The 38 Nurses
The party that went with Miss Nightingale to Turkey to nurse the wounded
and sick English soldiers had 38 women. Of those 38 one was FN
herself; one was Mrs. Clarke who was a "housekeeper" for Miss
Nightingale; one group was Catholic nuns from the Bermondsey Convent in
London wearing black habits; one group was Catholic nuns from an
orphanage in Norwood wearing white habits; one group were from Miss
Sellon's order of "sisters" called "Sellonites"; they wore black habits.
The rest were hospital nurses wearing the one-size-fits-all uniform
designed by Miss Nightingale for the trip. The civilian nurses got paid
by the government but the religious "sisters" did not get paid. Their
expenses were paid by their "church" or "order." The sisters had
almost no experience at nursing at all.
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Bermondsey nuns |
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Norwood nuns |
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Miss Sellon's sisters |
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civilian hospital nurses |
| Name | Outcome | Residence/Where trained or practiced |
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| Bowmett M A | Returned, incompetent | St John's House |
| Barrie Georgiana | [Home with Rev. Mother] | Bermondsey [Mary de Gonzaga?] |
| Barnes S. | Died [Buried at Haydar Pasha] | "hospital nurse" |
| Blake C. [Elizabeth] | Sent home. Ophthalmia | |
| Coyle M A | Returned. incompetent | St. John's House |
| Chabrillae J.G. [Justine] | Died [Buried at Haydar Pasha] | "hospital nurse" |
| Clarke, Mrs | Sent home invalided [Dec. 24, 1854] | FN's housekeeper from Harley St. |
| Mrs Elizabeth Drake | Died | St John's House |
| Davy, J | Returned at the Peace | |
| Erskine Miss Harriet | Invalided home. | Miss Sellon's |
| Fagg Emma | Sent home, incompetent | St John's House |
| Faulkner, A. | Dismissed. | |
| Grundy, E. | Returned at her own wish | Middlesex Hospital for 7 years |
| Higgins Mrs Ann. | Sent home incompetent | St John's House |
| Huddon Maria | [Stayed to end] | Bermondsey [Sister de Chantal] |
| Hawkins E | Returned at the Peace | 2 months night nurse at Guy's |
| Jones Margaret | [Stayed to end] | Bermondsey [Sister Stanislaus] |
| Jones, S. | Dismissed. | |
| Forbes Keith [Eliza Isabella] | Sent home incompetent | |
| Kelly S. [Sarah] | [Stayed to end] | Bermondsey [Sister Anastasia] |
| Lawfield Mrs Rebecca | returned. | St John's House |
| Langston Mrs Emma | returned. [Ill] | Miss Sellon's [Mother Eldress] |
| Margaret Sister [Goodman] | Returned at the Peace | Miss Sellon's |
| Moore Georgiana | [Called back] | Bermondsey [Reverend Mother] |
| MacClean, Marie Therese | Sent home incompetent [Dec. 24, 1854] | Norwood |
| O'Dwyer Elinor | Sent home, incompetent. [Dec. 24, 1854] | Norwood |
| Pillars Ethelreda | Invalided home | |
| Purnell FJ [Frances] | Sent home incompetent [Dec. 24, 1854 | Norwood |
| Parker, Mrs | Returned at the Peace. | |
| Roberts Mrs | Returned with Miss Nightingale | [St Thomas's Hospital] |
| Sharpe Clara Miss | Invalided home [Dismissed? Dec. 24, 1854, on the Candida] | Miss Sellon's |
| Smith Elizabeth | Invalided home. | St Thomas's Hospital 6 or 7 years |
| Terrot SA [Sarah] | Invalided home. | Miss Sellon's |
| Turnbull, E. B. [Elizabeth] | Returned at the Peace | Miss Sellon's |
| Wheeler Elizabeth | Returned. [Wrote letter published in the Times, dismissed home Dec. 24, 1854] | Miss Sellon's |
| Williams, Margaret | Dismissed. | 8 months at Guy's Hospital |
| Williams, M. | Invalided home. | |
| Wilson, Mrs | Dismissed. |
Information is as it appears in the Register of Nurses. Additions and corrections are in square brackets.
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