Name Sidney Browne | Died 1941 | |
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Dame Sidney Jane Browne, GBE, RRC (born 5 January 1850 - died 1941) was the first appointed Matron-in-Chief of the newly formed Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service. After she retired from the QAIMNS (later known as the QARANC) she was appointed as Matron-in-Chief of the TFNS/TNS. Browne was appointed a Dame Grand Cross of the Military Division of the Order of the British Empire in 1918.
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In 1922 she became the first President of the Royal College of Nursing in 1928.
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Early life
Sidney Browne was born in Bexley. She grew up in a medical family, with a surgeon father and two brothers who were doctors.
Nursing Career
Browne began her nursing training at age 28, when she began nursing at the Guest Hospital, Dudley.
In 1883, Browne joined the Army nursing service, and was posted to the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley, as one of only 20 sisters.