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THE WOMEN'S HOSPITAL CORPS DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
14 October 1914
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Katie Evans, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died October 1914 16 October 1914.
Died 16 October 1914
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Florence Howard, Territorial Force Nursing Service. Died of septic poisoning 18 November 1914.
Died 18 November 1914
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Florence Howard, Territorial Force Nursing Service. Died of septic poisoning 18 November 1914.
Died 18 November 1914
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Miss Eileen Mary O'Gorman, Territorial Force Nursing Service. Died November 1914 20 November 1914.
Died 20 November 1914
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Miss Ethel Fearnley, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Died on duty in France 23 November 1914.
Died 23 November 1914
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Miss Ethel Fearnley, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Died on duty in France 23 November 1914.
Died 23 November 1914
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Miss M J Birkett, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died December 1914 16 December 1914.
Died 16 December 1914
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Miss Margaret Wood, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of pneumonia contracted on duty 05 January 1915.
Died 5 January 1915
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Miss Margaret Wood, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of pneumonia contracted on duty 05 January 1915.
Died 5 January 1915
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Miss Mary Thompson Kerr, Territorial Force Nursing Service. Died of pneumonia contracted on duty 17 January 1915.
Died 17 January 1915
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Miss Mary Thompson Kerr, Territorial Force Nursing Service. Died of pneumonia contracted on duty 17 January 1915.
Died 17 January 1915
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W English, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of pneumonia contracted on duty 24 February 1915.
Died 24 February 1915
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W English, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of pneumonia contracted on duty 24 February 1915.
Died 24 February 1915
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Miss Esme Lion, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of illness contracted on duty 06 March 1915.
Died 6 March 1915
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Mary McGill, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Died of illness contracted on duty 11 March 1915.
Died 11 March 1915
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Mrs Edith Simpson, Territorial Force Nursing Service. Died from overwork 22 March 1915.
Died 22 March 1915
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Mrs Edith Simpson, Territorial Force Nursing Service. Died from overwork 22 March 1915.
Died 22 March 1915
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Martha Emily Jenkins, Merchant Marine. Drowned on active service 27 March 1915.
Died 27 March 1915
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Martha Emily Jenkins, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Drowned on active service 27 March 1915.
Died 27 March 1915
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Julia Winchester, Colonial Nursing Association. Killed when the Falaba was torpedoed 28 March 1915.
Died 28 March 1915
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THE WOMEN'S WORK IN TRANSPORT SERVICES, 1914-1918
31 March 1915
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Miss Zina Blackburn, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of scarlet fever contracted on duty 13 April 1915.
Died 13 April 1915
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Miss Zina Blackburn, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of scarlet fever contracted on duty 13 April 1915.
Died 13 April 1915
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Augusta Marshall, Scottish Women's Hospitals. Died of typhus in Serbia 23 April 1915.
Died 23 April 1915
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Staff Nurse Phyllis Pearse, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Died of illness contracted on duty in France 29 April 1915.
Died 29 April 1915
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Staff Nurse Phyllis Pearse, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service. Died of illness contracted on duty in France 29 April 1915.
Died 29 April 1915
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Dorothy Mary White, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of illness contracted on duty 17 June 1915.
Died 17 June 1915
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Dorothy Mary White, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of illness contracted on duty 17 June 1915.
Died 17 June 1915
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Lady Lelia Samuelson, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of illness contracted on duty 18 June 1915.
Died 18 June 1915
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Lady Lelia Samuelson, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of illness contracted on duty 18 June 1915.
Died 18 June 1915
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Mrs Mabel Dearmer, Serbian Relief Fund. Died in Serbia 01 July 1915to 30 July 1915 .
Died 1 July 1915
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Mrs Mabel Dearmer, Serbian Relief Fund. Died in Serbia 01 July 1915to 30 July 1915 .
Died 1 July 1915
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Lorna Ferris, Serbian Relief Fund. Died of enteric fever contracted on duty in Serbia 04 July 1915.
Died 4 July 1915
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Lorna Ferris, Serbian Relief Fund. Died of enteric fever contracted on duty in Serbia 04 July 1915.
