Special Thanks
The Rt Hon Lord Provost and Lord Lieutenant of the City of Edinburgh, Frank Ross.
Edinburgh GirlGuiding
Susan Brown, Lindsey Devlin and Anne McKenzie
David Allen – Museum and Collection Manager Heart of Midlothian plc.
Fiona Alexander – Hosting a Sit Still in Argyll
Ambrose Parry – Marisa Haetzman (and Chris Brookmyre) best-selling thriller writer.
Heather Banks – Hosting a Sit Still in Newcastle
Margaret Baxendine (An Elsie’s Baby) – with Suffragist grandmother, signed up for In the Footsteps of Elsie Inglis trip to Serbia
Rachel Bisset – Guide Leader and Edinburgh Leith Women’s Institute – keen supporter
Mercat Tours International – Involvement since 2017
Kat Brogan – Mercat Tours International
Blue Badge Guides, Edinburgh group, designing specialist Elsie Inglis walking tour in Edinburgh for week 5-13 March 2022, thereafter a part of their regular walking tours programme.
Bridget Beilby – Former Children’s nurse and Midwife, from an Edinburgh family with strong medical connections. Signed up for In the Footsteps of Elsie Inglis trip to Serbia
Lizzie Bruce – Vice Chair of St George’s Old Girls Assoc
Claire Cunningham – President of Mary Erskine’s FP Guild hosting Sit Still in City Chambers
Jennie Chalmers – Former BBC producer and journalist
Sandra Dick – Journalist with Herald on Sunday
Ailsa Clark – Living History Enactor with SWH uniform, visited Serbia with Inglis Family.
Zivotje Cudo – who is “grateful for everything Elsie did for my country, Serbia.”
Teresa Dufficy – Supporter of Women’s rights and keen supporter of our Campaign
Mary Dufficy – Supporter of Campaign
Rosalind Hall - Supporter of Elsie Inglis “amazing woman who deserves more recognition”. Offered to help make our Badges
Carol Harris – Royal College of Nursing “good luck with campaign.”
Craig Herbertson – Chairman of McCrae’s Battalion Trust sent personal message of support “would love to see a statue of that brave and unique lady, Elsie Inglis in Edinburgh.”
Fiona Garwood - Elsie Inglis Historian, Instigator of Serbian Trip, “In footsteps of Elsie Inglis”, Co-founder of Fund-Raising Campaign
Hazel Kidd – Web designer of www.elsieinglis.com
Dierdre Kinloch Anderson of Kinloch Anderson - 6th generation of Tailors and Kiltmakers & Author of Tailored for Scotland – Generous donation of Gordon Tartan for Campaign Badges
Jenni Minto MSP
Christine Jardine MP
Heather Wolfe – Parliamentary assistant
Sara Sheridan – Author of Where are the Women, Speaker at Afternoon Tea City Chambers Friday 11 March 2022
Crispin Longden – Host of SWH medals exhibition and great nephew of Dr Katherine MacPhail OBE (one of the first British 2 women doctors to arrive in Serbia in 1914 and remained after WW1 to found a Children’s hospital there)
Thea Laurie – Co founder of Fund-Raising Campaign and Organiser extraordinaire!
Anna Menzies - Planning on organising her Sunday Wild Swimmers to do a Sit Sill Swim in March
Jane Menzies – Oyster Farmer organiser of Mull Sit Still
Elaine McCafferty – Executive Officer of One City Trust, Lord Provost’s Office. Invaluable supporter of all parts of the Campaign
Dr Alison Mccartney – GP, Supporter of Elsie Inglis Campaign
Katrina and Samantha Mcintosh – Mother and daughter – last baby born in Elsie Inglis Memorial Hospital!
Hamish McPherson – Writer and journalist “keen to stay in touch with campaign.”
Snjezana Marinkovic - Serbian Tour Guide and Translator. Tour Guide for In the Footsteps of Elsie Inglis trip to Serbia
Judy Murray – Tennis says “count me in in”
The RIE Pelican Nurses League
Prof Linda Bauld – Guest speaker at fundraising event RCSE 13 March 2022
Hugh Pym – BBC Health Editor. “Very worthwhile. Do count me in” Great Nephew of Dr Frances Ivens, head of the hospital at Royaumont, Guest Speaker at St Andrews and St George’s West church Sunday 27 February 2022
Dr Iram Quareshi – of KQMOVIES making a movie about Elsie Inglis and The SWH – The Woman With The Torch, guest speaker at City Chambers Event Saturday 12 March 2022
Diane Ross MBE - President RIE Nurses Pelican League
Sheana Stephen – Silversmith. St Giles Cathedral Sit Still organiser
Gerda Stevenson – Actress, writer, director and mother of an Elsie’s baby. Composed poem in honour of Elsie Inglis
Elly Taylor - Film Director
Madge Taylor - Supporter
Ivanka Tasic - Owner of Panacomp Wonderland Travel, organiser of the travel arrangements for In the Footsteps of Elsie Inglis trip to Serbia
Kate Murray Browne – Author and great great niece of Elsie Inglis, speaker at fundraising event 13 March 2022
Dr Sheila Warnock – Former army medical doctor, organiser of fund-raising events
Jean Wylie - PR and media specialist, author and illustrator of Lady in Lockdown - Doodles & Observations from Edinburgh’s New Town
Royal College of Surgeons – Donating use of Playfair Room and Library for fund raising event
Edinburgh Gin – Sponsor of fund-raising gin tasting evening
Laura Stephen - Hosting Edinburgh Gin Sit Still
Kinloch Anderson – Tartan and kilt specialist donation of 50 meters of SWH’s Gordon Tartan for use on pin badges
Chloe Graham, age 12 - Illustrator of Elsie Ingles drawing/logo
Hazel Kidd – Yon Living and builder of www.elsieinglis.com
Lianne Parry – Head of Heritage Heart of Midlothian PLC “love the idea of the Sit Stills.”
Prof Irene Turpie – 4 generations of women graduates
Kirsty Wark – TV presenter - “delighted to support” the campaign
Louise Wilkie – Curator Surgeons Hall Museum at Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh
Liz Wood – Member of Footsteps of Elsie Inglis History group and supporter of campaign
Melanie Woollcombe (An Elsie’s baby) – supporter
Sally Weir - Supporter
Caledonian Envelopes, Kirkton, North Livingston – very generous donation of envelopes
Ross Cameron – Expert on Scottish Women’s Hospitals , Researcher Glasgow Archives and University of Glasgow active supporter of Campaign
John Murray Browne – Great nephew of Elsie Inglis and Campaign supporter
Ravelston Golf Club – Planning to host Sit Still Afternoon Tea
Miss Sally-Anne Phillips – Fellow at Royal College of Surgeons, Consultant Orthopaedic surgeon and campaign supporter
Lynne Scrimgeour-Ward – Supporter and donor of stationery.
Hannah Westall – Supporter
West End Residents and Business Facebook Group – Supporters of statue campaign with Walker Street a possible venue for a Sit Still in March
Panacomp Travel Tourism and Trade – Supporter
Sarah Cunningham - Burley Professor of Medical and Family Sociology and Dean of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences, Edinburgh University.
MME Laurence Pais – Supporter
The Consul General – Supporter
Afternoon Tea Sit Still Organisers at RCSE
Gill Browness – Sit Still organiser
Val Sargent – Sit Still organiser
Pauline Shirlaw – Sit Still organiser
Ros Taylor – Sit Still organiser
Ruth Moss – Sit Still organiser
Morag Hamil – Fund-raiser for Elsie Inglis Campaigner