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Mairi Chisholm
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![]() One of "The Madonnas of Pervyse"
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Born | Nairn, Scotland
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26 February 1896
Died | 22 August 1981 Nairn, Scotland
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(aged 85)
Years active | 1914–1918 |
Known for | being awarded: Order of Léopold II (1915) Belgian Queen Elisabeth Medal (1915) Military Medal (1917) 1914 Star (1917) Order of St. John of Jerusalem (1918) |
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Profession | Nurse |
Mairi Lambert Gooden-Chisholm of Chisholm, MM, OStJ (26 February 1896 – 22 August 1981), known as Mairi Chisholm, was a Scottish nurse and ambulance driver in the First World War. She, together with her friend Elsie Knocker, won numerous medals for bravery and for saving the lives of thousands of soldiers on the Western Front in Belgium. Dubbed "The Madonnas of Pervyse" by the press the two were among the most photographed women of the war.
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