Died 4 July 1915
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THE WOMEN'S WORK IN SERVICES, 1914-1918
20 July 1915
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Mrs Octavie L H Ashworth, Independent. Died of typhoid fever contracted on duty in Alexandria 01 July 1915to 30 July 1915 .
Died 31 July 1915
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Lucy Swain, Territorial Force Nursing Service. Died of illness contracted on duty 31 August 1915.
Died 31 August 1915
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Miss Margaret H Johnston, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Died of illness contracted on duty in Egypt 05 September 1915.
Died 5 September 1915
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Mrs H A Jaggard, Canadian Army Medical Corps. Died through illness at West Mudros, Lemnos 25 September 1915.
Died 25 September 1915
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Miss F E Smales, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of illness contracted on duty in Egypt 13 October 1915.
Died 13 October 1915
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Nurse Mabel E Chadwick, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Died of enteric fever contracted on duty in Egypt 15 October 1915.
Died 15 October 1915
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Helena Kathleen Isdell, New Zealand Army Nursing Service. Drowned in the Aegean Sea when the Marquette was torpedoed 23 October 1915.
Died 23 October 1915
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Helena Kathleen Isdell, New Zealand Army Nursing Service. Drowned in the Aegean Sea when the Marquette was torpedoed 23 October 1915.
Died 23 October 1915
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Mabel Elizabeth Jamieson, New Zealand Army Nursing Service. Drowned in the Aegean Sea when the Marquette was torpedoed 23 October 1915.
Died 23 October 1915
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Mabel Elizabeth Jamieson, New Zealand Army Nursing Service. Drowned in the Aegean Sea when the Marquette was torpedoed 23 October 1915.
Died 23 October 1915
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Nora Hildyard, New Zealand Army Nursing Service. Drowned in the Aegean Sea when the Marquette was torpedoed 23 October 1915.
Died 23 October 1915
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Sister Janet L Griffiths, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Accidentally drowned in Alexandria 30 October 1915.
Died 30 October 1915
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Sister Janet L Griffiths, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Accidentally drowned in Alexandria 30 October 1915.
Died 30 October 1915
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Nurse Gertrude L Roskell, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of illness contracted on duty in Alexandria 31 October 1915.
Died 31 October 1915
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Miss Mary Sylvia/Silvia Stephenson, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died through illness at the Citadel Hospital Cairo 09 November 1915.
Died 9 November 1915
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Nurse Mrs Helen Batchelor Taylor, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of illness in Malta 15 November 1915.
Died 15 November 1915
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Nurse Mrs Helen Batchelor Taylor, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of illness in Malta 15 November 1915.
Died 15 November 1915
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Staff Nurse Mary Rodwell, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Drowned when the Hospital Ship Anglia was mined in the English Channel 17 November 1915.
Died 17 November 1915
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Staff Nurse Mary Rodwell, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Drowned when the Hospital Ship Anglia was mined in the English Channel 17 November 1915.
Died 17 November 1915
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Miss Helen Paxton Morton, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of pneumonia 23 November 1915.
Died 23 November 1915
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Miss Helen Paxton Morton, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of pneumonia 23 November 1915.
Died 23 November 1915
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Miss Mary Wilton, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died as the result of an accident on her way to duty 30 November 1915.
Died 30 November 1915
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Matron Maude A Buckingham, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Died of heart failure after an operation 04 December 1915.
Died 4 December 1915
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Matron Maude A Buckingham, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Died of heart failure after an operation 04 December 1915.
Died 4 December 1915
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Staff Nurse Ada Stanley, Territorial Force Nursing Service. Died of illness contracted on duty 22 December 1915.
Died 22 December 1915
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Staff Nurse Ada Stanley, Territorial Force Nursing Service. Died of illness contracted on duty 22 December 1915.
Died 22 December 1915
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M E Wilson, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Died of illness contracted on duty 23 December 1915.
Died 23 December 1915
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Miss Ethel Mary Tate, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of pneumonia contracted on duty 28 December 1915.
Died 28 December 1915
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Miss Ethel Mary Tate, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of pneumonia contracted on duty 28 December 1915.
Died 28 December 1915
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Caroline Maud Edwards, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service. Died on 30 December 1915 after an explosion on HMS Natal.
