Catherine Roy

Catherine Roy

Catherine Murray Roy, CBE, RRC, MM was a Scottish military nurse during World War I. She was the daughter of John Roy, minister of the parish of Drymen, and Margaret Ferrie of the parish of Campsie, Catherine trained at the Western Infirmary, Glasgow, before joining the regular army as a staff nurse in 1909. She was one of the first 50 British nurses to go to the front in 1914. She served in both France and Belgium and was mentioned in despatches. The Matron-in-Chief, Q.A.I.M.N.S., died at the Western Infirmary, Glasgow, on 14th August 1976. Appointed on 3rd August 1909, she was Matron-in-Chief from 1938-1940. Together with six other members of the Nursing Service, she was awarded the M.M. "for conspicuous gallantry displayed in the performance oF her duties on the occasion of hostile raids on Casualty Clearing Stations in the Field" in the L.G. 17 October 1917. She was mentioned in despatches (L.G. 29 May 1917), awarded the R.R.C. (L.G. 1 January 1919), and received the C.B.E. in 1940. She was also the holder of the French Medaille Militaire des Epidemies

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