This #nurse’s badge was found by metal detectorist Ken Rive in a field in St. Brelade. On the back of the badge, the name “S.L. Blampied” was inscribed, along with the number “6”. The silver hallmark on the back of the badge is “Birmingham 1935”.

Badges of this type were given to #nurses who had successfully completed their training, and if the number “6” is the nurse’s number, she may have been one of the first nurses to complete her training at the #Jersey General #Hospital!

Armed with this knowledge, we went to the @JerseyHeritage Archive to search for an S.L. Blampied of the right age. With the help of the Jersey Archive staff and volunteers, we were able to find out that the badge belonged to Sybil Lucy Dallain (née Blampied).

Sybil started her nurse training in 1932, and graduated in 1935 when she was awarded this badge. She was born in 1906 to her parents, farmer Stanley H Blampied and Lucy Blampied (née Hocquard).

She grew up in Sion House, Trinity, with three siblings: Enid Blampied, who was born in 1907, Cyril Blampied born in 1909, and Isabel born in 1911.

She was married to engineer Herbert Dallain of St. John at #Methodist Sion Chapel in 1940. After she married Herbert, she stopped working as a nurse and moved to Elmwood in St. John to live with him.

No children of hers or any of her siblings have been found so far, but if any relations to Sybil or Herbert read this, please get in touch!