War Diary 1. 91. 5 - Scarlet Finders. PREVIOUS - DECEMBER 1. CROWN COPYRIGHT: THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES, WO9. Set out below on this page will be any major additions to the site. No entries in the original for 1st, 2nd and 3rd January. Abbeville. Left. Abbeville early for Boulogne in order to meet Miss Sydney Browne RRC.. Matron- in- Chief TFNS who was arriving with gifts from Her Majesty Queen. Alexandra, with gifts for the Territorial Nursing Staff. Instructions. were sent from the War Office requesting that every facility should be. After going to the ADMS office, I sent the telegram to HQ. Her Majesty’s gifts for the Regular Service. GHQ in error instead of forwarding them to. Boulogne as instructed. Arranged for an Ambulance to be at the steamer. Hotel. Miss Barbier and I with the car met. Miss Browne and conveyed her to the Hotel where a room had been taken. Miss Wilson RRC and Miss Beadsmore Smith RRC came to dinner. Miss Browne had quite a reception from many Territorial Nurses who. Stationary Hospital. Boulogne. The. Red Cross kindly arranged to place a car at Miss Sydney Browne’s. TFNS Sisters are stationed in the most comfortable. I spent the morning arranging about the gifts and giving Miss. Browne a correct nominal roll. Miss Barbier began visiting. Boulogne, while I went to the Rawal Pindi Hospital. Nursing Sisters were required (4 ) and where I arranged 2. Frank Himpsl Piano Roll Musical Archive. Edythe Baker was a prolific roll artist with a funky, bluesy style which she developed early in her career from listening to ragtime and jazz. Benjamin Arthur Gifford was born August 11, 1859 at Danby, Illinois. Gifford opened his first studio at Fort Scott, Kansas in 1884. He moved to Portland in 1888 and set up shop in a basement space at Sixth & Morrison Streets. He is said to be the first photographer. This history of the piano covers the period from the piano's invention to modern times, with background information on its predecessors in earlier centuries. The popularity of the piano throughout history has lead to many taking piano classes to learn this historical. General and 2 from 1. General Hospitals should join. In the. afternoon visited 1. General Hospital and visited the Sick Sisters, all. Visited No. 1. 2 Ambulance Train and. OC as well as Miss Allen QAIMNS the Sister in charge. The train. is now in good working order and everything is going satisfactorily.
Miss Barbier going to meet them. Hotel. After that was done, arranged that Miss Barbier. Miss Browne and remain with her until her departure. London. She is expecting to remain in France a week or 1. Went to 7 Stationary Hospital where I saw the Matron and the. OC in charge about the shortage of orderlies, which is being felt in. This I. said I would mention but that it was important that the Commanding. Officer should report officially on the matter to ADMS and ask that. DMS. Arrived at Abbeville. Found many letters receiving attention. Instructions were sent by. Havre about Her Majesty’s gifts asking that Miss. Richards should distributed them at that base and that she should then. Rouen where I shall meet her. Abbeville. Wrote. DMS asking that I might have a Principal Matron. Miss Barbier my secretary in. This I asked might be sent to the War Office. Made a summary of the work done since the. War Office for the Nursing. Board. In consequence of receiving a telegram from GHQ arranged for. Boulogne to St. Omer for duty at 1. Stationary Hospital. Went over Section B, 5 Stationary. Hospital which has just been opened here in a fine building; solid. Major Meadows. in charge, Miss Fox and 3 Reserves comprising the nursing staff which. The Hospital was getting well into order –. A. well lighted room surrounded with many windows is being converted into. One Sister is on night duty, the remainder on day. Hunt at the completion of 1 month’s duty as Staff Nurse (a. General Hospital ). Busy all day answering letters and. Left at 8. 3. 0 for Rouen. Went to 1. 