Kate Luard

[3] She was educated at Croydon High School,[4] where the headmistress, Dorinda Neligan, had served as a nurse at the Siege of Metz during the Franco Prussian War in 1870–71.

[9] She arrived in France on 8 August 1914 and was therefore listed as eligible for the 1914 Star,[10] with a clasp because she served under enemy fire, although it is not clear whether she received it.

[12] During the war she was twice mentioned in despatches and was awarded the Royal Red Cross and Bar.

[16] She resigned from the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (Reserve) shortly after the Armistice because of the illness of her father.

[17] After the war, Luard worked in the South London Hospital for Women,[18] and as matron at Bradfield College in Berkshire from 1924 to 1932.