County: County Durham
Issued on: Return
Date of presentation: 05/11/1902
Number issued: 3
Gold brooches and certificates on vellum, to:
Presentation made by the Mayor, in the Reception Room of Sunderland Town Hall.
Reverse (not seen): "County Borough of Sunderland / Presented to Nursing Sister M. Rogers in appreciation of Services Rendered in South Africa / J.G. Kirtley, Mayor".
Sister Rogers example held in the collection of the British Red Cross Museum & Archives.
HONOURING THE VOLUNTEERS.
THE FREEDOM OF THE BOROUGH.
Presentation to Nurses.
A large number of Volunteers and others who went out from Sunderland to South Africa during the late war were honoured by the municipality last night, the proceedings taking the form od a special meeting of the Town Council, at which the freedom of the borough was presented to nearly 100 men belonging to the various volunteer bodies, and recognition was made of the services of three local nurses.
……. The Mayor, addressing Nursing Sisters ROGERS, FILKIN, and SHORE, and the officers and men of the Imperial Yeomanry, Durham Light Infantry, and Field Telegraph Corps, said he offered them on behalf of the Corporation and the inhabitants of the town a cordial and earnest welcome home from South Africa. (Applause).