2 General Hospital where. Went with. the Matron first to the enteric division where they have been working. The division at present consisting of 5. Bell. tents for duty tents have been provided and a shed where all bed pans. There. is a plentiful supply of all utensils and linen; Nurses and orderlies. Certain points I noticed which. The operating theatre. X- Ray room, and special ward for operations is now in a hut specially. I am sure, prove entirely. Nursing Sisters – 1 Sister and 1 Staff Nurse are on. I have arranged that while they prove satisfactory it is. Sister and theatre orderly are to be called. The. camp, owing to the heavy rains, is still in a very muddy condition, but. Part of the Nursing Staff are. A bell tent as a bathroom was being arranged. Mess quite close to the kitchen was most. Rations are drawn and the expenses. Jameson officer in. Miss Cheetham, Matron, is working hard and doing her utmost in. Nursing Sisters Reserve is overcome. Then visited 1. 0 General Hospital situated also on the Race Course, Lt. Col. Ballieu in. charge, Miss Mark Matron. This like No. 1. 2 is entirely under canvas with. X- ray Room and special ward for. A set of marques are set apart for isolation lines. At the. time of my visit only convalescent measles and scarlet fever were there. Sisters. A marque and bell tent has been set apart lest. This is not done at 1. Stationary Hospital where infectious diseases of all kinds are nursed. In Operating. Theatre work 3. Who speak French fluently. The arrangements for the. Nursing Staff who are all under canvas is admirable – good Mess, the. A bell tent boarded and admirably. The Home Sister superintends the Nurses' tents and Mess and. Red Cross stores also. Rations are drawn. Miss. Bills, who has recently joined No. Red Cross Officers' Hospital as. Matron with the approval of the DG and the Commissioner, came to. She told me of how she was managing and the many difficulties. I arranged to visit the Hospital. I left. 1. 0. 0. 1. Rouen. Started. early for the Race Course after going to the ADMS office where I met. Colonel Barefoot, Sir Barclay Moynihan and the Red Cross Commissioner. Red Cross Hospital had. Then went to 1. 2 General to see Col. Jameson and then to. Stationary Hospital where Major Mc. Munn is in charge and Miss Minns. Matron. This hospital is situated quite close to the Race Course at. Rifle Range, and where 1. Stationary Hospital and the Scottish Red. Cross Hospital work side by side. This Hospital is admirably arranged. The marques are better planned than any I have. A good operating theatre, kitchen. Nursing Sisters under canvas – the Mess in a wooden structure and all. Returned. to lunch where I met many interested in the Red Cross including the. Commissioner Sir C. Thomson, Lord Robert Cecil, Honourable A. Stanley –. they were all rather disturbed at the appointment of a QAIMNS as Matron. Red Cross Officers’ Hospital. Stanley, who was returning. London was going to discuss the matter with Sir A. And with the. Matron- in- Chief he was going to discuss the question of the Red Cross. I am sure, be an admirable one. After. lunch I went to No. General Hospitals, all under canvas until. These hospitals are in a good position near pine woods and. Spring. They are all boarded –. They are all well managed and. No. 6 being particularly good, having. Nursing. Sisters. Everywhere the Matrons are well supplied with Red Cross things. Queen. Alexandra’s gifts arrived. Telephoned for Miss Reid, the senior Matron. I visited the Red Cross. Officers’ Hospital where I found Miss Bills arrival was unexpected and. She, with the late Matron Miss Grey who is still there. Hospital where much has been done and there remains. There are 2 large wards and 2 smaller ones. Nursing Sisters, the Nursing Sisters. The Nursing Staff. Medical Officers are accommodated in another building within the. Browne who had arrived from Versailles. From. there to No. General Hospital where huts now take the place of all the. The huts for the. Nursing Staff are ready for occupation as soon as the water is laid on. Nash in charge. Miss Suart Matron, who appears to be managing in a thoroughly. Returned to Abbeville arriving 7pm. Also arranged for 4 QAMNSI no longer required at Orleans to. Boulogne for duty at the Rawal Pindi Hospital until required. Gave the Queen’s gift to Miss Fox, now at 5 Stationary. Hospital.