Corsham Nurses and Volunteers
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Corsham Red Cross Hospital 1914 to 1919 Full Red Cross Volunteer List Hospital Commandants Lady Christian Methuen and Lady Alice Goldney. Surname Forenames. Start Date Lived Address Duties VAD Work Party Special Notes. Abbott Annie Jan-16 Hartham Park. Knitting 1625 3/4 hours weekly. Part of 1625 Chippenham (Hartham) Work Party. Adams Albert 7/22/18 Box Cemetery Lodge Orderly Wilts 3 part time. 100 volunteer hours. Wilts 3 VAD. Allen James Henry 7/22/18 Box Mill Lane Orderly part time. 600 volunteer hours. Wilts VAD. Arbuckle Sybil Vaughan May-16 Jersey Full time Cook Jersey 2 full time. May 16 - July 16. Jersey 2 VAD. Aust James 4/29/17 Corsham Priory St Orderly part time. 1300 volunteer hours. Wilts 3 VAD. Awdry Vere 5/1/17 Box Townsend Orderly Rev V Awdry. 1100 volunteer hours also worked in Box, Chippenham and Bowood. Ayling Florence Oct-17 Westrop The Old House Needlework 1725 1/2 hour weekly. Part of Middlewick Work Party Badminton Leonora Alberta Nov-16 Biddestone Washer Washed patients socks Baily Anne Louise Feb-16 Corsham The Bungalow Needlework 1786 Part of Miss Goldney's Corsham Work Party 1786 Baines Martha Dare Feb-16 Corsham High St Needlework 1786 Part of Miss Goldney's Corsham Work Party 1786 Baldwin Elizabeth 1/1/18 Monks Park Mending Mending patients clothes Ball William 1/15/16 Corsham Lypiatt Road Orderly Wilts 3 Paid. Wilts 3 VAD. Ball Florence Nov-16 Biddestone Washer Washed patients socks weekly. Banks Herbert 2/27/16 Corsham Station Rd Ambulance Wilts 3 VAD Wilts 3 (Ambulance). 2080 hours between 12/16 and 9/17. Named in Corsham War Book. Barnes James 12/18/16 Corsham Station Rd Ambulance Ambulance and Hospital Orderly. 5200 volunteer hours. Wilts 3 VAD (Ambulance). Named in Corsham War Book. Barrow Lily Jan-16 Hartham Hartham Cottages Knitting 1625 1 hour weekly. Hartham Work Party 1625 Barton Mary Feb-16 Corsham Easton House Needlework 1786 Work Party 1786. Goldney Work Party. Batchelor John 10/26/14 Corsham Priory St Orderly Section Leader. Hospital and Ambulance Orderly. 4680 volunteer hours. VAD Wilts 3 named in Corsham War Book Bateman Annie 12/28/16 County Cork Nurse served in Corsham at different times between 12/16 and 5/19. Batley James Thomas 10/26/14 Corsham High St Orderly Wilts 3 Hospital and Ambulance Orderly. 3900 volunteer hours. Wilts 3 VAD. Named in Corsham War Book. Bayliffe Elsie 10/26/14 Corsham Hillside Cottage Nurse Wilts 30 VAD Wilts 30 Corsham. 750 volunteer hours. Named on Corsham Hospital plaque. Bayliffe Queenie 10/26/14 Corsham Hillside Cottage Nurse 800 volunteer hours Bean Elizabeth Nov-16 Biddestone Washer Wash patients socks weekly Bence Katie Corsham Pound Mead Kitchen Maid Full time for 4 months in 1915. Bennett Hector Box Orderly Wilts 3 100 volunteer hours. Wilts VAD 3 Berrett Pamela 10/26/14 Corsham Cross Keys Scrubbing Char Work. Full time. From 26/10/14 through to the end of the war. Bethell Charles 10/26/14 Corsham Priory St Orderly Wilts 3 Hospital Orderly. Full time. Wilts 3 VAD. Named in Corsham War Book. Bethell James 1/1/16 Corsham Priory St Orderly Hospital Orderly. 