VAD members brought to the notice of the Secretary of State for War
At several occasions from 1917 to 1920,the chairman of the Joint War Committee of the Red Cross
brought to the notice of the Secretary of State for War the names of ladies and gentleman who had rendered valuable service via a VAD or Hospital in connection with the war.March 1917
Mrs Hilder, Commandant of Huskards Hospital, Ingatestone
October 1917
Miss F S Archer of Auxilliary Hospital, Earls Colne
Miss L H Barton Brown of Auxilliary Hospital, Burnham on Crouch
Miss H Bastard, Quartermaster of Oakwood, Chigwell
Mrs S L Binner, Commandant of Guisnes, Tolleshunt D'Arcy
Mrs L Bletscoe, Nurse of Auxilliary Hospital, Upminster
Mrs G Bowen, Commandant of Auxilliary Hospital, Great Chesterford
Miss J Bray, Nursing Member of Theydon Towers, Theydon Bois
Mrs G Brookes, Commandant of Auxilliary Hospital, Harwich
Mrs N Buck of
New Zealand Convalescent Hospital, HornchurchMiss E Burton, Nurse of Hillsborough, Harlow
Sister T Butler NZANS of
New Zealand Convalescent Hospital, HornchurchMiss C Buxton , Commandant of Hanover House, Woodford Green
Miss M Callingham, Nurse of Hylands House, Chelmsford
Miss M I Clayden, Quartermaster of Auxilliary Hospital, Saffron walden
Miss H Cleverly, Nursing Member of Town Hall Hosp, Waltham Abbey
Miss A Collyer of Ickleton Auxiliary Hospital , Great Chesterford
Mrs E T F Cortauld, Nurse Commandant of Stanstead Hall, Halstead
Miss J Craig-Crawford, Asst Commandant of Highams, Woodford
Miss G B Culley, Nurse of Gostwyck, Colchester
Miss K M Culley, Nurse of Gostwyck, Colchester
Miss A Faires, Sister of Auxilliary Hospital, Colchester
Miss M C Gimson, Commandant of Witham Auxilliary Hospital
Lady M W Gooch of Hylands House, Chelmsford
Miss V Gotch, Nurse of Oakwood, Chigwell
Mrs J G Greathed, Quartermaster of Town Hall, Waltham Abbey
Miss J Hayden, Sister in Charge of Auxilliary Hospital, Bishop Stortford
Mrs T H Heyworth, Commandant of Auxilliary Hospital, Earls Colne
Mrs M M Hogg, Quartermaster of Braeside, Loughton
Mrs A Horner , Quartermaster of Theydon Towers, Theydon Bois
Mrs F E Magor, Commandant of Hylands House, Chelmsford
Mrs E Markham, Quartermaster of Hanover House, Woodford Green
Miss H Marriage of Budworth Hall, Ongar
Miss H C Marshall, Quartermaster of Town Hall Hosp, Waltham Abbey
Miss M Mendelssohn of
New Zealand Convalescent Hospital, HornchurchMiss M E metterr, Nurse of Auxilliary Hospital, Bishop Stortford
Miss G Miller, Sister of Rivercourt , Maldon
Miss D Partridge, Nurse of Auxilliary Hospital, Burnham on Crouch
Miss J Phelp, Nurse of Braeside, Loughton
Miss D Poole, Nurse of Hylands House, Chlemsford
Mrs E Pullin of Auxilliary Hospital, Ardleigh
Miss G Quest , Nurse of Overcliffe ,Southend
Mrs S Rans, Commandant of Auxiliary Hospital, Ardleigh
Miss S C Reilly, Commandant of Auxilliary Hospital, Upminster
Miss E Rutherford, Nursing Member, Auxiliary Hospital, Earls Colne
Mrs E Roper, Asst Quartermaster ar Braeside, Loughton
Miss W Shelford , Ickleton, Great Chesterford
Mrs N Shoolbred, Commandant at Greenstead Hall, Halstead
Miss A Smith, Sister, Auxilliary Hospital, Saffron Walden
Miss F M Smith, Matron of Hylands House, Chelmsford
Miss H Smith , Nurse at Overcliffe, Southend
Miss A Stol, Sister at Auxilliary Hospital, Saffron Walden
Mrs M Usborne, Nurse at Hillsborough, Harlow
Miss E Vaughan of Auxilliary Hospital, Braintree
Miss F E Wallace of Auxilliary Hospital, Burnham on Crouch
Mrs A M Warren, Commandant of Braeside, Loughton
Mrs A G Whitfield, Sister of Hale End, Brookfield, Woodford Green
Mrs E E Wren, Commandant of Gostwycke, Colchester
Miss H M Younghusband, Quartermaster of Auxilliary Hospital, Braintree
February 1918
Mrs Dorothea Atkinson of Walden Place VAD, Saffron Walden
Mrs Emily Ball of Ardleigh Hospital, Ardleigh
Mrs Ethel Buxton of Theydon Towers VAD Hospital, Theydon Bois
