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A Great War A.R.R.C. Group of Four to Sister E.M. Spicer, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, Late Civilian Hospital Reserve, Royal Red Cross, G.V.R., Second Class (A.R.R.C.) breast Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, in Garrard, London case of issue; 1914 Star (Miss, Civ. Hosp. Res.); British War and Victory Medals (Sister), generally extremely fine, together with related Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. and St. Mary's Nursing Guild Badges, and Identity Disc

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A Great War A.R.R.C. Group of Four to Sister E.M. Spicer, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, Late Civilian Hospital Reserve, Royal Red Cross, G.V.R., Second Class (A.R.R.C.) breast Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, in Garrard, London case of issue; 1914 Star (Miss, Civ. Hosp. Res.); British War and Victory Medals (Sister), generally extremely fine, together with related Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. and St. Mary's Nursing Guild Badges, and Identity Disc
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Lot Essay

A.R.R.C. London Gazette 1.1.1918.

Sister Ethel Margaret Spicer, A.R.R.C., volunteered for overseas service in the Civilian Hospital Reserve at The London Hospital, Whitechapel on 12.8.1914 and was quickly employed at No. 4 General Hospital, B.E.F., having been disembarked in France just five days later. Apart from bouts of illness in 1916 and 1917, including appendicitis, she appears to have served continuously until being demobilised from No. 2 Stationary Hospital in May 1919, aged 41 years, her appointments in France having included No. 18 Casualty Clearing Station. Spicer appears to have taken up a position at St. George's Hospital in Canterbury, Kent, following her discharge.