KS2 History - The Victorians. Find out about the life of Mary Seacole - before, during and after the Crimean War. BBC School Radio. BBC Teach.

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.

Ms Seacole was refused as a volunteer nurse, and travelled to the Crimea at her own expense. Once there she set up her hotel near Balaclava, initially building it from driftwood and scrap metal.

Mary Seacole was a pioneering nurse and heroine of the Crimean War. She was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1805. In 1854 she travelled to England and approached the war office to work as an army ...

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, Jamaica ...