--1909 to 1912 training at Wrexham Union Workhouse,
from Feb 15th 1923 to 1946 her residence of nursing --Nicol Road Halesden NW10. General Nursing Council for England & Wales
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