1. Early life

2. Career

3. References
    Citations  Bibliography 

4. External links

Beatrice Isabel Jones {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE|RRC}} (1866–1921) was a British nurse, who after serving in several civilian hospitals, volunteered for military service. She served in the First Boer War in South Africa and then later served during World War I in Baghdad as Matron in Chief of Mesopotamia. She was one of the inaugural recipients of the Florence Nightingale Medal.

Early life

Beatrice Isabel Jones was born on 21 September 1866{{sfn|Bonhams|2013}} to Alicia and William Bolton Jones of Wallasey in Cheshire (now Merseyside), England.{{sfn|Commonwealth War Graves Commission|2016}} After completing her education at Wallasey High School, she began nursing training at St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London in 1891. After a three-year course of study, she completed her training.{{sfn|Bonhams|2013}}{{sfn|The British Journal of Nursing|1921|p=66}}

Career

In 1894, Jones began working at St. Barts, holding various positions until 1896 when she took a position as the Assistant Matron of the New General Hospital in Birmingham. Jones left the infirmary in 1897 when she was appointed Matron of Victoria Park Hospital in London.{{sfn|Bonhams|2013}}{{sfn|The British Journal of Nursing|January, 1903|p=85}} In January 1900, she joined Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service Reserve and the following month was called for service in the First Boer War. Serving in General Hospital No. 1 at Wynberg, No. 2 of Pretoria and finally No. 5 at Wynberg, before she returned to Britain and her post as Matron at Victoria Park in November.{{sfn|Bonhams|2013}} When Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS) was established in 1902, Jones applied and was appointed as a Matron in 1903.{{sfn|Bonhams|2013}}{{sfn|The London Gazette|1903|p=3364}}

Soon thereafter, Jones began working as Matron of the Royal Herbert Hospital, at Woolwich.{{sfn|The British Journal of Nursing|January, 1903|p=85}} but resigned after only a few months.{{sfn|The British Journal of Nursing|March, 1903|p=204}} While she was working there, she was awarded the gold badge of the QAIMNS by Queen Alexandra and then in a ceremony in the yard, all members of the Royal Army Medical Corps who had served in the Boer Wars were issued the Queen's South Africa Medal.{{sfn|The British Journal of Nursing|February, 1903|p=146}} In spite of having tendered her resignation in 1903,{{sfn|The British Journal of Nursing|March, 1903|p=204}} Jones had returned to Herbert in 1904.{{sfn|The British Journal of Nursing|1904|p=471}} In April 1905, it was announced that Jones had been appointed as Matron for the new hospital to be built in Millbank. Though the Queen Alexandra's Military Hospital construction had not begun, Jones, fifteen nurses and six sisters were hired.{{sfn|The British Journal of Nursing|1905|p=288}} The purpose of the hospital was to train nurses to work in other facilities and for the first time, before nurses could be eligible to become matrons, they were required to pass a nursing examination.{{sfn|Tooley|1906|p=181}}

In 1913, Jones was awarded the Decoration of the Royal Red Cross by the King George V.{{sfn|The British Journal of Nursing|1913|p=492}} Jones led 250 nurses to organise the first hospital for British troops in Mesopotamia in 1916.{{sfn|Newman|2014|p=111}} As Chief Matron of Mesopotamia, she also established hospitals in Basra and Mosul ensuring that they were organised according to her exacting standards.{{sfn|The British Journal of Nursing|1921|p=66}} In 1918, she was awarded an additional service bar for her Royal Red Cross{{sfn|The London Gazette|1918|p=54}} and the following year was awarded for her work in Mesopotamia with the Order of the British Empire as a Commander of the Military Division.{{sfn|The London Gazette|1919|p=2994}} In 1920, Jones was one of the inaugural recipients of the Florence Nightingale Medal which had been established to recognize nursing excellence.{{sfn|The British Journal of Nursing|1920|p=334}}

Jones left Mesopotamia briefly in 1920 and then returned to serve as Chief of Civil Administration in Baghdad{{sfn|The Canadian Nurse|1922|p=138}} until her death there on 14 January 1921. She was buried in Baghdad (North Gate) Cemetery, and was the only woman buried among the 4,555 war casualties.{{sfn|Newman|2014|p=111}} A memorial tablet was dedicated to Jones as the first Matron of Queen Alexandra's Military Hospital by Queen Alexandra in 1922, during a ceremony to honor all of the women of the QAIMNS who had lost their lives during World War I. The Imperial Military Nurses Memorial was in the hospital chapel, with a separate memorial for Jones.{{sfn|The British Journal of Nursing|1922|pp=52-53}} The entire memorial was later installed at All Saints Royal Garrison Church in Aldershot Garrison, including the plaque stating that Jones was first Matron of the Hospital there,{{sfn|Imperial War Museums|2016}} when the Queen Alexandra's Military Hospital was decommissioned. In 1989 a re-dedication service was held for the plaques.{{sfn|QARANC|2006}}