* Queen Alexandra's Military Nursing Service India. Employed. all day with correspondence. Completed a brief report of the work done. Rouen for DMS, who left for Rouen. Received a telegram from the DG. I with Miss Sidney Browne should go to GHQ to see him. Boulogne. Intended. Boulogne but eventually didn’t get away till 2pm in. I was asked to. convey to the Base Commandant for DMS. On arrival delivered letter. Stationary Hospital and 1. Ambulance Trains, where I found everything very satisfactory. Miss. Sydney Browne and Miss Barbier arrived from Le Treport. Miss Holman has. returned bringing Nurse Cummings with. Major Maxwell is interested in, and who came as she. Matron- in- Chief, when telling her she was ineligible for. Reserve in consequence of her age, had added that there were other. I could do for her. I recommended her to apply to the Australian. Hospital who I know is in want of nurses. St. Omer – noon. Left. Miss Sydney Browne and Miss Barbier for GHQ, arriving at. DG we drove to a jute factory which has been. An enormous building formed of one huge shed. All. arrangements are admirable. A few beds, but mainly stretchers raised. Well ventilated and airy and. The bathing arrangements excellent, also the removal. All rifles with names attached thoroughly cleaned; a tailor’s. We. lunched at the Mess with the DG, and afterwards visiting No. Casualty. Clearing Station where Miss Browne and I both gave Queen Alexandra’s. Before leaving the Mess the DG spoke to me about the question of. Sisters for the operating theatres of native hospitals, the. Matronship of. the Red Cross Hospital and the best way of arranging my work now that. In the afternoon Miss Browne drove to Le Touquet with Miss. Wilson and Miss A. I had an appointment with Miss Watt, Lady. Superintendent QAMNSI about her Sisters going for duty to the operating. Montreuil for a month. Orders were issued to the 2 ladies. Met the Medical. Officer of 1. Ambulance Train who told me the Reserve nurses were not. Colonel Watson came to see me about a. Nurses Club in Boulogne, where. He is anxious for me to write. I shall do after I have seen the DMS. Boulogne. Drove. with the ADMS Colonel Lynden Bell to Jesuit College, an Indian Hospital. MO does not wish for Sisters in his operating theatre, and. Hardelot where we went over the Hospital and where the OC is. Sisters directly there is any work, and it was decided. Sisters were required he would telegraph and at a. Boulogne. The situation is. Sisters would be comfortably accommodated at the. Hotel which is quite close to the Hospital. A History of the Piano, 1. One of the factories was a leased property, while the second, in. Camden Town, London, was owned by the family. When manufacturing. When Giuliano Ajello's grandson's estate was finally. Camden Town building was sold. Arthur Giovanni Ajello, and Louis Robert Ajello, grandsons of. Giuliano Ajello emigrated to Canada 1. At Leestone Road, Wyhtenshawe, Manchester, relations of the. Ajello family, namely Bill Ajello, set up making pianos in 1. Pierce Piano Atlas that has the serial numbers for the Manchester factory. However. Peter Ajello believes they were still making pianos much later than. The following is. Bill Kibby of Piano. Gen: 1. 86. 2- 3 G. Ajello established in London, later maker to the King of. Italy. 1. 87. 0 Not listed in the Post Office London Directory. Guiliano Ajello, Pianoforte Maker, 1. Park street, Camden. Town, N. W. 1. 88. Gold Medal awarded to G. Ajello at the International. Inventions Exhibition. Kelly's Directory of the Furnishing Trades under Pianoforte Makers. Warehouses includes Giuliano Ajello, listed at 1. Park street, Camden Town, N. W. 1. 89. 2 My Post Office London Directory lists Ajello at 1. Park. Street, N. W., an address shared with Roof & Treacy, Marble Masons. Alfred Spencer, Harmonium Fittings Maker. Ajello & Sons are listed as makers in Dolge's book. Piano number 2. 2,7. Around 1. 93. 1 two G. Ajello & Sons pianos with serial numbers around 2. Malcolm action numbers, in spite of the mark 2. By Royal Appointment to H. M. The number on the bracing. G. Ajello & Sons Ltd. Upper street N. W. Not listed in Music Trades Directory. Not listed. Later models were made by Kemble, who say that.
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