Luard served as a nurse in the Second Boer War and was one of the first nurses to join the British Expeditionary Force at the start of the First World War . She arrived in France on 8 August 1914 and was therefore listed as eligible for the 1914 Star , with a clasp because she served under enemy fire , although it is not clear whether she received it . Initially , she worked on ambulance trains bringing the wounded from the battlefields . During the war she was twice mentioned in despatches and was awarded the Royal Red Cross and Bar . The first award of the Royal Red Cross was gazetted in January 1916 , and the bar in May 1918 . Luard was Head Sister of No. 32 Casualty Clearing Station at Brandhoek during the Battle of Passchendaele . She resigned from the Queen Alexandra 's Imperial Military Nursing Service ( Reserve ) shortly after the Armistice because of the illness of her father
1914 Star
1914 Star
Kate Luard