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Miss Newman Mrs. Dawson Miss Bristow
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Mrs. Dawson, Lady Superintendent of Irchester and Ambulance Sisters Miss G. Newman and Miss G. Bristow, of Wellingborough, were on Saturday invested with the insignia of Honorary Serving Sisters of the St. John Ambulance Brigade.
The ceremony took place at St. John’s Gate, London, Earl Scarborough officiating. Dr. W. E. Audland formerly of Wellingborough, was one of the members of the Grand Priory present. Lady-Corps-Supt. A. Smith and Lady-Supt. Irene Page of Wellingborough were also present.
Lady Divisional-Superintdent Mrs. Dawson, of Irchester, joined the Nursing Division at Rushden in 1905. During the war Mrs. Dawson gave of her services each week to work at the V.A.D. Hospital at Wellingborough, where she did valuable work all through the war.
In 1923 Mrs. Dawson worked very hard in getting recruits to form a Nursing Division in Irchester, and in 1925 the Division was formed, and Mrs. Dawson was made Lady Superintendent. Mrs. Dawson was on duty at King George’s Coronation. She has her long service medal for 15 years’ service.
Miss Lizzie Bristow joined the Wellingborough Headquarters Nursing Division on the 23rd of March 1910, and has done very valuable work in the town as an Ambulance Nursing Sister. In January, 1915, when the V.A.D. Hospital was opened, Miss Bristow gave her services up to the end of the war. Apart from her war work, since 1919 she has attended 98 patients, with a total of 1,022 visits. On July 14th 1928, Nurse Bristow received her long service medal for 15 years service.
Ambulance Sister Miss Gertrude Bristow joined the Wellingborough Headquarters Nursing Division in 1908, and did a considerable amount of district work. From 1908 to 1914 she attended 17 patients with a total of 844 visits. In 1918, when the V.A.D. Hospital was opened, Miss Newman worked about 30 hours each week, and in 1917 she gave her full time in the V.A.D. Hospital making her four years’ war work. During that time she sat for another examination and gained a stripe. Miss Newman has kept up her work since the war, attending a great number of patients. In 1924 Miss Newman received her long service medal.
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