Robert Bryson (1778 – 1852) was a Clock and Watch Maker of Edinburgh, as well as being Clock and Watchmaker to Queen Victoria and Co-Founder of what would become Heriot Watt University. He had four sons and two daughters Alexander Bryson (1816-1886) William Gillepsie Bryson (1818-1906) Robert Bryson (1819-1886) Margaret Muir Bryson (1821-1873) James Mackay… Continue reading Robert Bryson and Sons of Edinburgh
Month: June 2017
You need not feel anxious about your daughter, Mr Box
Previous Index Next My Great Aunt, Margaret Box, left Britain on the 17th of September 1918 to serve as a nurse in Salonica and Serbia. Her father, my Great Grandfather, John Box, clearly did not hear from her for a while as he contacted The Scottish Women’s Hospitals for Home and Foreign Service (London Society… Continue reading You need not feel anxious about your daughter, Mr Box
Margaret Box, nursing in Salonica and Serbia
Margaret Ada Box (1890-1986), my Great Aunt, daughter of John Box, volunteered as a Civilian Red Cross Nurse in 1918, with the Scottish Women’s Hospitals. She has a record at Forces War Records (which needs Full Access Membership to see it), which shows that her Department was “Scot. Women”, her Rank was “N.S.” (whatever that… Continue reading Margaret Box, nursing in Salonica and Serbia