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The Great War: Medical Services


Women would form large parts of the medical relief service, at home, and eventually on the front line, with the Voluntary Aid Detachment and International Red Cross. At home, voluntary ambulance drivers would transport the wounded from the bombing raids to safety and medical care. In the trenches cases of infection, gangrene or trenchfoot were high and caused major problems for the soldiers, already trying to survive in the quagmire that engulfed them.

Princess Alexandra of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Princess Alexandra of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

1878-1942
Red Cross nurse; daughter of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh; wife of Prince Ernst of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Sitter associated with 17 portraits
Margaret (née Lygon), Lady Ampthill

Margaret (née Lygon), Lady Ampthill

1874-1957
Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Mary; wife of 2nd Baron Ampthill; daughter of 6th Earl Beauchamp
Sitter in 9 portraits
Grace Lowrey (née Woodruff), Lady Ashfield

Grace Lowrey (née Woodruff), Lady Ashfield

1878-1962
Wife of 1st Baron Ashfield; daughter of Edward Lowrey Woodruff
Sitter in 9 portraits
Enid Algerine Bagnold ('Lady Jones')

Enid Algerine Bagnold ('Lady Jones')

1889-1981
Novelist and playwright; member of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY); wife of Sir Roderick Jones; daughter of Arthur Bagnold
Sitter in 10 portraits | Artist of 1 portrait
Constance Barbara (née Clarke), Lady Baird (later Lady Kennedy)

Constance Barbara (née Clarke), Lady Baird (later Lady Kennedy)

1867-1931
Volunteer nurse and yachtswoman; member of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY); former wife of Sir John Baird, and later wife of Lord Charles Kennedy (later 5th Marquess of Ailsa)
Sitter in 6 portraits
Sir William Henry Bennett

Sir William Henry Bennett

1852-1931
Surgeon
Sitter in 5 portraits
Charles Bolton

Charles Bolton

died 1947
Physician
Sitter in 4 portraits
Helen Boyle

Helen Boyle

1869-1957
Specialist in nervous diseases, co-founder of the Lady Chichester Hospital and President, Royal Medico-Psychological Association
Sitter in 2 portraits
Sir (Alexander) Frederick Bradshaw

Sir (Alexander) Frederick Bradshaw

1834-1923
Physician; Surgeon-General
Sitter in 3 portraits
Vera Brittain

Vera Brittain

1893-1970
Writer, pacifist and feminist
Sitter in 26 portraits
Sir Edgar Theophilus Britten

Sir Edgar Theophilus Britten

1874-1936
Captain of the Cunard White Star Liner Queen Mary
Sitter in 13 portraits
No individual image available for this person

Lennox Ross Broster

1889-1965
Consulting surgeon, Charing Cross Hospital, London
Sitter in 1 portrait
Eliza Frances (née Hanham), Lady Caillard

Eliza Frances (née Hanham), Lady Caillard

1859-1926
Voluntary aid worker; wife of Sir Vincent Henry Penalver Caillard; daughter of John Hanham
Sitter in 3 portraits
Louisa Mary Calverley (née Henniker)

Louisa Mary Calverley (née Henniker)

died 1946
President of Royal Agricultural Association; wife of Horace Calverley; daughter of Sir Bridges Henniker
Sitter in 1 portrait
Sir James Cantlie

Sir James Cantlie

1851-1926
Consulting surgeon
Sitter in 6 portraits
Edith Cavell

Edith Cavell

1865-1915
Nurse
Sitter in 8 portraits
Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood

Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood

1864-1958
Statesman; a creator of the League of Nations
Sitter in 31 portraits
Mairi Chisholm

Mairi Chisholm

1896-1981
Motorcycle ambulance driver, nurse and photographer
Sitter in 5 portraits
Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie

1890-1976
Writer; former wife of Archibald Christie, and later wife of Sir Max Mallowan
Sitter in 28 portraits
Charlotte Leonora (née Crampton), Lady Cooper

