Rosabelle Osborne
British military nurse and nursing administrator
Rosabelle Osborne | |
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Died | (1958-05-08)8 May 1958 |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1903–1930 |
Rank | Matron-in-Chief |
Commands held | Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (1928–30) |
Battles/wars | First World War |
Awards | Commander of the Order of the British Empire Royal Red Cross Mentioned in Despatches |
Rosabelle Osborne, CBE, RRC (died 8 May 1958) was a British military nurse and nursing administrator. She served as Principal Matron at the War Office in 1924 and as Matron-in-Chief at the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS) from 1 April 1928 until 1930.
The second daughter of Dr. J. A. Osborne of Milford, County Donegal, Rosabelle Osborne received her training at the Manchester Children's Hospital, Pendlebury, and Bristol Royal Infirmary. She served with the QAIMNS from May 1903. She was on active service abroad during the First World War in France, Egypt, Malta and Salonika.
External links
- National Portrait Gallery webpage
- QARANC website
- RCN archive (search by name)
- London Gazette
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British nursing matrons in the 19th century
- Margaret Auld
- Ethel Becher
- Sidney Browne
- Betsi Cadwaladr
- Edith Cavell
- Joanna Cruickshank
- Jane Cecilia Deeble
- Ethel Gordon Fenwick
- Phyllis Friend
- Annie Warren Gill
- Margaret Huxley
- Caroline Keer
- Kate Luard
- Eva Luckes
- Maud McCarthy
- Annie McIntosh
- Emily MacManus
- Ellen Musson
- Florence Nightingale
- Helen Campbell Norman
- Sarah Oram
- Rosabelle Osborne
- Muriel Powell (nurse)
- Kathleen Raven
- Gertrude Richards
- Kathleen Robb
- Edith MacGregor Rome
- Catherine Roy
- Helen Gregory Smith
- Margaret Elwyn Sparshott
- Daphne Steele
- Isla Stewart
- Jane Catherine Shaw Stewart
- Alicia Lloyd Still
- Rebecca Strong
- Sarah Swift
- Sarah Elizabeth Wardroper
- Constance Watney
- Katherine Watney
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