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Associate Royal Red Cross

RUSSELL, Marjorie Gordon, Matron , RCN (Temp)

Issued: 5-Jun-1943, Canada Gazette

"For exceptional devotion and competency over a long period. It is considered fitting at this time to recognize the outstanding contribution now being made to the Royal Canadian Navy by its Nursing Service. Non-existent at the commencement of the war, there are now over one hundred Nursing Sisters, Technicians and Dietitians rendering service of the highest calibre. Created during a period fraught with great difficulties, and at a time when the whole Service was undergoing unprecedented expansion, the outstanding success of the Royal Canadian Naval Nursing Service is in no small measure attributable to the tireless devotion and inspiring example of these two officers (Matron Mrs. Evelyn Isabel Stibbard was the other)."

Royal Red Cross

RUSSELL, Marjorie Gordon, Matron-in-Chief, RCN (Temp)

Issued: 6-Jan-1945, Canada Gazette

"Matron-in-Chief Marjorie Gordon Russell, ARRC, has displayed great administrative ability since assuming command of the Royal Canadian Naval Nursing Service. She has been tactful in handling a new and growing service where the blending of a wide variety of personalities calls for good judgment. In the institution and administration of regulations which had to be original, since there was no precedent, this Officer has done exceptionally well."