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A Second War A.R.R.C. group of six awarded to Matron Enid H. McMurray, Indian Military Nursing Service
Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.VI.R. 1st issue, silver and enamel, reverse officially dated 1945, and base of lower arm of cross additionally privately engraved ‘P/Matron E. H. McMurray.’; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal; Coronation 1937; together with the recipient’s miniature A.R.R.C. badge, on lady’s bow riband; Indian Military Nursing Service cape badge, silver, unnamed; and Presidency General Hospital, Calcutta, cape badge, silver and enamel, the reverse numbered ‘531’ and engraved ‘E. Mc.Murray. 1930-1934.’, pin back suspension lacking from last, the medals polished, generally very fine and better (lot) £500-£700
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Provenance: Sold by Order of the Family.
A.R.R.C. London Gazette 1 January 1945.
Mrs. Enid Helen McMurray, née Brown, was born in Mussoorie, India, on 29 October 1900, and trained as a nurse at the Presidency General Hospital in Calcutta, from 24 January 1930 to 6 May 1934. She continued to serve at the hospital until 19 June 1937, before subsequently training as a Midwife. Joining the Indian Military Nursing Service, she served with them as a Temporary Matron during the Second World War, and was awarded the A.R.R.C. She died on 10 January 1982.
Sold with the named Buckingham Palace enclosure for the A.R.R.C.; Presidency General Hospital, Calcutta, Certificate of Training, dated 6 May 1934; two State Medical Faculty of Bengal Certificates, for Nursing, dated 4 May 1933, and Midwifery, dated 9 April 1938; two State Medical Faculty of Bengal Certificates of Registration, dated 30 June 1933 and 4 June 1938; Medical College of Bengal Midwifery Practice Certificate, dated 11 January 1938; a portrait photograph of the recipient wearing her medals; two I.M.N.S. cloth shoulder titles and rank insignia; and the recipient’s passport form the 1970s.
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A Second War A.R.R.C. group of six awarded to Matron Enid H. McMurray, Indian Military Nursing Service
Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.VI.R. 1st issue, silver and enamel, reverse officially dated 1945, and base of lower arm of cross additionally privately engraved ‘P/Matron E. H. McMurray.’; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal; Coronation 1937; together with the recipient’s miniature A.R.R.C. badge, on lady’s bow riband; Indian Military Nursing Service cape badge, silver, unnamed; and Presidency General Hospital, Calcutta, cape badge, silver and enamel, the reverse numbered ‘531’ and engraved ‘E. Mc.Murray. 1930-1934.’, pin back suspension lacking from last, the medals polished, generally very fine and better (lot) £500-£700
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Provenance: Sold by Order of the Family.
A.R.R.C. London Gazette 1 January 1945.
Mrs. Enid Helen McMurray, née Brown, was born in Mussoorie, India, on 29 October 1900, and trained as a nurse at the Presidency General Hospital in Calcutta, from 24 January 1930 to 6 May 1934. She continued to serve at the hospital until 19 June 1937, before subsequently training as a Midwife. Joining the Indian Military Nursing Service, she served with them as a Temporary Matron during the Second World War, and was awarded the A.R.R.C. She died on 10 January 1982.
Sold with the named Buckingham Palace enclosure for the A.R.R.C.; Presidency General Hospital, Calcutta, Certificate of Training, dated 6 May 1934; two State Medical Faculty of Bengal Certificates, for Nursing, dated 4 May 1933, and Midwifery, dated 9 April 1938; two State Medical Faculty of Bengal Certificates of Registration, dated 30 June 1933 and 4 June 1938; Medical College of Bengal Midwifery Practice Certificate, dated 11 January 1938; a portrait photograph of the recipient wearing her medals; two I.M.N.S. cloth shoulder titles and rank insignia; and the recipient’s passport form the 1970s.
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