Rosabelle Osborne
{{Short description|British military nurse and nursing administrator}}
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|branch= British Army
|serviceyears= 1903–1930
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|commands= Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (1928–1930)
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Rosabelle Osborne, {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|CBE|RRC}} (died 8 May 1958) was a British military nurse and nursing administrator. She served as Principal Matron at the War Office in 1924 and as Matron-in-Chief at the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS) from 1 April 1928 until 1930.
The second daughter of Dr. J. A. Osborne of Milford, County Donegal, Rosabelle Osborne received her training at the Manchester Children's Hospital, Pendlebury, and Bristol Royal Infirmary. She served with the QAIMNS from May 1903. She was on active service abroad during the First World War in France, Egypt, Malta and Salonika.
External links
- [http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person.php?LinkID=mp55943 National Portrait Gallery webpage]
- [http://www.qaranc.co.uk/matroninchiefs.php QARANC website]
- [http://rcnarchive.rcn.org.uk/ RCN archive (search by name)]
- [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/34241/pages/235/page.pdf London Gazette]
{{British nursing matrons in the 19th century}}
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Category:British Army personnel of World War I
Category:British nursing administrators
Category:British people of Irish descent
Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Female nurses in World War I
Category:Female wartime nurses
Category:Members of the Royal Red Cross
Category:Place of birth missing
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Category:Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps officers
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