Ward, Edith Kirwan
Biographical
| Registration number | 943 |
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| Surname | Ward |
| First name(s) | Edith Kirwan |
| Address(es) | Asthall Vicarage, Burford, Oxon |
| Date of registration | 2 May 1890 |
| Qualifications | Children's Hospital Nottingham 1882; St Bartholomew's Hospital 1884; St Mary's Hospital 1885-1887; N.I Nice 1887-9 |
Personal details
| Date of birth | 16 June 1858 |
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| Place of birth | Marlborough, Wiltshire |
| Family details | Father Rev John Henry Kirwan Ward. Mother Mary Coleman Kirwan Ward nee Hallowes |
| Date of death | 13th March 1955 |
| Place of death | Woking Surrey |
| Additional personal details | On 1891 Census marked as sick with occupation trained nurse. |
Professional details
| Additional training | Holland Nursing Institute Nice (Private Nurse) 1887-89; Field Force (Nurse Sister) 1900-01; |
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| Work experience | Served in the South African War. Nursed the Duke of Clarence during his final illness; Was King George V's favourite nurse and Miss Ward was recalled from the hospital barges at Anthwerp and the Seine in order to nurse the King, George V had been badly injured when his horse rolled over him when he was visiting the troops. |
| Professional activities | Member of Army Nurse Service Reserve; Member RBNA; Noted in The Nursing Record January 1892 that Miss Ward will take up the subject of " Private Nursing" . |
| Additional professional details | Noted as nursing Prince George of Wales since his return from Russia in 1891 and that Miss Ward was a special probationer at Children's Hospital Nottingham; In The Nursing Record 1892 noted that Miss Ward had gone abroad with the Prince and Princess of Wales to attend to Princess Mary who had been in delicate health for some time past. The Riviara in the early summer would benefit the young Princess as would some bracing place in Switerzland or the Tyrol as would the waters at Vicy in August: Miss Ward was shown as a member of the Sub-Committee for Nursing and Hygiene of the British Section of the Chicago Exhibition: Noted that the Royal Military Tournament (1892) had procured the services of Miss Ward, the nurse who attended, so faithfully and constantly the late Duke of Clarence. |
| Sources | Register of Trained Nurses 1892 and Register of Nurses (RBNA 4/1) - Royal British Nurses' Association Records, King's College London Archives 1891, 1901 and 1911 census Nursing Record November 26th 1891, 19th January 1892, 26th May 1892 British Medical Journal, Irish Diplomats and English Hospitals, 14th May 1892 The Hallowes Family Tree. |