BLACKBURN RED CROSS HONOURS (Extracted from the Blackburn Times: 17 and 24 April 1920, and Blackburn Weekly Telegraph 17 April 1920)-The Roll of honourable service which was prepared by the British Red Cross Society contained the names of 19 Blackburn members who each received a letter from Dr. T. Wheeler Hart, of Manchester, County Director of the East Lancashire Branch which read:
“It is with very great pleasure that I forward to you the enclosed certificate of Honourable Service, showing that your name has been inscribed upon the Roll of Honourable Service, in recognition of your splendid service during the war. I congratulate you most sincerely upon this well-deserved honour which has been conferred upon you by the British Red Cross Society—an honour which has been indeed well earned—and at the same time I should like to express the grateful thanks of the county headquarters for the magnificent work which you carried out on behalf of the Society during the trying days of the war"
The names are as follows:
Mrs R.Y. Aitken, joint matron, Ellerslie Hospital, and commandant.
Mrs J.W. Carter, comforts section.
Mr John Dewsnap, secretary men's detachment.
Miss E.M. Dugdale quartermaster, Ellerslie Hospital.
Mrs H. Eccles, commandant, Steward, Ellerslie Hospital.
Mrs R. Hargreaves, head of linen room, Ellerslie Hospital.
Mrs L. Heyworth, commandant, steward, and staff nurse, Ellerslie Hospital.
Miss K. Howard, R.R.C. lady superintendent, and sister in charge, Ellerslie Hospital.
Miss H. Howard, commandant, staff nurse, Ellerslie Hospital.
Miss N. Howard, head steward, staff nurse, Ellerslie Hospital.
Mrs W. Illingworth, comforts section.
Miss E. Karck, head cook, Ellerslie Hospital.
Mrs J. Kay, comforts section.
Mrs T. Mercer, head of laundry, Ellerslie Hospital.
Mr G. Pickup, quartermaster men's detachment.
Mrs F. Pritchard, head of pack store, Ellerslie Hospital.
Mrs J. Radcliffe, comforts section.
Miss N. Sharples, staff nurse, Ellerslie Hospital.
Mrs P.P. Wheelwright, divisional secretary, assistant quartermaster, Ellerslie Hospital.