References

Citations

Bibliography

• {{cite book|ref=harv|last=Newman|first=Vivien|title=We Also Served: The Forgotten Women of the First World War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4KF2BQAAQBAJ&pg=PT111|year=2014|publisher=Pen and Sword|location=Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England|isbn=978-1-4738-4527-5}}
• {{cite book|ref=harv|last=Tooley|first=Sarah A.|title=The History of Nursing in the British Empire|url=https://archive.org/stream/b21686695#page/181/mode/1up/search/beatrice+jones|year=1906|publisher=S.H. Bousfield|location=London, England|oclc=607763681}}
• {{cite journal|ref={{harvid|The Canadian Nurse|1922}}|author=|title=(a) The British Nursing Service|journal=The Canadian Nurse|date=March 1922|volume=18|issue=3|url=https://archive.org/stream/thecanadiannurse18cnanuoft#page/n135/mode/1up|accessdate=3 September 2016|publisher=Graduate Nurses' Club|location=Vancouver. B.C., Canada}}
• {{cite journal|ref={{harvid|The British Journal of Nursing|January, 1903}}|author=|title=Appointments|journal=The British Journal of Nursing|date=31 January 1903|volume=30|issue=774 |url=http://rcnarchive.rcn.org.uk/data/VOLUME030-1903/page085-volume30-31stjanuary-1903.pdf?_ga=1.197421679.1524862876.1473174073|accessdate=6 September 2016|publisher=Royal British Nurses Association|location=London, England}}
• {{cite journal|ref={{harvid|The British Journal of Nursing|March, 1903}}|author=|title=Appointments|journal=The British Journal of Nursing|date=14 March 1903|volume=30|issue=780 |url=http://rcnarchive.rcn.org.uk/data/VOLUME030-1903/page204-volume30-14thmarch-1903.pdf?_ga=1.95801308.1524862876.1473174073|accessdate=6 September 2016|publisher=Royal British Nurses Association|location=London, England}}
• {{cite news|ref={{harvid|The London Gazette|1918}}|author=|title=Awarded a Bar to the Royal Red Cross|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30450/supplement/54/data.pdf|accessdate=3 September 2016|publisher=The London Gazette|date=1 January 1918|location=London, England}}
• {{cite web|ref={{harvid|QARANC|2006}} |author= |title=Queen Alexandra's Military Hospital Millbank |url=http://www.qaranc.co.uk/queen_alexandras_military_hospital_millbank.php |website=QARANC |accessdate=6 September 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324120805/http://www.qaranc.co.uk/queen_alexandras_military_hospital_millbank.php |archivedate=24 March 2016 |location=London, UK |date=2006 |deadurl=yes |df= }}
• {{cite news|ref={{harvid|The London Gazette|1919}}|author=|title=Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31210/supplement/2994/data.pdf|accessdate=4 September 2016|publisher=The London Gazette|date=3 March 1919|location=London, England}}
• {{cite journal|ref={{harvid|The British Journal of Nursing|1920}}|author=|title=The Florence Nightingale Medal|journal=The British Journal of Nursing|date=5 June 1920|volume=64|issue=1679|url=http://rcnarchive.rcn.org.uk/data/VOLUME064-1920/page334-volume64-05thjune1920.pdf|accessdate=3 September 2016|publisher=Royal British Nurses' Association|location=London, England}}
• {{cite web |ref={{harvid|Bonhams|2013}} |author= |title=A Great War C.B.E. and R.R.C. and bar group of five to Acting Principal Matron B.I.Jones, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service |url=http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/20810/lot/123/? |website=Bonhams |accessdate=3 September 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019020459/http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/20810/lot/123/ |archivedate=19 October 2013 |location=London |date=16 October 2013 |deadurl=yes |df= }}
• {{cite journal|ref={{harvid|The British Journal of Nursing|1922}}|author=|title=Imperial Military Nurses Memorial (pt 1)|journal=The British Journal of Nursing|date=22 July 1922|volume=69|issue=1790|url=http://rcnarchive.rcn.org.uk/data/VOLUME069-1922/page052-volume69-22ndjuly1922.pdf|accessdate=3 September 2016|publisher=Royal British Nurses Association|location=London, England}} and {{cite journal||title=Imperial Military Nurses Memorial (pt 2)|journal=The British Journal of Nursing|date=22 July 1922|volume=69|issue=1790|url=http://rcnarchive.rcn.org.uk/data/VOLUME069-1922/page053-volume69-22ndjuly1922.pdf|publisher=Royal British Nurses Association|location=London, England}}
