Red Cross

Birkett, Miss Margaret James

• January 10, 2020
• Military Ancestors
• Soldiers

A nurse with the Red Cross, Miss Birkett had taken up nursing 3 years earlier. Her knowledge of French was invaluable when nursing the Belgian soldiers. She lived at Summerhill Villas, Chislehurst. The newspaper reported that she had been ill on the…

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Batten, Beatrix

• November 28, 2019
• Military Ancestors
• Soldiers

Miss Beatrix Batten was Commandant of Abbey Lodge V.A.D. Hospital, Chislehurst She was born in April 1886 and lived with her parents and sister at Foxdeane in Lower Camden, Chislehurst. Her father was a solicitor. Known as Trixie she graduated…

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