Sister · Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nurses Service Reserve
Mary Dorothy Vernon Allen
† 05/11/1980 · aged 96
Personal data
Name
Allen
Initials
M.D.V.
Christian name
Mary Dorothy Vernon
Date and place of birth
London; 02.11.1884
Extra information
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Trained as a nurse at Sussex County Hospital (1908-1911). Nursing sister at base hospital run by the Austrian Mission in Sofia, Bulgaria (Nov. 1912- Feb.1913) & at a Russian Hospital in Cetinje, Montenegro (March-April 1913).
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Sent to Brussels in August 1914 with the first Belgian Unit of the British Red Cross
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Also served as a nurse in World War II
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Died in a nursing home in Grayshott
Military data
Rank
Sister
Regiment / Unit
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nurses Service Reserve
Date of death
Age
96
Other information
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Visited Talbot House at Easter 1916 with her friend Ethel Webb-Johnson. Left on photograph, Webb-Johnson right)
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Awarded Royal Red Cross 2nd Class (1919), invested by the King at Buckingham Palace on 12.05.1920
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She helped Alison Macfie establish the League of Women Helpers and was heavily involved with All Hallow-by-the-Tower.
