Royal Red Cross (RRC) Badge
Royal Red Cross (RRC) Badge was a gilt cross, established on April 23, 1883 by Queen Victoria. It was originally awarded in the single class of Member. The first award was to the founder of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale. The second class, silver cross, was introduced in November 1915. Recipients of the second-class badge were known as Associates. Holders of the second-class badge were promoted to first class upon receipt of a second award. During WW I, the award was restricted to women. QAIMNS-R Matron Alice Cashin RRC was the first Australian to be awarded a Royal Red Cross (RRC) and Bar for bravery during World War I and the French Croix de Guerre as well. Evelyn Gertrude Brooke RRC Bar was the only New Zealand military nurse to receive both the Royal Red Cross and Bar.
Royal Red Cross RRC Member Badge (left) with Bar and Silver Associate (2nd Class) Badge - Geo. V Version
The total Red Cross awards to members of the New Zealand Army Nursing Service during World War I included: (1) 14 Royal Red Cross (RRC) Member (1st class) badges; (2) 1 Bar to the Royal Red Cross Member badge and (3) 72 Associate Member badges.
To recognize further exceptional devotion and competency in the performance of actual nursing duties or some very exceptional act of bravery and devotion at her post of duty, a Bar may be awarded to a recipient of the RRC Member Medal. Five more Bars were awarded in the 1919 New Year's Honors and 12 more in the 1919 Birthday Honors. The Great War was the first time any Bars were awarded.
The RRC was awarded to 43 Australian nurses, 2 with Bar to the Royal Red Cross Member badge (Matron-in-Chief Emma Maud McCarthy and British Sister Kate Luard, QAIMNS-R) and 143 Associate badges. Matron Ida Greaves QAIMNS-R was awarded the RRC Member (1st class) Medal and AANS Sister Nellie Morrice MBE was decorated with the Associate (2nd class) Medal. NZANS Nurse Mary Looney ARRC also received the Associate Member badge.
AANS Principal Matron Gertrude Emily Davis' Associate (ARRC) Badge and Ida Greaves' Invitation to Receive the RRC 1st Class at Buckingham Palace
Royal Red Cross (RRC) Badge was a gilt cross, established on April 23, 1883 by Queen Victoria. It was originally awarded in the single class of Member. The first award was to the founder of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale. The second class, silver cross, was introduced in November 1915. Recipients of the second-class badge were known as Associates. Holders of the second-class badge were promoted to first class upon receipt of a second award. During WW I, the award was restricted to women. QAIMNS-R Matron Alice Cashin RRC was the first Australian to be awarded a Royal Red Cross (RRC) and Bar for bravery during World War I and the French Croix de Guerre as well. Evelyn Gertrude Brooke RRC Bar was the only New Zealand military nurse to receive both the Royal Red Cross and Bar.
Royal Red Cross RRC Member Badge (left) with Bar and Silver Associate (2nd Class) Badge - Geo. V Version
To recognize further exceptional devotion and competency in the performance of actual nursing duties or some very exceptional act of bravery and devotion at her post of duty, a Bar may be awarded to a recipient of the RRC Member Medal. Five more Bars were awarded in the 1919 New Year's Honors and 12 more in the 1919 Birthday Honors. The Great War was the first time any Bars were awarded.
The RRC was awarded to 43 Australian nurses, 2 with Bar to the Royal Red Cross Member badge (Matron-in-Chief Emma Maud McCarthy and British Sister Kate Luard, QAIMNS-R) and 143 Associate badges. Matron Ida Greaves QAIMNS-R was awarded the RRC Member (1st class) Medal and AANS Sister Nellie Morrice MBE was decorated with the Associate (2nd class) Medal. NZANS Nurse Mary Looney ARRC also received the Associate Member badge.
AANS Principal Matron Gertrude Emily Davis' Associate (ARRC) Badge and Ida Greaves' Invitation to Receive the RRC 1st Class at Buckingham Palace
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