The following women are not
listed on the CWGC List of Female Casualties of WW1 - I know there will be more to add to this list :
Lilian E. Chinn, VAD,
died 24th June 1917 – see Inspirational Women Facebook page
Margaret Valentine,
born 1890, killed in an accident at a munitions factory on 17th
April 1917. “The death of a woman
munitions worker from Manchester, this day 100 years ago - reported in the Sunderland
Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette - 19th April 1917 Known at: 19th April 1917
At the Manchester
City Coroner's inquest yesterday on Margaret Valentine (27), of Chatham Street,
the evidence showed that the woman went on top of a vat of corrosive liquid,
slipped and fell in, receiving fatal burns.”
Ethel Saxon TFNS d.
3.9.1917 b. 1891 Liverpool connection – commemorated Liverpool Cathedral
The following are listed on the Commonwealth
War Graves Commission List of Female Casualties of the First World War
LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY
CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
SPINDLER, Staff
Nurse, NELLIE. 44th Casualty Clearing Station, Queen Alexandra's Imperial
Military Nursing Service. Killed in action, 21 August 1917. Age 26. Daughter of
George and Elizabeth Spindler, of Wakefield. One of only two female casualties
of the Great War buried in Belgium. Grave Reference: XVI. A. 3.
ALEXANDRIA (HADRA)
WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt
BALL, Nursing Sister, CATHERINE. Voluntary Aid Detachment.
Drowned off Alexandria, 31 December 1917. Age 28. Daughter of John King Ball
and Catherine Ball, of 25, Trent Bridge Footway, Nottingham. Grave Reference:
B. 45.
BROWN, Nursing Sister, WINIFRED MAUD. Voluntary Aid
Detachment. Drowned in loss of H.M.S. "Osmanieh" (mine explosion) off
Alexandria, 31 December 1917. Age 30. Daughter of Arthur Brown, M.Inst. C.E.,
and Caroline Brown, of "Glenthorne," 3, Lucknow Avenue, Nottingham.
Grave Reference: B. 40.
BYTHEWAY, Nurse, GERTRUDE. Voluntary Aid Detachment. Drowned
in loss of H.M.S. "Osmanieh" (mine explosion) off Alexandria, 31
December 1917. Age 37. Daughter of George and Lottie Bytheway, of Walsall,
Staffs. Grave Reference: B. 42.
COOKE, Staff Nurse, E K, 2/RESC/1266. Queen Alexandra's
Imperial Military Nursing Service. 8 September 1917. Grave Reference: B. 25.
DUNCANSON, Nurse, UNA MARGUERITE. Voluntary Aid Detachment.
31 December 1917. Age 25. Daughter of Mrs. H. F. Duncanson, of Pumps Court,
Tovil, Maidstone. Grave Reference: B. 41.
HAWLEY, Probationer Nurse, (Special), NELLIE, 83/11/1057.
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service, attd. H.M.S.
"Osmanieh" . Drowned in loss of H.M.S. "Osmanieh" (mine
explosion) off Alexandria, 31 December 1917. Age 29. Daughter of Alfred Arthur
and Stella Hawley, of 29, Kingshall Rd., Beckenham, Kent. Grave Reference: B.
46.
MIDWOOD, Nurse, LILIAN. Voluntary Aid Detachment. Drowned in
loss of H.M.S. "Osmanieh" (mine explosion) off Alexandria, 31
December 1917. Age 32. Daughter of Mrs. E. G. Midwood, of London. Grave
Reference: B. 43.
ROBERTS, Staff Nurse, M D, R/853. Queen Alexandra's Imperial
Military Nursing Service, attd. H.M.S. "Osmanieh". Drowned in loss of
H.M.S. "Osmanieh" (mine explosion) off Alexandria, 31 December 1917.
Grave Reference: B. 44.
ROGERS, Nurse, HERMIONE ANGELA. Voluntary Aid Detachment.
Drowned, 31 December 1917. Age 22. Daughter of Francis Edward Newman Rogers and
Louisa Annie Rogers, of Rainscombe, Marlborough, Wilts. Grave Reference: B. 39.
ISMAILIA WAR MEMORIAL
CEMETERY, Egypt
TURTON, Staff Nurse, ALICE MARY. (Special Reserve), Queen
Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service, attd. 26th Stat. Hospital. Died
of pneumonia, 7 May 1917. Age 36.
Daughter of Mr. W. R. and Mrs. S. A. Turton. Grave Reference: A. 31.
ETAPLES MILITARY
CEMETERY, Pas-de-Calais, France
DAWSON, Matron, EVELINE MAUD. Queen Alexandra's Imperial
Military Nursing Service. 10 April 1917. Age 49. Sister of Miss E. Dawson, of
27, Queen's Rd., Bromley, Kent. Grave Reference: XVII. D. 24.
