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Dame Doris Beale
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Royal Red Cross & Bar
Florence Nightingale Medal

Dame Doris Winifred Beale,

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE), a first in the Royal Naval Nursing Service
.

Early life

Beale was born in

London Hospital
Training School for Nurses in 1912, where she completed her two years probation, achieving a "very satisfactory" examination result in October 1914.

Nursing career

After two years further training, Beale joined

RNH Bighi in Malta. Between December 1930 and August 1933, she was in charge of the Cadet Sick Quarters at Dartmouth
, before becoming Superintending Sister at RNH Chatham.

On 24 February 1937 Beale was presented with the

Order of St. John of Jerusalem, before receiving a Bar to her RRC in January the following year.[3]

Beale was made a

International Red Cross Committee, presented to her by the Duke of Gloucester. In 1969 she became a Vice-President of the Hostel for Disabled Women Workers. She was then made the first President of the QARNNS Association in 1970.[citation needed
]

Travel to the Middle East

Between October and November 1949, Beale travelled to the BRCS Commission, Jordan, to see the relief work being carried out by British nurses in the area. During this time, she also visited Israel, Syria and the Lebanon. After the visit, she produced a report for the BRCS, giving her findings and outlining her recommendations for future action. In conclusion, she stated:

I should like to place on record my deep appreciation of the kindness shown to me by all members of the Commission and to express my opinion that the splendid work which is being done for refugees by the BRCS Commission cannot fail to raise the standard of British prestige in the Hashemite Kingdom of the Jordan.

References

  1. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/51957. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  2. Nottingham Evening Post. No. 18294. 24 February 1937. p. 9. Retrieved 15 February 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive
    .
  3. ^ Profile, ukwhoswho.com; accessed 17 March 2019.(subscription required)
  4. ^ London Gazette notice of Beale's damehood, thegazette.co.uk; accessed 22 July 2017.

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Preceded by Matron-in-Chief Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service
1941–1944 		Succeeded by
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