1300 volunteer hours. Bethell Mary Louisa 10/26/14 Corsham High St Washer Woman Full time and paid. Washed patients linen. Oct 14 - Sept 16. Bevan Ada 11/1/14 Melksham Cottage Hospital Sister Wilts 48 Sister in Charge of 40 beds. Awarded R.R.C. 2nd. Class. VAD Wilts 48 Bird Kate Hartham Hartham Cottages Needlework 1625 Work Party 1625. Needlework and Knitting. Bird Annie Slaughterford Nurse Wilts 40 VAD Wilts 40 Biddestone. 1407 volunteer hours. Bird Mr Box Old Jockey Orderly Wilts 3 Wilts 3 VAD. 350 volunteer hours. Bishop Owen 10/26/14 Corsham Bradford Rd Ambulance Driver Wilts 3 5200 volunteer hours. VAD Wilts 3. Named in Corsham War Book. Bishop Sarah Jan-16 Corsham Hartham Cottages Needlework 1625 Needlework and Knitting. Part of 1625 Work Party. Bishop Florence 10/26/14 Corsham High St Nurse Wilts 30 Worked at Corsham for the whole of the war. VAD Wilts 30. Named on the Corsham Hospital plaque. Blackmore Rhoda Jan-16 Corsham High St Washer Washed patients socks and ties. Volunteer for most of her service but paid from March 1919. Blake Lucy Jane Jan-15 Bath Newbridge Rd, Weston Nurse Ward work and Nurse. Worked in Corsham and Chippenham. 4680 volunteer hours. Blake May 10/26/14 Corsham Potley Farm Nurse Wilts 30 2900 volunteer hours. Wilts VAD 30. Named on Corsham Hospital plaque. Blandford Arthur Keith 10/19/16 Box Quarry Hill Orderly Part time. 1750 volunteer hours. Box, Corsham and Chippenham. Bolwell Alice Ellen Oct-14 Slaughterford Nurse Voluntary. 418 volunteer hours Bolwell Elsie Wells Dec-16 Slaughterford Nurse Wilts 40 Assistance in the kitchen. 100 volunteer hours. Attached to VAD Wilts 40. Biddestone. Brakespere Lilian Jan-17 Corsham Beau Close Needlework Wilts 30 1786 Part of work party 1786. Also attached to VAD Wilts 30. Named on Corsham Hospital plaque as a nurse. Breach Maryann Oct-17 Corsham Hastings Rd Needlework 1786 Part of work party 1786. Brinkworth Dorothy 10/26/14 Bath Bloomfield Rd, Odd DownQuartermaster Served at Corsham 26/10/1914 - 4/4/1916. VAD Wilts 30. Named on Corsham Hospital plaque. Brown Eva May Jul-16 Box The Grove Nurse Wilts 56 Attached to VAD Wilts 56 Box. Also served in Bath. Brown Sarah Nov-16 Biddestone Washer Washed patients socks weekly. Browning Amy Helen Nov-17 Box Market Place Kitchen Wilts 56 General work in the kitchen. 821 volunteer hours. Attached to VAD Wilts 56 Box Browning Ethel Oct-16 Box The Mill House Nurse part time volunteer at Corsham as her time allowed. Governess of a Dame School in Box. Attached to VAD Wilts 56, Box. Brunt Victor Jun-18 Box Middle Hill Orderly Part time. 400 volunteer hours. Burgess Henry Dec-16 Corsham Station Rd Orderly Wilts 3 Hospital and Ambulance Orderly. 