ORIGINAL WW1 TRIO AND SILVER Q. STAFF NURSE DAISY THOMAS. SERVED AT CUMBALLA WAR HOSPITAL, BOMBAY, INDIA. Consisting of 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory medal. Mounted on Original pin backed ribbon bar. All correctly named to’ S. THOMAS’ (See Photographs) As well as a Silver hallmarked, Birmingham 1916 Q. Medal or cape badge, mounted seperatly on its own pin backed bar. Staff Nurse Daisy Thomas. Born: February 13th 1887 in Bishopston, Bristol. She was educated at St. Pauls School & Fairfield Road Higher Grade School Bristol (Built 1898). She trained as a nurse at Eastville Infirmary from April 29th. 1909 to June 14th 1912. She spent 3 years as a probationer and 2 years as a charge nurse. Before starting at The Hospital Newton Abbot, South Devon, on June 16th 1912. Nurse Thomas offered her services as a candidate for appointment with QAIMNSR on the 31st of December 1914 and. Enlisted for service with Queen Marys Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. On 23rd of February 1915. Her address is given as The Hospital Newton Abbot. She served in India at The Cumballa War Hospital, Bombay, returning for three months leave to England in October 1916. While waiting for a return posting to India she worked at the Beaufort War Hospital from the 26th January 1917, in her native Bristol. On the 8th of August 1918 she was back in India until her contract expired on 22nd of February 1919. The Photo’s speak volumes and what you see is what you get. Over the past 46 years I have been a keen collector of military medals and my interest has been fueled by a love of history and above all military history. Every medal has a story to tell. Whilst living and working in Germany for 26 years I managed to build up a large and varied collection of original German medals. The medals offered here have been part of my collection for many years and have never been offered for sale in the UK before. I hope I have aroused your interest. Now it’s your chance, to own a piece of history. Please note this is a Private Sale. To the best of my knowledge my medals offered here for sale are genuine, original and of the period stated. This is not a guarantee. Please see the photographs and make your own decision. For a varied selection of TOP QUALITY ORIGINAL GERMAN MEDALS. Prussian Iron cross 1st Class and 2nd Class, Hanseatic cross Lubeck Trio, Mecklenburg Cross long service Trio, Hanseatic Hamburg Cross, Reuss Silver Merit medal with swords, Hanseatic Bremen Cross. Also British World War I Nursing medals etc. The item “WW1,1914/15 STAR, BWM, VICTORY, MEDAL. STAFF NURSE, QAIMNSR, SERVED BOMBAY, INDIA” is in sale since Thursday, February 08, 2018. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\World War I (1914-1918)\Medals/ Ribbons”. The seller is “highlander62geoff” and is located in Norwich. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Era: 1914-1945
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
- Country/ Organization: Great Britain
- Conflict: World War I (1914-1918)
- Issued/ Not-Issued: Issued
- Service: Army
- Type: Medals & Ribbons
