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Mabel Helen Cave RRC | |
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| Born | 1863 Lidgate, Suffolk |
| Died | 1953 |
| Alma mater | The London Hospital |
| Occupation(s) | Matron and Nursing Leader |
Mabel Helen Cave (1863-1953), RRC, was a matron of The Westminster Hospital and West Suffolk General Hospital, and war time nursing leader.[1] [2] She was a member of the Army Nursing Board.[3] Cave was also on the committee to establish the King Edward VII Memorial Homes for nurses unable to work.[4][5]
Early life
[edit]Mabel was fifth child of nine born to her parents, Robert Haynes Cave, who was a clergyman, and his wife, Elizabeth Vernon George.[6] Mabel was born in 1883 in Lidgate, Suffolk. She stayed at home until she started training at The London Hospital under Matron Eva Luckes in September 1888.[7]
Career
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After her training Cave remained at The London for seven years working in senior roles including Linen Room Assistant and Matron's Office Assitant.[8] In May 1897 Cave was recommended by Luckes and Sydney Holland to become acting matron of the Metropolitan Free Hospital in Kingsland Road, Hackney.[9][5] She remained there for a year and was succeeded by Isabel Bennett, another Londoner.
In 1898 Cave was appointed as matron at The Westminster Hospital in central London.[10][11] Cave remained there as matron for 14 years, her matronship cut short because of illhealth.[10] Whilst matron she was appointed to the Army Nursing Board in 1902.[3]
Cave was appointed matron of Red House Auxiliary Hospital, Leatherhead, Surrey in October 1914, and she held the post until January 1915.[12] She was also living at Suffolk County Hospital in 1914.[12] From 1917 Cave was matron of West Suffolk General Hospital, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, May 1917.[13]
Retirement
[edit]Honours
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Cave was awarded the Royal Red Cross, 1st Class in 1917.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Appointments". The Nursing Record. 21: 148. 20 August 1898.
- ^ a b "Royal Red Cross, 1st Class". The London Gazette: 1947. 23 February 1917.
- ^ a b "Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service". The Times: 4. 26 September 1902 – via Gale.
- ^ "The Nurses' Memorial to King Edward the Seventh". The Nursing Record. 45 (1178): 353. 29 October 1910 – via Women's Studies Archive.
- ^ a b Rogers, Sarah (2022). 'A Maker of Matrons'? A study of Eva Lückes's influence on a generation of nurse leaders:1880–1919' (Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Huddersfield, April 2022)
- ^ See various decennial Censuses, 1861, 1871 and 1871.
- ^ Mabel Helen Cave, Register of Probationers; RLHLH/N/1/3, 5; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London
- ^ Mabel Helen Cave, Register of Sisters and Nurses; RLHLH/N/4/1, 103; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London
- ^ "Appointments". The Nursing Record. 21: 148. 20 August 1898.
- ^ a b "Appointments". The British Journal of Nursing. 51: 517. 20 December 1913 – via www.rcn.org.
- ^ Miss Cave, Matron’s Annual Letter to Nurses, No.21, Matron's Annual Letter to Nurses, 1894–1916; RLHLH/N/7/2, No.21, April 1914, 25; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London
- ^ a b "Mabel Helen Cave, First World War Volunteers". British Red Cross Society. 14 April 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Appointments". The Nursing Times. 13: 547. 5 May 1917.