Laura Holroyde

Hoyroyde was born on 6 August 1881 in Nottingham, to her parents Elkanah Holroyde, a clergyman in the Church of England and his wife Shaftesbury Violet Holroyde. When Holroyde was four her mother died at East Preston, Sussex and her father remarried a few years later. == Nursing career ==

Holroyde trained as a nurse at The London Hospital under Eva Luckes between 1909 and 1911. She was immediately promoted to holiday sister and then night sister, before leaving to become matron of the Royal Flying Corps Hospital (subsequently the Royal Air Force Hospital), Eaton Square, London in 1917. She joined the College of Nursing in 1919 as part of the lobbying for state registration of nurses. In 1920 she was appointed Matron of the London Fever Hospital, Islington. In 1928 she was appointed as a final examiner for the examinations for the Fever Nurses Register. Whilst she was matron during the London Blitz in the Second World War the hospital became a casualty clearing station. == Retirement and death ==

In 1946 Holroyde retired after 26 years as matron of the London Fever Hospital. She left £7479 in her will. == Honours ==

• Royal Red Cross • Bar to Royal Red Cross == References ==