Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Salonika’ 1917 A.R.R.C. group of three awarded to Sister Miss Helen M. Cameron, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, who was also Mentioned in Despatches and suffered severe illness contracted on active service

Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, on lady’s bow riband; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Sister H. M. Cameron.); together with the recipient’s Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. cape badge, lacquered, very fine (4) £300-£400

A.R.R.C. London Gazette 1 January 1918:
‘In recognition of her valuable service with the Armies in the Field.’

Miss Helen Margaret Cameron was born at Blair Atholl, Perthshire, on 20 October 1885, and was educated at the Perth Academy. She trained at King’s College Hospital, London, from December 1908 to December 1911, and was subsequently employed as a Staff Nurse at Lady Dudley Nursing Home, Johannesburg, South Africa from 1 September 1912 to 30 September 1915. She joined the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve on 15 November 1915, and served as a Nursing Sister with them during the Great War in Salonika from 1 July 1916. For her services in Salonika she was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 28 November 1917) and was awarded the Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class.

Miss Cameron suffered a streptococcal infection in Salonika on 5 November 1917, and embarked for Taranto on 21 November 1917; upon returning home she was admitted to King’s College Hospital, London. Her health never fully recovered, and after a further year spent in and out of hospital she relinquished her appointment on account of ill health on 26 February 1919. However, she eventually made a full recovery, and in September 1938 wrote to the War Office to offer her services ‘as Nursing Sister should Great Britain be involved in War.’

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