Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Sister Winnie A. E. Harrison, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, who was killed when her Hospital Ship was sunk off the Anzio beachhead on 24 January 1944

1939-45 Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, unnamed as issued, with named Army Council enclosure, named to ‘Sister W. A. E. Harrison’ (this somewhat stained with pin holes to corners), nearly very fine (3) £70-£90

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Norman Gooding Collection.

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Winnie Alice Elizabeth Harrison took her nursing studies at the Royal Isle of Wight Hospital in Ryde from 1926 to 1929 and registered as SRN No. 56043 on 28 March 1930. Commissioned as Sister in Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve on 1 March 1943, she was posted to the Hospital Ship St. David and was aboard her on 24 January 1944 when attacked by enemy aircraft. Although well marked and lit in accordance with the Geneva Convention, the St. David was struck aft on the port side and sank in around 6 minutes; 55 people were lost, including Sister Harrison.