Mrs Lousisa Mary Calverley of Down Hall Hospital, Harlow
Mrs Maud Collin of Mutlow Hill, Audley End, Wendon
Mrs Muriel De Rougemont of Coombe Lodge VAD Hospital, Great Warley
Mrs Edith Anne Douglas-Hamilton of Hamilton House Hospital, Southend
Mrs Honoria Mary Fisher of Town Hall VAD Hospital, Waltham Abbey
Mrs Maud Gold of Braintree VAD Hospital
Mrs Minnie Hestletine of Coombe Lodge VAD Hospital, Great Warley
Mrs Evelyn M Hilder of Huskards Hospital, Ingatestone
Mrs Ethel Jones of Budworth Hall VAD Hospital, Ongar
Mrs Virginia Margaret Kemble of Chlemsford Red Cross Hospital
Mrs Alice Krohn of Rivercourt Hospital, Maldon
Mrs Thersa Lightfoot of VAD Hospital, Burnham
Mrs Evelyn Mounsey of Ardleigh VAD Hospital
Miss Sybil Round of Gostwycke VAD Hospital, Colchester
August 1918
Miss A Brampton , VAD nurse at Military General Hospital, Colchester
Miss G A Jordan , Sister at Blake Hall Auxilliary Hospital,Ongar
Mrs E Bullock, West Ham Auxilliary Hospital
Miss H Carrick, New Zealand Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch
Lady G A A B Colvin of Town Hall Hospital, Waltham Abbey
Miss M A F Hunt of New Zealand Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch
Mrs G O Jones of Harlow Auxilliary Hospital
Mrs A Khrohn of Rivercourt Hospital, Maldon
Miss G Waterman of New Zealand Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch
Mrs E Wren of Lexden Auxilliary Hospital
November 1918
Mr W J Cardo of Walthamstow
Mr F A Donithorne of Southend
Mr L Goffin of Wakes Colne
Miss L Lisle of Chelmsford
Miss F G Mackie of Coombe Lodge Hospital, Gt Warley
Miss C Meads of Chelmsford
Miss M E Milbanke of Brentwood
Mr A Penman of South Woodford
Mr J C Penman of South Woodford
Mr W Pettit of Saffron Walden
Mrs S Platten of Braeside Hospital, Loughton
Mr F F Renwick of Coombe Lodge Hospital, Gt Warley
Miss K M Ridler of Red Cross Hospital, Ardleigh
Mr W G Spearman
Miss E A Wicks of Gostwycke Hospital, Colchester
February 1919
Mrs M Bentall of Rivercourt Auxiliary Hospital, Maldon
Miss F Canning of Bishops Stortford Auxiliary Hospital
Miss L Cutchey of Ormonde House Auxiliary Hospital, Buckhurst Hill
Mrs M Gibbs of Upminster Auxiliary Hospital
Miss A Marshall of Town Hall Auxiliary Hospital, Waltham Abbey
Mrs G McCorquodale of Budworth Hall Auxiliary Hospital, Ongar
Miss S A Stringer of Essex Convalescent Hospital, Clacton
Mrs E White of Hillsborough Auxiliary Hospital, Harlow
Miss A Wicks of Goetwych Auxiliary Hospital, Colchester
August 1919
Mrs G Beattie, VAD Nurse of Gostwycke, Colchester
Miss E Hart, Nurse of Hillsborough, Harlow
Miss S Joseph, Nurse of Ickleton, Great Chesterford
Miss M Loring, Matron at TFNS Hamilton, Southend
Miss B Miller of Singholme,Walton on the Naze
Miss M Polley, Nurse of Guisnes , Tolleshunt D'Arcy
Miss E Read, VAD Nurse of Theydon Towers, Theydon Bois
Mrs C M Sparrow, VAD Nurse at Auxilliary Hospital, Earls Colne
Miss L Strickland-Blaydes, Sister at Auxilliary Hospital, Ardleigh
Miss L A Stride, Nurse at Auxilliary Hospital, Upminster
Miss A Trounce, Asst Nurse at Town Hall Hosp, Waltham Abbey
Miss F Wallace, Nurse at Auxilliary Hospital, Burnham on Crouch
Miss E Wells, Nurse at Red Cross Hospital, Chelmsford
Mrs R E Debenham of Theydon Bois War Hospital Supply Depot
Mrs B Gardner of Brentwood Hospital Supply Depot
Mrs E Gardner of Hornchurch War Hospital Supply depot
April 1920
Mrs G Bowen of Ickleton Grange Auxiliary Hospital, Gt Chesterford
Mr A E G H Blum of Walthamstow
Mr J R C Colvin
Mrs A Gladstone of Blake Hall Auxiliary Hospital, Ongar
Sir Daniel Gooch, Bart of Hylands Auxiliary Hospital
Mrs N Harrop of Manor Park
Mr H L Jones of Southend
Mr J R Keeble of Maningtree
Mr W R Magnus of Ilford
Dr P C Phillips of Bishops Hall Auxiliary Hospital, Romford
Dr Whitney of Rivercourt Auxiliary Hospital, Maldon
Miss J Wilson of Manor Park