• {{cite web |ref={{harvid|Commonwealth War Graves Commission|2016}} |author= |title=Jones, Beatrice Isabel |url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/634018/JONES,%20BEATRICE%20ISABEL |website=Commonwealth War Graves Commission |accessdate=3 September 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160903194429/http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/634018/JONES%2C%20BEATRICE%20ISABEL |archivedate=3 September 2016 |location=Maidenhead, Berkshire, England |date=2016 |deadurl=yes |df= }}
• {{cite journal|ref={{harvid|The British Journal of Nursing|February, 1903}}|author=|title=The King and Queen at the Herbert Hospital|journal=The British Journal of Nursing|date=21 February 1903|volume=30|issue=777 |url=http://rcnarchive.rcn.org.uk/data/VOLUME030-1903/page146-volume30-21stfebruary-1903.pdf?_ga=1.172501347.1524862876.1473174073|accessdate=6 September 2016|publisher=Royal British Nurses Association|location=London, England}}
• {{cite web|ref={{harvid|Imperial War Museums|2016}} |author= |title=Matron B I Jones Cbe |url=http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/45720 |publisher=Imperial War Museums |accessdate=3 September 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160903212326/http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/45720 |archivedate=3 September 2016 |location=London, England |date=2016 |id=WM reference #45720 |deadurl=yes |df= }}
• {{cite journal|ref={{harvid|The British Journal of Nursing|1905}}|author=|title=The New Military Hospital, Millbank|journal=The British Journal of Nursing|date=15 April 1905|volume=34|issue=889 |url=http://rcnarchive.rcn.org.uk/data/VOLUME034-1905/page288-volume34-15thapril1905.pdf?_ga=1.137822576.1524862876.1473174073|accessdate=6 September 2016|publisher=Royal British Nurses Association|location=London, England}}
• {{cite journal|ref={{harvid|The British Journal of Nursing|1921}}|author=|title=The Passing Bell|journal=The British Journal of Nursing|date=29 January 1921|volume=66|issue=1713|url=http://rcnarchive.rcn.org.uk/data/VOLUME066-1921/page066-volume66-29thjanuary1921.pdf|accessdate=3 September 2016|publisher=Royal British Nurses Association|location=London, England}}
• {{cite news|ref={{harvid|The London Gazette|1903}}|author=|title=Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27556/supplement/3364|accessdate=4 September 2016|publisher=The London Gazette|date=26 May 1903|location=London, England}}
• {{cite journal|ref={{harvid|The British Journal of Nursing|1913}}|author=|title=Royal Red Cross|journal=The British Journal of Nursing|date=14 June 1913|volume=50|issue=1315|url=https://archive.org/stream/britishjournalof50londuoft#page/492/mode/2up/search/beatrice+jones|accessdate=3 September 2016|publisher=Royal British Nurses Association|location=London, England}}
• {{cite journal|ref={{harvid|The British Journal of Nursing|1904}}|author=|title=Welcome to the American Nurses: The Dinner (pt. 1)|journal=The British Journal of Nursing|date=11 June 1904|volume=32|issue=845 |url=http://rcnarchive.rcn.org.uk/data/VOLUME032-1904/page470-volume32-11thjune1904.pdf|accessdate=6 September 2016|publisher=Royal British Nurses Association|location=London, England}} and {{cite journal||author=|title=Welcome to the American Nurses: The Dinner (pt. 2)|journal=The British Journal of Nursing|date=11 June 1904|volume=32|issue=845 |url=http://rcnarchive.rcn.org.uk/data/VOLUME032-1904/page471-volume32-11thjune1904.pdf|accessdate=6 September 2016|publisher=Royal British Nurses Association|location=London, England}}

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20160325024529/http://www.qaranc.co.uk/war_graves_memorials_nurses.php Images of the memorial at Aldershot Garrison]
• [https://www.dnw.co.uk/auction-archive/lot-archive/lot.php?auction_id=431&lot_id=275767 Images of her medals]

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