Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War A.R.R.C. group of five awarded to Sister Janet S. H. Niccol, Territorial Force Nursing Service

Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, unnamed, on bow ribbon; British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (Sister J. Niccol); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-18 (S. Nurse J. S. H. Niccol); Jubilee 1935, unnamed, on bow ribbon, nearly extremely fine (5) £450-550

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Awards to the Medical Services from the Collection of the late Tony Sabell.

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A.R.R.C. London Gazette 4 June 1917. ‘for valuable services with the Armies in the Field.’ ‘Miss Janet S. H. Niccol, Staff Nurse, T.F.N.S.’

M.I.D. London Gazette 21 July 1917 (Salonika).

Janet Stevenson Hunter Niccol trained for Nursing at the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow and received maternity training at the Royal Infirmary, Dundee. Prior to the war she was a Ward Sister at the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow and was engaged in Private Nursing, 1912-14. During the war as a Nurse with the T.F.N.S. she entered the Salonika theatre of war on 1 July 1916. As a Staff Nurse she was mentioned in General Milne’s despatches and awarded the A.R.R.C. for her wartime services. After the war she was a Sister and Junior Matron at Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow; Superintendent of Nurses at the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow and then Matron at Seaford Hospital Ayr. In 1928 she was appointed Matron to the Royal Infirmary, Dundee. In 1932 and 1937 she was elected to the General Nursing Council for Scotland; resigning in 1942. With copied research.