Died 30 December 1915
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Caroline Maud Edwards, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service. Died on 30 December 1915 after an explosion on HMS Natal.
Died 30 December 1915
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Eliza Elvins, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Died after an explosion on HMS Natal 30 December 1915.
Died 30 December 1915
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Alice Post, Munitions work. Died of TNT poisoning 16 January 1916.
Died 16 January 1916
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Staff Nurse Elizabeth Grace Stewart, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Died of illness contracted on duty 15 February 1916.
Died 15 February 1916
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Staff Nurse Elizabeth Grace Stewart, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Died of illness contracted on duty 15 February 1916.
Died 15 February 1916
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Mrs M J Tucker, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of illness contracted on duty 21 February 1916.
Died 21 February 1916
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Mrs M J Tucker, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of illness contracted on duty 21 February 1916.
Died 21 February 1916
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Mrs Ethel Swan, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died after a severe operation 28 February 1916.
Died 28 February 1916
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Miss C M Wilson OBE, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Died of illness contracted on duty 01 March 1916.
Died 1 March 1916
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Miss C M Wilson OBE, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Died of illness contracted on duty 01 March 1916.
Died 1 March 1916
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Nurse Kathleen Bolger, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Died March 1916 05 March 1916.
Died 5 March 1916
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Staff Nurse Kathleen Bolger, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Died March 1916 05 March 1916.
Died 5 March 1916
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M Gibson, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of pneumonia 12 March 1916.
Died 12 March 1916
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Miss Margaret Arnold, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of pneumonia contracted on duty 12 March 1916.
Died 12 March 1916
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Miss Margaret Arnold, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of pneumonia contracted on duty 12 March 1916.
Died 12 March 1916
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Staff Nurse Lottie M Stevens, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Died of illness contracted on duty 15 March 1916.
Died 15 March 1916
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Staff Nurse Lottie M Stevens, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Died of illness contracted on duty 15 March 1916.
Died 15 March 1916
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Margaret Gargan, Munitions work. Killed in the course of her duty at a bomb factory 16 March 1916.
Died 16 March 1916
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Sister Sarah E Butler, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Accidentally drowned in Alexandria 14 April 1916.
Died 14 April 1916
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Sister Sarah E Butler, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Accidentally drowned in Alexandria 14 April 1916.
Died 14 April 1916
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Jeannie Barclay Smith, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Died of illness contracted on duty 28 April 1916.
Died 28 April 1916
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Jeannie Barclay Smith, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service. Died of illness contracted on duty 28 April 1916.
Died 28 April 1916
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Alice Williams, Munitions work. Died of TNT poisoning 18 May 1916.
Died 18 May 1916
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Alice Williams, Munitions work. Died of TNT poisoning 18 May 1916.
Died 18 May 1916
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Miss Constance M Johnson, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of illness contracted on duty 22 May 1916.
Died 22 May 1916
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Beatrice Middleton Watson, Australian Army Nursing Service. Died at Ismalia 02 June 1916.
Died 2 June 1916
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Beatrice Middleton Watson, Australian Army Nursing Service. Died at Ismalia 02 June 1916.
Died 2 June 1916
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Elizabeth Wallace, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Died of illness contracted on duty 06 June 1916.
Died 6 June 1916
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Elizabeth Wallace, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Died of illness contracted on duty 06 June 1916.
Died 6 June 1916
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THE WOMEN'S WORK IN THE WAR INDUSTRY, 1914-1918
23 June 1916
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Miss Sarah MacNaughton, Scottish Women's Hospitals and Independent. Died from overwork in Belgium and hardship in Russia 24 June 1916.
Died 24 June 1916
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Miss Sarah MacNaughton, Scottish Women's Hospitals and Independent. Died from overwork in Belgium and hardship in Russia 24 June 1916.
Died 24 June 1916
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Miss Sarah Macnaughton, Scottish Women's Hospitals and Independent. Died from overwork in Belgium and hardship in Russia 24 June 1916.
Died 24 June 1916
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Miss Sarah Macnaughton, Scottish Women's Hospitals and Independent. Died from overwork in Belgium and hardship in Russia 24 June 1916.
Died 24 June 1916
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