Chambers, Mary J. (Mrs)
Husband George; 13 Glen Terrace, Chester-le-Street; Clerk and pantry work; Full time; With General Service pay; Age when engaged 36; Service from 1/12/1916 to 19/7/1917; 2nd London General Hospital, Chelsea; Tyne Garrison Dental Centre, Newcastle; Resigned 6/12/1918 owing to health; Received Silver Discharge Badge. No trace in Chester-le-Street 1911.

Coates, Florence Emily
4 Benson Street, Chester-le-Street; Reserve V.A.D.; Age when engaged – 28; Service from 21/9/1918 to 11/4/1919; There are two cards for this lady. The second says she served from 17/10/1918 to 31/3/1919 as a nurse with pay at 2nd Western General (Military). Nursing in France; Born 1891 Chester-le-Street; Father William Henry, Colliery Coke Drawer above ground; mother Laura, siblings Laura Amelia, Maud Eveline, William, George Ellis, James Percival, Laura Leslie and Benjamin Mollett; In 1911 was an unemployed domestic servant; Born 23/9/1891 Witton Gilbert; Married 1920 Chester-le-Street to William W Harris; Died 1972.

Cooper, Florence
4 Stoddarts Buildings, Chester-le-Street; Duties - G.S.M; Reserve V.A.D.; Service from 30/9/1918 to 6/1919; Stannington; No trace at this address 1911.

Gardiner, Joseph William
Waldridge Colliery, Chester-le-Street; Private; Driver; Service from 29/2/1917 to 1919; Chief Engineer at Colliery; Wife Ada Florence, children Lilian, Elsie, Evelyn, Percy and Muriel; Born Willington 1879; Died 1919 buried cemetery Ropery Lane, Chester-le-Street.

Hale, Muriel
The Hermitage, Chester-le-Street: Ward maid; Service from 1/3/1915 to 12/1918; Dept. for references – Liverpool Hospital; Commission/Dept./County – France; No better information; Unable to find in Chester-le-Street 1911. (This is possibly Muriel Alice Mary Hale whose brother Robert Eyre Hale married Elsie Emma Lindsay Wood daughter of Sir Lindsay Wood of the Hermitage, Chester-le-Street. Muriel was born at Knowesley, Lancashire in 1873 and died in 1956. Is so she was Commandant at Knowesley Hall Auxiliary Hospital Her work was recognised in 1920 with the Order of the British Empire.)

Harle, Marian
The Terrace, Chester-le-Street; Nurse; With pay; Age when engaged – 30; Service from 23/1/1917 to 9/5/1919; M.H. Cosham from 23/1/1917; Trans. France 22/10/1918 to 9/5/1919; Father Frederick, Solicitor, mother Jane, siblings Annie E., Frederick W., James L. and Edith; Born 2/6/1886 Chester-le-Street; Baptized Chester-le-Street 27/6/1886.

McLare, Agnes Lancelot
Brewery House, Chester-le-Street; Nurse; Age when engaged – 36; Service from 14/10/1915 to 5/3/1917; Second card says 21/4/1917; Queen Mary’s Military Hospital, Whalley 14/10/1915 to 14/11/16; 1st Northern General Hospital Newcastle Military 2/2/1917 to 2/3/1917; Second card says 21/4/1917; Born Chester-le-Street 1878; Died 1955.

McLare Also McClare, Elsie
Brewery House, Chester-le-Street; Nurse; Full time; Service from 10/1914 to 9/1915; 3rd Durham V.A.H., Hammerton House, 4 Gray Road, Sunderland; Tran. To Whalley War Hospital Manchester until 12/1916; Father Thomas Porteous McClare, Civil Service – Surveyor of H.M. Customs, mother Christina, children Kenneth Samuel, Alan Porteous, James Malcolm, William Stuart, Christina Marion and Dorothy; Born Liscard, Cheshire 22/6/1892; Married Fraser M Allan 1927 Romford, Essex District; Died 1981 Worthing District, West Sussex.

McLare, Mary Porteous
Brewery House, Chester-le-Street; Rank – Trained Nurse; Pay £1.1s.0d per week; Age when engaged – 29; Service from 20/6/1918 to 15/4/1919; Born 1887 Chester-le-Street; Trained Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh – certificate 1917; Registered on UK and Ireland Nursing Register 1918.

Oliver, Isabella (Mrs)
Athelstane Cottage, Chester-le-Street; Nurse; Duties – Treasurer and nursing; Part time; 918 hours worked; Service from 19/1/1915 to 3/3/1916; 10th Durham V.A.H., Mayfield, Pine Street, Jarrow; Unable to trace in Chester-le-Street in 1911.

Renton, Stella
Pelaw Cottage, Chester-le-Street; Nurse; Age when engaged – 30; Service from 6/7/1917 to 5/9/1918; New Zealand Hospital, Walton; Born 9/5/1887; Baptized 21/8/1887 Chester-le-Street; Father William Matthew, mother Mary Ann; In 1939 was at 10 Eskdale Terrace, Newcastle as a Chartered Masseuse; Died 29/4/1961 at South View, 7 Hextol Terrace, Hexham; Siblings Augustus Cecil, Henrietta Charlotte, Enid Marguerite, Eric Stewart, Horatio Borrowman, and Helena.

Simpson, Ann Isabella
8 Wilfred Street, Chester-le-Street; Nurse; With pay; Reserve V.A.D. on second card; Age when engaged – 23; Service from 10/9/1917 to 9/10/1918; 2nd card says service from 19/9/1917; 4th Military Hospital, Lincoln; Dressmaker’s Apprentice; Stepfather Edward Crabtree, mother Sarah, sister Jane E. Simpson and half-sister Hannah Crabtree; Born 1895 Chester-le-Street; Baptized 27/7/1897 Chester-le-Street; Father Nathaniel, Mason’s Labourer.

Stewart, Elizabeth (Mrs)
Alsted House, Broadwood View, Chester-le-Street; Nurse; Rank – A.N.; Age when engaged – 34; Service from 24/7/1916 to 15/9/1919; Bethnal Green Military; Unable to trace 1911.

Turnbull, Florence Maud
Harbour House, Chester-le-Street; Nurse; With pay; Age when engaged – 19; Service from 7/12/1918 to date (still serving 5/11/1919). Military Hospital Huddersfield. Father John Baker, Farmer, mother Margaret, siblings Harriett, George, Peter Oswald, John B., Gladys Mary, Margaret Helena, Ella May, Roberta, Robert Atkinson Oswald and Thomas: Born Pelton 27/8/1900. ?Died 12/1/1990: Last address – Street Bernadette Residential Home, 72-74 Charlbury Close, Maidstone; UK Midwives Roll 1904-1959 – Date of enrolment 8/10/1923; C.M.B. Examination.

Wade, Margaret
2 Ripon Terrace, Plawsworth; Ward maid/orderly; Reserve V.A.D.; Age when engaged – 31; Service from 22/7/1918 to date. 22/7/1918 Salonica B. Hospital Trans. 10/8/1918; Sisters’ Con. Camp Hortiach, Salonica.; Trans. 22/8/1919 No. 2 Stationary Hospital Abbeville. Unable to trace 1911 at this address.

Wood, Lilian (Mrs)
The Hermitage, Chester-le-Street; Help in kitchen; Part time; 95 hours worked; Service from 6/1915 to 8/1915; Belgrave House, Littlehampton; Unable to trace 1911.

(This is possible Mrs Collingwood Lindsay Wood nee Sopper. Collingwood was the son of Sir Lindsay Wood of the Hermitage Chester-le-Street. Collingwood was killed in action 24th May 1915. Lilian died in 1973)