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Isobel Addey Tate (1 May 1875 – 28 January 1917) was an Irish medical doctor who served overseas and was the only woman to be included in the
The inscription on her grave in Pieta, Malta reads:
Her name is also included on a memorial to members of Lancashire County Offices staff "who gave their lives for King and Country in the Great War", at County Hall, Preston.
Queen's University Belfast
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Roll of Honour and War memorial for her services in World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...
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Early life and career
Tate was born to John Tate and Isabella Cherry on 1 May 1875 inPortadown
Portadown () is a town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The town sits on the River Bann in the north of the county, about southwest of Belfast. It is in the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council area and had a population of a ...
, a merchant and Methodist family. She completed her matriculation at Queen's College Belfast about 1893 and graduated with a medical degree in 1899. She registered with the General Medical Council
The General Medical Council (GMC) is a public body that maintains the official register of medical practitioners within the United Kingdom. Its chief responsibility is to "protect, promote and maintain the health and safety of the public" by ...
of Ireland on 8 September 1899. However she then moved to Beverley
Beverley is a market and minster town and a civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, of which it is the county town. The town centre is located south-east of York's centre and north-west of City of Hull.
The town is known for ...
, east Yorkshire where she continued to train as a doctor gaining her Doctorate in Medicine in 1902. Her next job was as resident physician at Hailey sanatorium near Oxford. She continued her education getting her Diploma in Public Health from Victoria University Manchester in 1904. This lead her to her next position as resident medical officer at Burnley Union Infirmary. From there she worked in Shropshire
Shropshire (; alternatively Salop; abbreviated in print only as Shrops; demonym Salopian ) is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to ...
in 1908 as Medical Inspector of school children and then Preston as a School Medical Inspector in 1911.
The War
After the outbreak of World War I Tate joined The Serbian Relief Fund which created dispensaries in Serbia to treat the local population. Tate was in charge of the x-ray department in Serbia. The groups were forced to evacuate as the war closed in on the areas where they were based. Diseases where rife and some, including Tate, fell ill to typhoid and were sent back to Britain. There she worked in Graylingwell Hospital which was also requisitioned as a military hospital dealing with men sent back from the front. In 1916 Tate volunteered for service with theRoyal 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. The RAMC, the Royal Army Veterinary Corps, the Royal Army Dental Corps ...
and left for Malta
Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies ...
on 24 August 1916. She worked in the military hospitals there but on 28 January 1917 she died at Victoria Junction, Sliema
Sliema ( mt, Tas-Sliema ) is a town located on the northeast coast of Malta in the Northern Harbour District. It is a major residential and commercial area and a centre for shopping, bars, dining, and café life. It is also the most densely po ...
, Malta.
Memorials
The inscription on her grave in Pieta, Malta reads:
Her name is also included on a memorial to members of Lancashire County Offices staff "who gave their lives for King and Country in the Great War", at County Hall, Preston.
References
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