Elsie Knocker
British nurse and ambulance driver (1884–1978) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Elsie Knocker, later Baroness de T'Serclaes, MM, OStJ (née Elizabeth Blackall Shapter; 29 July 1884 – 26 April 1978) was a British nurse and ambulance driver in World War I who, together with her friend Mairi Chisholm, won numerous medals for bravery and for saving the lives of thousands of soldiers on the Western Front in Belgium. Dubbed "The Madonnas of Pervyse" by the press,[1][2] the two were among the most photographed women of the war.
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Born | Elizabeth Blackall Shapter (1884-06-29)29 June 1884 Exeter, Devon, England |
Died | 26 April 1978(1978-04-26) (aged 93) Ashtead, Surrey, England |
Education | St. Nicholas's, Folkestone Château Lutry, Switzerland |
Years active | September 1914 – March 1918 |
Medical career | |
Profession | Nurse |
Institutions | Children's Hip Hospital, Sevenoaks Queen Charlotte's Hospital Munro Ambulance Corps |
Awards | Order of Léopold II (1915), Military Medal (1917), Order of St. John of Jerusalem (1918) |
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