4770: Sister Sarah Alice Claridge

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posted on 2024-01-17, 15:04 authored by Lest We Forget Project Team

Sister Sarah Alice Claridge trained at Stafford Nursing Institute and was awarded a Red Cross Badge in 1897. She served in the Boer War from 1900 to 1902. After war was declared in August 1914 she was appointed by the St John Ambulance Brigade to select a group of nurses suitable for service at the front. Having selected the appropriate number she then went overseas in 1915 as Sister in charge of the group, serving on the Western Front. Very little is known of her actual service but she was awarded the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal as a member of the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. She served in WW2 as an ARP warden and was awarded the WW2 Defence Medal.

History

Name of contributor(s)

Helen Rendall

Subject of the story/individual the object(s) relate to

A family friend

Date(s) the event(s) in the story took place

1897; 1900-1902; 1914-1918; 1939-45

Location(s) where the event(s) in the story took place

England, Western Front

Object(s)

Boer War, WW1 & WW2 Medal Bar to Sister Sarah Alice Claridge Sister Sarah Alice Claridge 1897 Red Cross Badge Stoke Nursing Institute St John Ambulance Long Service Badge National Union of Trained Nurses South African War Veteran Badge Unknown badge Claridge family photo Drawing of Sarah Alice Claridge ARP Badge WVS Arm Band Collecting Nursing History 55 Description of medals HOME FROM THE FRONT Kings College Records November 1914 from Journal text only Oct 24 1914 British Journal of nursing text only October 3 1914 British Journal of Nursing text only Professional Union for Trained Nurses Sarah Claridge