Members of the Manners Ambulance Corps 1914
In Belgium Nellie Hozier can be seen in the picture alongside in nurse’s uniform and Red Cross armband ( seated front). She is with the other nursing staff of the Angela Manners Ambulance Corps The Matron (in the middle ) is Miss Catherine E A Thorpe.
The Members of the Corps were:
Catherine E A Thorpe :Matron
Hon. Angela (Ange) Manners : Organiser ( daughter of the 3rd Lord Manners)
Nellie Hozier : Interpreter and Secretary ( sister in law of Winston Churchill)
Margaret Dixon Bowie : Nursing Sister
C Florence Forbes : Nursing Sister
Beatrice Waters : Nursing Sister
Hilda Rose Ffolliott : Nursing Sister
The British doctor attached to the unit was Dr James Douglas Driberg, MC, OBE, FRCS, MRCS, LRCP (1890-1956) Second son of John James Street Driberg and Amy Mary Irving Bell, his wife, of Uckfield Lodge, Crowborough.
Almost as soon as the Manners Corps started work the German authorities in Brussels monitored their activities. In the first weeks the Manners Unit treated British, French, Belgian and even some German wounded soldiers and civilians.
Further details about the Manners Ambulance Corps may be obtained by contacting William Cross.
Best method is by e-mail
williecross@virginmedia.com
Picture of the Manners Ambulance Corps
Brussels 1914
William Cross wishes to acknowledge the help given by the family of the late Giles Romilly, eldest son of Nellie Hozier. Thanks also to Hereford Archives.