Charlotte Leonora (née Crampton), Lady Cooper

1853-1932
Leading member of the Red Cross; wife of Sir Edward Ernest Cooper; daughter of Thomas Crampton
Sitter in 4 portraits
Frances Joan (née Dickinson), Viscountess Davidson

Frances Joan (née Dickinson), Viscountess Davidson

1894-1985
Politician; wife of 1st Viscount Davidson; daughter of 1st Baron Dickinson
Sitter in 7 portraits
Sir James Mckenzie Davidson

Sir James Mckenzie Davidson

1856-1919
Consultant surgeon
Sitter in 2 portraits
Ellen Lytcott (née Taylor), Lady Douglas

Ellen Lytcott (née Taylor), Lady Douglas

died 1929
Wife of Sir William Douglas
Sitter in 3 portraits
Grace Julia (née Parker), Lady Drummond

Grace Julia (née Parker), Lady Drummond

1860-1942
Head of Canadian Red Cross Information Service; former wife of George Hamilton and later wife of Sir George Drummond
Sitter in 6 portraits
Sir Sheldon Francis Dudley

Sir Sheldon Francis Dudley

1884-1956
Surgeon, Vice-Admiral and Chief of Medical Services in the Royal Navy
Sitter in 13 portraits
Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart

1897-1937
Airwoman
Sitter in 1 portrait
Sir George Sampson Elliston

Sir George Sampson Elliston

1875-1954
Politician and doctor
Sitter in 3 portraits
(Josephine) Letitia Denny Fairfield

(Josephine) Letitia Denny Fairfield

1885-1978
Public health physician and campaigner for social reform
Sitter in 4 portraits
Alexander Charles Farquharson

Alexander Charles Farquharson

1864-1951
Politician, doctor, barrister and soldier
Sitter in 3 portraits
Yvonne Fitzroy

Yvonne Fitzroy

1891-1971
Socialite, theatre actress and volunteer nurse
Sitter in 2 portraits
No individual image available for this person

Robert Forgan

1891-1976
Politician and Public Health Officer
Sitter in 1 portrait
No individual image available for this person

Douglas Morrison Milne Fraser

1893-1963
Military physician
Sitter in 1 portrait
Dame Katharine Furse

Dame Katharine Furse

1875-1952
Director of the Women's Royal Naval Service; nurse and nursing administrator; Director of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
Sitter in 11 portraits
John Galsworthy

John Galsworthy

1867-1933
Novelist and playwright
Sitter in 44 portraits
Maria Carola (née Blennerhasset), Lady Galway

Maria Carola (née Blennerhasset), Lady Galway

1876-1963
Founder of the South Australian division of the British Red Cross Society; wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry Lionel Galway; daughter of Sir Rowland Blennerhassett
Sitter associated with 4 portraits
Sir Harold Delf Gillies

Sir Harold Delf Gillies

1882-1960
Plastic surgeon; otolaryngologist
Sitter in 3 portraits
No individual image available for this person

Gisela Louise Marie, Princess Imperial and Archduchess of Austria

1856-1932
Philanthropist and patron; daughter of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria; wife of Prince Leopold of Bavaria
Sitter in 2 portraits
Sir Andrew Grant

Sir Andrew Grant

1890-1967
Air Marshal; Deputy Director General of Medical Services for the Air Ministry
Sitter in 4 portraits
Sir Douglas Bernard Hall, 1st Bt

Sir Douglas Bernard Hall, 1st Bt

1866-1923
Captain in the Royal Engineers, yachtsman and Conservative politician; MP for Isle of Wight
Sitter in 5 portraits
George Alfred Duncan Harvey

George Alfred Duncan Harvey

1882-1957
Major, Royal Army Medical Corps and Ireland rugby International Player
Sitter in 2 portraits
Jerome Klapka Jerome

Jerome Klapka Jerome

1859-1927
Novelist and playwright
Sitter in 32 portraits
Sir Alfred Keogh

Sir Alfred Keogh

1857-1936
Director General Army Medical Services
Sitter in 5 portraits
Elsie Knocker

