On the 28th October 1918 my Great Aunt, Margaret Box, arrived at the Scottish Women’s Hospitals unit near Skopje. She was a Red Cross Nurse working in the Elsie Inglis unit at the end of the First World War and fortunately her letters home and diaries have been preserved. Previous Index Next S.W.H. c/o Dr… Continue reading Margaret Box arrived in Skopje – 29th October 1918
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Margaret Box letter from Salonica – October 20th 1918
My Great Aunt, Margaret Box, was a civilian Red Cross nurse, serving in Serbia, towards the end of the First World War. On the 20th of October 1918 she wrote to her Mother from Salonica. As this had been the first major city she had been in for a while she also sent a telegram… Continue reading Margaret Box letter from Salonica – October 20th 1918
The Year of the Nurse and Midwife
Today would be the two hundredth birthday of Florence Nigthtingale, and the World Health Organisation designated 2020 the Year of the Nurse and Midwife in her honour. Although the Coronavirus crisis may have taken some of the attention which might have otherwise been paid to this remarkable woman, it has also emphasised the importance of… Continue reading The Year of the Nurse and Midwife
Margaret Box still in Bralo, October 14th 1918
Margaret Box, my Great Aunt, was nursing in Salonica and Serbia at the end of the First World War. She wrote many letters home, which I am transcribing here. This one, to her father, follows the one she wrote she wrote to her mother, from Bralo on 11th/12th October 1918. Previous Index Next c/o 49th… Continue reading Margaret Box still in Bralo, October 14th 1918
December 1918 – Margaret Box home soon, or not
Previous Index Next By late December 1918, Margaret Box had been Nursing in Salonica and Serbia for around three months, and her Father, John Robert Box must have written to Scottish Women’s Hospitals, with the aim of sending her a tie as a Christmas present. On the morning of 20th December they sent him a… Continue reading December 1918 – Margaret Box home soon, or not
New Year 1978 and Box Family history from Margaret Box
Every time I dig into the treasure trove of family letters I find that both sides of the family seem to have been in the habit of cramming as much into a letter as possible. This letter, send from my Great Aunt Margaret – of Nursing in Salonica and Serbia fame – to my mother… Continue reading New Year 1978 and Box Family history from Margaret Box
The Box Model Beam Engine
One of my ancestors made a Model Beam Engine, which is now housed at the Lawrence House Museum in Launceston. According to my mother’s notes (which are on the rear of the black and white picture, the Beam Engine was made by my Great Great Great Grandfather, John Box (born in 1878) Although according to… Continue reading The Box Model Beam Engine
Arrived Safely in Salonica in 1918
My Great Aunt Margaret volunteered as a Civilian Red Cross Nurse in 1918, traveling to Serbia via Salonica (Thessalonica) to work at the military hospital in Sarajevo. The post ‘Margaret Box, nursing in Salonica and Serbia‘ acts as an index to the letters she wrote. On 20th October she sent a telegram to her father,… Continue reading Arrived Safely in Salonica in 1918
Margaret Box, Somewhere in France in September 1918
Previous Index Next Margaret Box, my Great Aunt, traveled to Serbia as a nurse in 1918. Following on from her previous letter, where she was leaving Southampton on the 17th September, she writes this one on the morning of the 18th, from ‘Somewhere in France’. She would have been a long way from the battle… Continue reading Margaret Box, Somewhere in France in September 1918
Margaret Box leaving from Southampton
Previous Index Next My Great Aunt, Margaret Box, went nursing in Serbia 1918-19, towards the end of the First World War. This post is an index of the letters she wrote home and other documents related to her travels. On 17th September 1918 she set sail from Southampton, heading for France at the start of… Continue reading Margaret Box leaving from Southampton