VAD members awarded the Royal Red Cross Medal
The Royal Red Cross medal was first awarded in 1883 for ladies who showed special devotion while nursing the sick and wounded of the army and navy.
Tthe below Essex nurses were awarded the Royal Red Cross Medal.
March 1917
| Miss G E Morgan | Matron | Middlesex Hospital, Clacton |
| Miss M Mayne | Sister | GER Military Hospital, Harwich |
| Mrs E Wakelinh | Matron | Glen VAD Hospital, Southend on Sea |
November 1917
| Miss E V Allot | QM and Nurse | Coombe Lodge Hospital, Gt Warley |
| Miss C B Anderson | Matron | NZANS Conv Hospital, Hornchurch |
| Miss G Atkin | Matron | Theydon Towers, Theydon Bois |
| Mis Kate Carron Braidwood | Matron | Infectious Diseases Hosp, Colchester |
| Miss M Burridge | Sister | The Glen , Southend |
| Miss B E Buxton | Superintendent | Theydon Towers, Theydon Bois |
| Mrs A Cairns | Matron | Highams, Woodford & Wanstead |
| Miss Ethel Charlton | Sister | Aux Hospital, Chelmsford |
| Mrs Frances M Cooke | Matron | Oakwood Aux Hosp, Chigwell |
| Miss Ethel Mary Craig | Nurse & QM | Aux Hosp, Writtle |
| Mrs E Earle | Matron | Overcliffe, Southend |
| Miss J C Eve | Sister | Rivercourt, Maldon |
| Miss G Field | Sister in Charge | Budworth Hall, Ongar |
| Miss Maud E Fletcher | Matron | Reckitt's Home, Clacton |
| Miss Alice Fox | Matron | Aux Hosp, Clacton |
| Mrs C E Henderson | Sister | Overcliffe, Southend on Sea |
| Miss E A Cockburn Hughes | Matron | Gostwych, Colchester |
| Mrs R Jonas | Ickleton Aux, Gt Chesterford | |
| Miss Amelia O Lawrie QAIMNSR | Sister | Gen Mil Hosp, Colchester |
| Mrs Ismay Lermitte | Commandant | Woodhouse, Gt Horkesley |
| Miss Minnie E McClew | Attendant | Gen Military Hosp, Colchester |
| Miss G E Miller | Superintendent | Highams, Woodford & Wanstead |
| Miss Edith Rands QAIMNS | Sister | Gen Military Hosp, Colchester |
| Miss E B Rich | Nurse | Aux Hosp, Burnham on Crouch |
| Mrs E Rushworth | Matron | Hillsborough , Harlow |
| Miss Elfreda Sanders | Nurse | Gostwych, Colchester |
| Mrs B M Sharpe | Matron | Rivercourt, Maldon |
| Mrs A G Swann | Matron | The Glen, Southend |
| Miss N Winter | Matron | Aux Hosp, Saffron Walden |
| Mrs Annie Henderson Young | Superintendent | Aux Hosp, Braintree |
April 1919
| Miss D Ashbridge | VAD Nurse | Ormonde House, Buckhurst Hill |
| Miss E M Boake | Asst Quartermaster & VAD Nurse | Auxilliary Hospital, Chlemsford |
August 1919
| Miss G Benson | VAD Nurse | Huskards, Ingatestone |
| Mrs E Disney | Sister in Charge | Hyde Hospital, Ingatestone |
| Miss F Lloyd | Staff Nurse | Middlesex Hospital, Clacton on Sea |
| Miss M Wheeler | Staff Nurse | Middlesex Hospital, Clacton on Sea |
| Miss J Wilson | Sister | Dovercourt Military Hospital |
December 1919
| Miss E M Beverley | Matron | Auxiliary Hospital, Epping |
| Miss Grace V Ashton | VAD Nurse | Romford Union Auxiliary Hospital |
| Miss Phyllis M Ashton | VAD Nurse | Romford Union Auxiliary Hospital |
| Mrs Hettie Dean | VAD Nurse | Romford Union Auxiliary Hospital |
| Miss Gladys V M Fitch | VAD Nurse | Romford Union Auxiliary Hospital |
| Miss May Robson | VAD Nurse | Romford Union Auxiliary Hospital |
