A fascinating Canadian Nurse -'Wrexham Born' - of Irish heritage Great War campaign pair of medals: Staff Nurse Eileen Constance Mostyn Hoops, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Reserve

- British War Medal. Silver issue (S/Nurse E. C. Hoops.)
- Interallied Victory Medals (S/Nurse E. C. Hoops.)

Note: Single letter 'O' in surname official correction on Interallied Victory Medal only - and exactly as issued to the recipient

Sold together with:

- Sterling silver named identity disc and bracelet chain. The obverse of the disc engraved 'E. C. Hoops' 'Q.A.I.M.N.R.' on 2 x lines. The reverse with English maker mark S.J.R. (Stephen John Rose) & London assay hallmark for 1916

Medals verification: The Great War campaign medals verified as the recipient's full medal entitlement for the Great War, reference the recipients respective Medal Index Card which shows that Eileen Constance Hoops first entered theatre of war 'France' on 24 September 1917 (ref WO 372/23/20269)

The recipients military service papers are extant and are held & accessible at The National Archives

Eileen Constance Hoops was born in Wrexham, Wales in 1885. As a child she was brought up in the Isle of Man, where her father was a Medical Practitioner for some years. After her family migrated to Canada, Eileen lived a pioneering life in Telkwa, British Columbia. She subsequently trained as a nurse in Vancouver, Canada, and served as a Staff Nurse with Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve during the Great War on the Western Front from 24 September 1917. After the Great War she resided in Palo Alto, California, and died in Vancouver General Hospital in February 1963

Sold together with some hard-copy research

Important: The Bulkley Valley Museum archives in British Columbia, Canada, have a large on-line archive of photographic and text material pertaining to Eileen Constance Hoops, and her Irish family who were prominent early pioneers in Telkwa, British Columbia. Her father being a Doctor, and her mother a Nurse. With brothers who were ranchers, and adventurers who had worked the Klondike & Yukon as miners, as well as serve overseas in the South African War. The Museum archives have numerous photographs, and articles

The medals fitted with pieces of bright original silk 'moire' ribands, the medals in near pristine condition

See item code 22858 for her brother 'Adventurer's' QSA medal

Condition: Silver medal toned, the pair better than EF

Code: 22877