Welsh Journals

TERESA EDEN RICHARDSON née Pearce-Serocold (1846-1918) (Photograph courtesy of Mr. Michael Richardson). Teresa Richardson was half sister to George Edward Pearce-Serocold. She married John Crow Richardson II, with whom she had three sons. The family lived first in Pantygwydr House, Uplands, Swansea and later in Glanbrydan Park, near Llandeilo. Already acknowledged for her nursing skills, in 1900 she travelled to South Africa, where her son was fighting in the Boer War, and nursed in military hospitals for several months. Again in 1904, she nursed in Tokyo during the Russo-Japanese War. In 1914, aged 68, she nursed in Belgium and later in London throughout World War I. She was awarded the South African Medal, the Order of the Cross of St. John, the Japanese Red Cross Order of Merit, two Greek medals, and the British 1914 Star. Some of her medals can be seen in this photograph. An article about Teresa Eden Serocold was published in Minvera volume 1 1, 2003.