W. A. Rushmere
District Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District, 1909-1951. Serving Brother in the Order of St John.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
District Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District, 1909-1951. Serving Brother in the Order of St John.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
Rectal surgeon. Born in Bath. Founded St Marks Hospital. Died at home near Droitwich.
Doctor and politician. Born at 23 South Street, Greenwich. Following his Quaker principles, he gave up a potentially brilliant medical career in order to tend the sick and needy in Bermondsey. He a...
Corps Surgeon in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1887-1890.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
Jamaican nurse, heroine of the Crimean War. That's the standard depiction of her but some people, as reported in a Guardian article, feel that Seacole has been promoted to the detriment of Florence...
Born Dublin shortly before her parents moved to London. 1929 the family moved to Kent. With difficulty (due to her gender) she managed to gain a place to study medicine at the University of Edinbur...