to Nursing Sister Anne Sanders Indian Military Nursing Service. Who was commended for refusing to leave her patients during a bombing raid.
Cased GVI RRC 1st Class, with MID emblem, stitched onto the velvet
1939/45 Star, Burma Star and War Medal. Indian Nurses Cape badge and two high-quality badges
Condition EF
MID certificate (Sister) Mrs A I Sanders Indian Military Nursing Service (19.09.43)
Burma December 1941 - May 1942 certificate for the campaign from the Governor of Burma. To Miss A Hood.
| Estimate: | £700 - £900 |
| Hammer price: | £850 |
Letter explaining her gallant actions in Rangoon
Entitlement slip, letter for RRC 1st Class
9ct gold ID bracelet ' Anne Hood' N11359'
Two Ghurkha knife sweetheart brooches
Ribbon bar
Two Royal Engineers Pins
1914/15 Star 1200 Pte C W Russell W York R (Nvf Polished), which belonged to a relative.
A framed wedding photograph of Anne and her husband.
Anne Isobel Hood was born on the 7th of March 1916. Her father was an English serviceman, and her mother was Burmese.
During the Second World War, Anne served in Burma and India with the Indian Military Nursing Service. She distinguished herself on a number of occasions. The Governor of Burma gave her special mention for the campaign between December 1941 and May 1942.
The superintendent of Rangoon Hospital wrote the following letter:
'Miss Anne Hood was a Staff Nurse in the Rangoon Dufferin Hospital when the bombing took place on 23rd and 25th December; after the second raid, only five nurses remained at their posts, Nurse Hood was one of them. On the 26th of December, she was promoted to Sister, and the manner in which she carried out her duties as Sister was amazing; she gave one the impression she had been doing nothing else for years. She handled the staff who had deserted and later returned with tact and understanding. She is an excellent nurse, tireless and sympathetic'.
She married in 1943 and took her husband's surname, Sanders. He served in the Royal Engineers.
Anne was awarded the Royal Red Cross 1st Class, announced in the London Gazette on the 6th of June 1946 and Mentioned in Despatches on the 19th of September 1946. She passed away in 1993.
