WW1 1915 Star Trio to Nurse Jones VAD.

A 1914/15 star trio all correctly named to Nurse Dorothy Louise Jones of the Voluntary Aid Detachment.
Dorothy was born on 15th February 1890 in Aberdare Glamorgan, but resided at Mydrim Vicarage, St Clears, Carmarthen when she registered for red cross service. In 1915 she volunteered for overseas service and on 11th September 1915 she arrived in Egypt serving at the military hospital, here she would have treated a lot of the sick and wounded from the Gallipoli campaign. As a rule, at the beginning of the war, all nonprofessional volunteer nurses could only serve a maximum of one year overseas, so after about six months she returned to England. On her arrival she was transferred to the Military Hospital Beckford on 24th May 1916 and stayed until Christmas eve 1916. On the 1st February 1917 she was briefly stationed at the Military Hospital, Prees Heath, Whitchurch, this was both a training camp and Military Hospital in the Great War and treated not only the wounded but also German interns and POW’s. she once again volunteered for overseas service, she must have had by now a lot of practical experience behind here, so from 27th May 1917 she was sent to France with the 128 VAD. She served on the western front until 9th May 1919 when she was found unfit for duty, probably due to sickness and she was discharged and awarded the silver war badge No B13103. After the war she became a school teacher and her last school, from which she retired was the Talbot heath School for Girls in Bournemouth. Sadly Dorothy Jones died 2nd December 1982 at the Christchurch Hospital in Hampshire.
All three of her medals are in very good condition and on original ribbons. They comes with the original registered envelope in which her medals were delivered, and a rare officers transport pass in her name, for Harve in France, dated 4th April 1917. Plus various copy paperwork such as medal index card, red cross service cards etc.
A wonderful trio to a working volunteer nurse, who was witness to two terrible campaigns, Egypt and France.

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