4680 volunteer hours. Wilts 3 VAD. Named in Corsham War Book. Bussey Ruth Jul-16 Nurse Paid nurse. Full time between July 1916 and May 1917. Also served in Barnstaple Devon. Butler Rosie 5/27/18 Corsham Flemish Buildings Kitchen Maid Full time and paid Butler Evelyn Jan-17 Corsham Packer Paid 18/- weekly to pack parcels for prisoners of war attached to Mrs Neeld's Packers Malmesbury. Butler Susan Dec-14 Corsham Flemish Buildings Washer Attached for the duration of the war. Washed light articles. Butt Alice 10/26/14 Corsham Cheviot House Cook Gave an average of one day a week to help cook in the kitchen for the duration of the war. !1 Butt Alice Mary Feb-16 Corsham High St Needlework 1786 Part of work party 1786. Nurse who also helped with the entertainment. 7431 volunteer hours attached to VAD Wilts 30 and named on the Corsham Hospital Butt Christine 10/26/14 Corsham Cheviot House Nurse Wilts 30 plaque. Calders Matilda B M Trained Nurse Trained and paid nurse. May have started in Corsham. Also worked in Chudleigh, Burham on Crouch, Rochester, Barry, Abingdon. Campbell Margaret Oct-17 London Sister Full time and paid. Oct 17 - April 18. Part of VAD Wilts 40 Biddestone. Also provided assistance in the kitchen and was part of Needlework Work Party 1625. Total 478 hours Careless Elizabeth Edmonds Oct-14 Biddestone Elm Lodge Nurse Wilts 40 1625 voluntary work. Hospital & Ambulance Orderly. Part of VAD Wilts 3. Named in War Records Book and Hospital Plaque. Part time but 5200 voluntary Carey William John Dec-16 Corsham The Cleeve Orderly Wilts 3 hours. Catley Robert Townsend Jun-18 Box Manor Farm Orderly Part time. 100 volunteer hours. Despatch rider for Hospital and Ambulance Orderlies. Part of VAD Wilts 3 and named in War Record Book and Hospital Plaque. Chapman Frank William Aug-14 Corsham Paul Street Despatch Rider Wilts 3 Described as a 'valuable service worker'. Chapman Fred Jeffrey Dec-16 Corsham The Cleeve Orderly Hospital Orderly and Ambulance Assistant. 1040 volunteer hours Part of VAD Wilts 30 named on the Hospital plaque and in the war records book. Nursing until Aug 1916 then a full time Cook in a paid Clarke Frances Oct-14 Corsham Station Rd Nurse & Cook Wilts 30 role. Clutterbuck Hope Joan Feb-15 Corsham The Dicketts Nurse Wilts 40 Part of VAD Wilts 40 Biddestone. 1338 hours voluntary work. Clutterbuck Phylis Oct-14 Corsham The Dicketts Nurse Wilts 40 Trained at RUH Bath. Part of VAD Wilts 40 Biddestone. 180 voluntary hours. Coates Mary Jan-16 Biddestone Needlework & Knitting 1625 1 and a half hours weekly Coates Ellen Oct-14 Corsham High St Nurse Wilts 30 Part of VAD Wilts 30 named on Hospital Plaque. 3332 voluntary hours. Part time. Sunday duties - 6 hours shift, 2-3 5 hour shifts weekly. Service terminated due to breakdown in health and having to leave Coates Minnie Nov-15 Corsham High St Nurse Town as a consequence. Cobbald E.J. (Miss) Apr-18 London Sister Paid Sister. April 18 - Aug 18. Part of VAD Wilts 30 named on the Hospital plaque and in the war records book. Also part of Work Party 1786. Gained a Central Cole Emmie Feb-16 Corsham Church Street Nurse & Needlework Wilts 30 1786 Workroom Certificate. Coleman Anne Feb-17 Corsham St Catherines Court Scrubbing Full time. Paid Cleaning work. Coles Frederick Oct-16 Box Box Hill Orderly 1500 Volunteer hours. Worked in Box, Corsham, Chippenham & Bowood. Coles Maude Bridgett Sep-16 Corsham Guyers House Pantry Maid Glos 48 Pantry Maid and Cook. Full time.