Elsie Knocker

1884-1978
Nurse and war photographer; wife of Baron Harold de T'Serclaes
Sitter in 6 portraits
Lady Nina Geraldine Knowles (née Ogilvie-Grant)

Lady Nina Geraldine Knowles (née Ogilvie-Grant)

1884-1951
Wife of Sir Lees Knowles, 1st Bt; daughter of 10th Earl of Seafield
Sitter in 9 portraits
Arthur Hamilton Lee, 1st Viscount Lee of Fareham

Arthur Hamilton Lee, 1st Viscount Lee of Fareham

1868-1947
Statesman, benefactor and art patron
Sitter in 7 portraits
Rotha Beryl Lintorn Lintorn-Orman

Rotha Beryl Lintorn Lintorn-Orman

1895-1935
Political activist; founder of British Fascist Movement
Sitter in 2 portraits
Dame (Emma) Maud McCarthy

Dame (Emma) Maud McCarthy

1858-1949
Army Matron-in-Chief
Sitter in 3 portraits
Marie Georgievna, Grand Duchess of Russia

Marie Georgievna, Grand Duchess of Russia

1876-1940
Former wife of George Mikhailovich, Grand Duke of Russia, and later wife of Pericles Ioannides; daughter of George I, King of Greece
Sitter in 3 portraits
Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood

Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood

1897-1965
Princess Royal; daughter of George V
Sitter in 298 portraits
Mary Borden, Lady Spears

Mary Borden, Lady Spears

1886-1968
Novelist and poet
Sitter in 11 portraits | Artist of 1 portrait
Jean Barbara (née Ainsworth), Viscountess Massereene and Ferrard

Jean Barbara (née Ainsworth), Viscountess Massereene and Ferrard

1883-1937
Justice of the Peace; first wife of 12th Viscount Massereene and Ferrard; daughter of Sir John Stirling Ainsworth, 1st Bt
Sitter in 11 portraits
Eliza Fraser (née Morrison), Lady Mitchell

Eliza Fraser (née Morrison), Lady Mitchell

1864-1948
Assistant Commissioner at the Australian Red Cross
Sitter in 1 portrait
Lady Naomi Margaret Mitchison (née Haldane)

Lady Naomi Margaret Mitchison (née Haldane)

1897-1998
Writer; diarist for Mass-Observation; wife of Gilbert Richard Mitchison; daughter of John Scott Haldane
Sitter in 4 portraits
Lady Dorothie Mary Evelyn Moore (née Feilding)

Lady Dorothie Mary Evelyn Moore (née Feilding)

1889-1935
Nurse and ambulance driver; first woman to be awarded the Military Medal for bravery in the field
Sitter in 2 portraits
No individual image available for this person

Edmund Hugh Moore

1885-1944
Physician and Royal Army Medical Corps Lieutenant
Sitter in 3 portraits
Hyacinth Bernard Wenceslaus Morgan

Hyacinth Bernard Wenceslaus Morgan

1885-1956
Politician, doctor and member of the Fabian Society
Sitter in 3 portraits
Sir (John) Henry Morris-Jones

Sir (John) Henry Morris-Jones

1884-1972
Welsh politician, doctor and soldier
Sitter in 10 portraits
Cecily (née Grey), Viscountess Mountgarret (later Mrs Grey)

Cecily (née Grey), Viscountess Mountgarret (later Mrs Grey)

1877-1961
Former wife of 15th Viscount Mountgarret, and later wife of Charles Hervey Grey (né Hoare); daughter of Arthur Grey (né Duncombe)
Sitter in 2 portraits
Margaret ('Madge') Neill Fraser

Margaret ('Madge') Neill Fraser

1880-1915
Golf captain, volunteer nurse and chauffeur
Sitter in 1 portrait
Florence Priscilla (née McLaren), Lady Norman

Florence Priscilla (née McLaren), Lady Norman

1881-1964
Trustee of Imperial War Museum, Justice of the Peace for London and suffragist; wife of Sir Henry Norman, 1st Bt; daughter of 1st Baron Aberconway
Sitter in 5 portraits