Rosabelle Osborne, (died 8 May 1958) was a British military nurse and nursing administrator. She served as Principal Matron at the

War Office The War Office was a department of the British Government responsible for the administration of the British Army between 1857 and 1964, when its functions were transferred to the new Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), Ministry of Defence (MoD ...

in 1924 and as Matron-in-Chief at the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS) from 1 April 1928 until 1930. The second daughter of Dr. J. A. Osborne of Milford, County Donegal, Rosabelle Osborne received her training at the Manchester Children's Hospital,

Pendlebury Pendlebury is a town in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. The population at the 2011 Census was 13,069. It lies north-west of Manchester city centre, north-west of Salford and south-east of Bolton. Historically in Lancas ...

, and

Bristol Royal Infirmary The Bristol Royal Infirmary, also known as the BRI, is a large teaching hospital situated in the centre of Bristol, England. It has links with the nearby University of Bristol and the Faculty of Health and Social Care at the University of the Wes ...

. She served with the QAIMNS from May 1903. She was on active service abroad during the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fig ...

in France, Egypt, Malta and Salonika.

External links

National Portrait Gallery webpage

QARANC website

RCN archive (search by name)

''London Gazette''
1958 deaths British Army personnel of World War I British nursing administrators British people of Irish descent Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Female nurses in World War I Female wartime nurses Members of the Royal Red Cross Place of birth missing Place of death missing Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps officers Year of birth unknown {{Nurse-bio-stub