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R E Jones
Place of birth: Swansea ?
Service: Pharmacist, Swansea Infirmary Ysbyty Abertawe , 1916 -
Notes: Notes [En] Miss R E Jones, an experienced practitioner, was appointed Pharmacist at Swansea Hospital in October 1916, beating the two male applicants for the post. She was to be paid a salary of £176 a year.
Reference: WaW0462
Kathleen Edithe Carpenter (Zimmermann)
Place of birth: Lincolnshire
Service: Scientist Biologist Environmentalist., University College Aberystwyth
Death: 1970, Cheltenham, Cause not known
Notes: Born 1891 to a German father and English mother, Kathleen Carpenter (she changed her surname from Zimmermann at the outbreak of WWI) was awarded her BSc in 1910. She remained at Aberystwyth for research, and subsequently became an Assistant Lecturer in the Zoology Department. She gained her PhD there in 1925. Her seminal studies focused on the environmental impact of metal pollution on Cardiganshire streams. This gained her international renown, particularly in the United States where she worked at several leading universities. Kathleen Carpenter is regarded as ‘the mother of freshwater ecology’.
Sources: Catherine Duigan: https://thebiologist.rsb.org.uk/biologist-features/158-biologist/features/1968-who-was-kathleen-carpenter ++
Reference: WaW0465
Kathleen Carpenter and fellow students
Kathleen Carpenter (front, 2nd left) Aberystwyth's literature and debating society in 1910
G L Reynolds
Service: Scientist, chemist, 1917
Notes: In 1915 Miss G L Reynolds was the only postgraduate student in the Chemistry department of University College Aberystwyth. At Christmas 1916 she put her research on hold when she went to do work ‘of national importance’ at the dye company Morton Sundour Fabrics in Carlisle. The dye industry had been highly dependent on German chemicals, and British expertise was needed. It is not clear whether she returned to Aberystwyth.
Reference: WaW0464
Departmental report
Chemistry department report stating that Miss G L Reynolds had been given leave to undertake ‘research on the manufacture of special dye’ in Carlisle.
Eva Jennie Fry (Savage)
Place of birth: Southampton
Service: Scientist, botanist, University College Aberys
Notes: Eva, whose father was an elementary school teacher, was a botany student at University College Aberystwyth, with a particular interest in mosses. She joined the Moss Exchange Club in 1915. She graduated with a first class BSc in 1916, and MSc in 1919, when she published her research findings. She was an Assistant Lecturer in the Botany department until she became a lecturer in Botany at Westfield College, University of London, in 1925.
Reference: WaW0462
Eva Jennie Fry (Savage)
Place of birth: Southampton
Service: Scientist, botanist
Notes: Eva, whose father was an elementary school teacher, was a botany student at University College Aberystwyth, with a particular interest in mosses. She joined the Moss Exchange Club in 1915. She graduated with a first class BSc in 1916, and MSc in 1919, when she published her research findings. She was an Assistant Lecturer in the Botany department until she became a lecturer in Botany at Westfield College, University of London, in 1925.
Reference: WaW0466
Gertrude Annie Walters
Place of birth: Bridgend ?
Service: Scientist, Botanist
Notes: Gertrude was one of the two scholars of Bridgend County School to win a Glamorgan County scholarship to study at a Welsh university. (There were 7 County scholarships in all). Clearly a scientist from an early age (her other higher school certificate subjects were physics and chemistry), she graduated from Aberystwyth in 1919 with a ‘brilliant’ first class degree and joined the Botany department.
Reference: WaW0463
Newspaper report
Report of Gertrude’s Higher School Certificate results. Glamorgan Gazette 24th September 1915
University College Aberystwyth report
Report from the Botany Department, University College Aberystwyth, 1919
Hilda Morgan
Place of birth: Newport
Service: Nurse, VAD
Notes: A trained nurse, Hilda served at Baldwin’s Auxiliary Hospital, Griffithstown . Her name appears on the Roll of Honour of Griffithstown Ebenezer Baptist Church.rn
Reference: WaW0428
Roll of Honour
Name of Hilda Morgan on Roll of Honour, Ebenezer Baptist Church, Griffisthtown. Thanks to Gethin Matthews.
Alice A White
Place of birth: Pontardulais
Service: Teacher, Commandant, VAD, 1916/09/01 – 1919/05/10
Notes: Alice White was the head teacher of Wood Green Infants School Cardiff. She was also the Commandant of Samuel House Auxiliary Hospital in Cardiff, and received the Royal Red Cross for her service in April 1919.rnRoedd Alice White yn brifathrawes Ysgol y Babanod Wood Green, Caerdydd. Roedd hi’n Benswyddog Ysbyty Atodol Samuel House Caerdydd hefyd a derbyniodd y Groes Goch Frenhinol am ei gwasanaeth ym mis Awst 1919. rn
Reference: WaW0469
Newspaper report
Report of Alice White’s award of the Royal Red Cross. Cambria Daily Leader 7th April 1919.
Wood Street Infants
Photograph of children at Wood Street Infants School, 1925. Wood Street, also known as Temperance Town, was a densely packed area adjacent to Cardiff Station.
Caroline Emily Booker (née Lindsay)
Place of birth: Glanafon, Glamorgan
Service: Vice president, VAD, 1909-1919
Notes: Mrs Booker was widowed in 1887. She became the founder of the local Glamorgan detachment of the VAD (22) in 1909. She seems to have instigated the use of Tuscar House, Southerndown, as a Red Cross Hospital in May 1915, and most of her 7 daughters played a greater or lesser role in the running of the hospital. [qv Etta,Ellen, Mabel, Ethel and Dulcie Booker]. Mrs Booker provided a car and the petrol to ferry patients to and from the station in Bridgend 5 miles away.
Reference: WaW0470
Record of Caroline Booker
Mrs Booker’s entry in The County Families of the United Kingdom, Edward Walford (this edition c 1920)
Tuscar House
Tuscar House Red Cross Hospital, Southerndown. The house was used as a hospital in WW2 as well.
Dulcie Booker
Place of birth: Southerndown ?
Service: Nurse, Sister-in-charge, Treasurer, Financial Secretary, VAD, 1914/10/01 – 1919/04/30
Notes: Dulcie Booker managed the finances involved in setting up Tuscar House Hospital as well as its day-to-day running costs. From 1917 she also acted as Sister in Charge of the hospital. She took a main part, together with her sister Mabel [qv] in arranging entertainments for the patients, including leading the Tuscar Red Cross Hospital Band. She was a sought-after local accompanist.
Reference: WaW0475
Red Cross record card (reverse)
Reverse of Red Cross record for Dulcie Booker, showing her service at Tuscar Hospital.
Newspaper report
Report of a ‘welcome home’ reception which included a performance by the Tuscar Hospital Band. Glamorgan Gazette 19th July 1918
Newspaper report
Report of a Grand Matinée given at Bridgend Cinema by the soldiers of Tuscar House (and others). Glamorgan Gazette 29th November 1918
Newspaper report
Report of a presentation to Dulcie and Ethel Booker when Tuscar House hospital closed in April 1919. Glamorgan Gazette 4th April 1919