Lasting from February 1918 to April 1920, the “Spanish Flu” pandemic infected 500 million people about a third of the world’s population at the time in four successive waves. The death toll is typically estimated to have been somewhere between 20 million and 50 million, although estimates range from a conservative 17 million to a possible high of 100 million, making it one of the deadliest pandemics in human history. WW1 WW2 MBE British medal Nurse Matron Hughes TA Army Nursing Service from Devon. WW1 WW2 Period MBE Nursing medal Group Principle Matron Mildred Florence Hughes Scarce ladies MBE WW2 British War medal group, Mildred Florence Hughes served as a probationary nurse at Evelina Hospital for children during WW1, Southwark, London (from 1911 census) & Guys Hospital London. Serving on home front WW1, fighting “Spanish Flu” pandemic. Awarded The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M. (Civil) Members 2nd type badge, silver; Jubilee 1935, Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Voluntary Medical Services Medal, with two Additional Geneva Cross Award Bars official impressed name Miss Mildred F. Hughes mounted as worn; together with British Red Cross Society State Registered Nurse Badge, gilt and enamel, IMO extremely fine, see pictures for condition Evelina Hospital for Children Born abt 1890 Torrington, Devon, parents Fred Charles Hughes (a Baptist Minister census 1891) and Henrietta Florence Hughes (Terrell). She trained at the Evelian Hospital for Children (1911 census, Hospital nurse Probationer), & WW1 1914-17 Guys Hospital, London, where she subsequently held several residential posts. She would have been a young nurse during WW1 engaged in home front service and probably helped fight the “Spanish Flu” pandemic that raged during 1918-20. She was later in 1917 at the Infants’ Hospital, Vincent Square, Westminster, London becoming Matron in 1928. She joined the Territorial Army Nursing Service in 1929 and served during WW2 as Principle Matron 5th Northern General Hospital (Leicester). She is Certified as a midwife and holds the Diploma in Nursing of London University. She was President of the Leicester Royal Infirmary Nurses League and President, Royal College of Nursing 1944-46 (Copy extract from British Journal of nursing July 1945 with her picture supplied). Awarded MBE post war for her service to nursing, she died in Leicester in 1972, aged 82. Spanish Flu patients Lasting from February 1918 to April 1920, the “Spanish Flu” pandemic infected 500 million people about a third of the world’s population at the time in four successive waves. Showcase your items with Auctiva’s. Track Page Views With. Auctiva’s FREE Counter. The item “WW1 WW2 MBE British medal Nurse Matron Hughes TA Army Nursing Service from Devon” is in sale since Friday, April 16, 2021. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\World War I (1914-1918)\Other World War I Militaria”. The seller is “theonlineauctionsale” and is located in England. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
- Country/ Organization: United Kingdom
- Issued/ Not-Issued: Issued
- Theme: Militaria
- Type: Medals & Ribbons
- Conflict: World War I (1914-1918)
- Service: Army
- Era: 1914-1945