Sister Mary Ann (Bessie) Pocock (second from left) outside Buckingham Palace with other nursing ...

Place Europe: United Kingdom, England, Greater London, London
Accession Number P01840.016
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Place made United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London
Date made c May 1916
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Sister Mary Ann (Bessie) Pocock (second from left) outside Buckingham Palace with other nursing sisters after receiving her Associate of the Royal Red Cross (ARRC) medal. Pocock's ARRC medal was gazetted at the same time as that of other AANS members Matron Grace Wilson (RRC) [not present in this image], and Sisters Richmond, Peters and Spalding.