Katherine Edith McCall Anderson RRC & Bar (5 January 1866 – 7 April 1924) was a leading civilian and military matron, receiving the Royal Red Cross (RRC) award for her service in the Second Boer War and the RRC Bar for her service in World War I. Katherine McCall Anderson was born in Glasgow, on 5 January 1866, the eldest daughter among the eight children of Sir Thomas McCall Anderson (1836–1908) and his wife Margaret (nee Richardson)[1].
Anderson worked as a staff nurse, then sister at the Dundee Royal Infirmary, following her training there (1887–1890).
[3] On return to the United Kingdom she maintained links with military reserve nursing services.
In 1908 she was invited to join the national advisory committee at the War Office for the newly formed Territorial Force Nursing Service (TFNS).
[1] Anderson was actively involved in the St John Ambulance Association and on outbreak of the First World War appointed matron Lady Hardinge Hospital (for sick and wounded Indian soldiers) at Brockenhurst in Hampshire.