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Georgina Davidson MBChB (3 October 1886 – alive in 1919) was a Scottish medical doctor who served with the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service in Serbia in World War I, and worked along with the Royal Army Medical Corps in war zone hospital services in Malta, Salonika and Constantinople.[1]

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  1. 20 relations: Armistice of Mudros, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Bellevue, Edinburgh, British War Medal, Elsie Inglis, French Red Cross, Gallipoli campaign, Great Retreat (Serbia), Hansard, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Istanbul, Kragujevac, Macedonian front, Mentioned in dispatches, Officer (armed forces), Royal Army Medical Corps, Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service, University of Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Victory Medal (United Kingdom).

  2. People associated with the University of Edinburgh
  3. Women in medicine

Armistice of Mudros

The Armistice of Mudros (Mondros Mütarekesi) ended hostilities in the Middle Eastern theatre between the Ottoman Empire and the Allies of World War I. It was signed on 30 October 1918 by the Ottoman Minister of Marine Affairs Rauf Bey and British Admiral Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe, on board HMS ''Agamemnon'' in Moudros harbour on the Greek island of Lemnos, and it took effect at noon the next day.

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Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery

A Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae; MBBS, also abbreviated as BM BS, MB ChB, MB BCh, or MB BChir) is a medical degree granted by medical schools or universities in countries that adhere to the United Kingdom's higher education tradition.

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Bellevue, Edinburgh

Bellevue is a district of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.

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British War Medal

The British War Medal is a campaign medal of the United Kingdom which was awarded to officers and men and women of British and Imperial forces for service in the First World War.

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Elsie Inglis

Eliza Maud "Elsie" Inglis (16 August 1864 – 26 November 1917) was a Scottish medical doctor, surgeon, teacher, suffragist, and founder of the Scottish Women's Hospitals. Georgina Davidson and Elsie Inglis are Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service volunteers.

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French Red Cross

The French Red Cross (Croix-Rouge française), or the CRF, is the national Red Cross Society in France founded in 1864 and originally known as the Société française de secours aux blessés militaires (SSBM).

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Gallipoli campaign

The Gallipoli campaign, the Dardanelles campaign, the Defence of Gallipoli or the Battle of Gallipoli (Gelibolu Muharebesi, Çanakkale Muharebeleri or Çanakkale Savaşı) was a military campaign in the First World War on the Gallipoli peninsula (now Gelibolu) from 19 February 1915 to 9 January 1916.

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Great Retreat (Serbia)

The Great Retreat, also known in Serbian historiography as the Albanian Golgotha (Albanska golgota), refers to the retreat of the Royal Serbian Army through the mountains of Albania during the 1915–16 winter of World War I. In late October 1915, Germany, Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria launched a synchronised major offensive, under German leadership, against Serbia.

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Hansard

Hansard is the transcripts of parliamentary debates in Britain and many Commonwealth countries.

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House of Commons of the United Kingdom

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Istanbul

Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, straddling the Bosporus Strait, the boundary between Europe and Asia.

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Kragujevac

Kragujevac (Крагујевац) is the fourth largest city in Serbia and the administrative centre of the Šumadija District.

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Macedonian front

The Macedonian front, also known as the Salonica front (after Thessaloniki), was a military theatre of World War I formed as a result of an attempt by the Allied Powers to aid Serbia, in the autumn of 1915, against the combined attack of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria.

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Mentioned in dispatches

To be mentioned in dispatches (or despatches, MiD) describes a member of the armed forces whose name appears in an official report written by a superior officer and sent to the high command, in which their gallant or meritorious action in the face of the enemy is described.

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Officer (armed forces)

An officer is a person who holds a position of authority as a member of an armed force or uniformed service.

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Royal Army Medical Corps

The Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) is a specialist corps in the British Army which provides medical services to all Army personnel and their families, in war and in peace.

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Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service

The Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Services (SWH) was founded in 1914.

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University of Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh (University o Edinburgh, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as Edin. in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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University of Edinburgh Medical School

The University of Edinburgh Medical School (also known as Edinburgh Medical School) is the medical school of the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and the United Kingdom and part of the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine.

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Victory Medal (United Kingdom)

The Victory Medal (also called the Inter-Allied Victory Medal) is a United Kingdom and British Empire First World War campaign medal.

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See also

People associated with the University of Edinburgh

Women in medicine

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgina_Davidson