Olroyd, Elizabeth

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Scope and Content

Pass certificate as Practical Nurse 1910; Pass certificate from Central Midwives Board 1910; letter from Central Midwives Board 1910; certificate of admission to General Nursing Council for England and Wales 1923; blank application form for state registered badge of the General Nursing Council for England and Wales; notes on cancer of the womb by Central Midwives Board 1908; notes on opthalmia neonatorum by Central Midwives Board 1909; Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve medal, stripes and badge; photographs 1917-1938

Administrative / Biographical History

Trained as a midwife from c1908-1910. She was admitted to the General Nursing Council in 1923. During World War I she served in Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, and after the War she joined the Ministry of Pensions Hospital Scheme, working at their hospital at Chepstow.

Arrangement

Chronological within record class

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Acquisition Information

M. Spencely, Ware, October 1982

Note

Compiled by Mike Barfoot and Jenny McDermott using existing handlists

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Custodial History

Papers held within family

Accruals

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