A long-unidentified portrait of a WWI nurse has been confirmed as Callander, Ont.’s Christena Clinton Gordon. Eric Taschner reports.

A long-standing mystery has come full circle, as a once-anonymous painting of a First World War nurse has not only been ...

The main trained corps of military nurses was the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS). It was founded in 1902 at the time of the Boer war and in 1914 was less than 300 strong.

Swansea University historian Dr Emma Cavell is descended from an uncle of the nurse, who helped around 200 allied men escape German-occupied Belgium in late 1914 and early 1915.