Mary Seacole describes the building of the 'British Hotel' - where she will help wounded soldiers - and the events of the Crimean War. One day in 1856 the journalist William Howard Russell from ...

The £71 million Seacole Building was named after Mary Seacole, the celebrated Jamaican-born nurse renowned for her support for British soldiers during the Crimean War. The building features mock ...

A Google Doodle is celebrating the life of Jamaican-born nurse Mary Seacole. Ms Seacole ... she set up her hotel near Balaclava, initially building it from driftwood and scrap metal.

Mary Seacole was hailed as a heroine – albeit an unlikely one – in her own lifetime, and the journey she made from obscurity to icon was typical of her age. She was born in Kingston ...

Home Office has named one of the buildings in its new headquarters after Jamaican-born nurse Mary Seacole. She is one of the three pioneers that the new building is named for, who have had an ...