LUKER, Worker, DORIS MARY, 6947. Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary
Corps. Died of pneumonia, 13 February 1919. Age 21. Daughter of James and Mary
Luker, of Woking, Surrey. Joined in Jan., 1917, and had been in France 12
months. Grave Reference: LXXII. B.
GODEWAERSVELDE
BRITISH CEMETERY, Nord, France
KEMP, Sister, E M. 58th Casualty Clearing Station,
Territorial Force Nursing Service. 20 October 1917. Grave Reference: I. M. 1.
LONGUENESSE (ST.
OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France
BLENCOWE, Sister, MABEL EDITH. Territorial Force Nursing
Service. 10 March 1917. Age 36. Daughter of Mrs. E. Blencowe, of 51, Bainton
Rd., Oxford. Grave Reference: III. B.
CLIMIE, Staff Nurse, AGNES MURDOCH. Mentioned in Despatches.
58th General Hospital, Territorial Force Nursing Service. Killed in enemy air
raid, 30 September 1917. Age 32. Daughter of Andrew Climie and Isabella Adam,
his wife, of 18, St. Bride's Rd., Newlands, Glasgow. Grave Reference: VI. B. 1.
https://www.firstworldwarglasgow.co.uk/index.aspx?articleid=11416
COLES, Member, DAISY KATHLEEN MARY. 58th General Hospital,
Voluntary Aid Detachment. Killed in enemy air raid, 30 September 1917. Age 24.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Coles, of Priorsford House, Peebles. Grave
Reference: VI. B. 3. http://www.scarletfinders.co.uk/74.html
MILNE, Sister, MABEL LEE. Mentioned in Despatches. 58th
General Hospital, Territorial Force Nursing Service. Badly wounded during the
air raid on 58th General Hospital, St. Omer on 30th September
1917. Sister Mable Milne died on 2nd
October 1917. Grave Reference: VI. B. 4.
THOMSON, Nursing Member, ELIZABETH. 58th General Hospital,
Voluntary Aid Detachment. Killed during air raid on 30th September
1917. Grave Reference: VI. B. 2.
MALO-LES-BAINS
COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Nord, France
KINNEAR, Nurse, KATHARINE FERRARS. Voluntary Aid Detachment.
Died of enteric, 3 September 1917. Age 29. Daughter of the late Rev. Henry G.
Kinnear, M.A., of Copgrove Rectory, Yorks., and Mrs. Kinnear. Born at Ripon,
Yorks. Awarded Diploma by the French Government in recognition of services.
Grave Reference: I. A. 2A.
ST. SEVER CEMETERY
EXTENSION, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France
STEELE, Worker, WINIFRED MARY, 1593. Queen Mary's Army
Auxiliary Corps. Died of pnuemonia, 9 December 1918. Age 27. Daughter of David
and Jane Steele, of Newport Pagnell, Bucks. Attested at Derby 1917. A
Telegraphist, G.P.O., Derby, for 9 years. Grave Reference: S. V. L. 7.
ST. SEVER CEMETERY,
ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France
DICKSON, Nurse, MARY C. Voluntary Aid Detachment. Died of
meningitis, 16 February 1917. Age 30. Daughter of the Rev. W. A. Dickson and
Mary Dickson, of Shedagh, Fahan, Donegal. Grave Reference: Officers, B. 4. 9.
KNOX, Sister, HILDA MARY.
Australian Army Nursing Service. Died of sickness, 17 February 1917. Age 33.
Daughter of James and Isabella Knox, of Benalla, Victoria, Australia. Grave
Reference: Officers, B. 4. 10.
SMITH LEE, Nurse, JEANNIE. 30th (Northumberland) Detachment
attd. 9th Gen. Hosp., Voluntary Aid Detachment. Died of sickness, 30 March
1917. Age 25. Daughter of Mr. Smith Lee, of Scaurside, Haltwhistle,
Northumberland. Grave Reference: Officers, B. 5. 25.
STE. MARIE CEMETERY,
LE HAVRE, Seine-Maritime, France
CRUICKSHANK, Nursing Sister, ISABELLA. Queen Alexandra's
Imperial Military Nursing Service. Lost at sea (mine explosion) half mile north
from Whistle Buoy, Le Havre, 10 April 1917. Age 48. Daughter of William and
Isabella Mutch Cruickshank, of Aberdeen. Grave Reference: "Salta"
Memorial.
ENGLAND, Stewardess, F J. H.M.H.S. "Salta",
Mercantile Marine. Lost at sea (mine explosion) half mile north from Whistle
Buoy, Le Havre, 10 April 1917. Grave Reference: "Salta" Memorial.
FOYSTER, Nursing Sister, ELLEN LUCY. Special Reserve, Queen
Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service. Lost at sea (mine explosion)
half mile North from Whistle Buoy, Le Havre, 10 April 1917. Age 36. Daughter of
Rebecca Foyster, of 37, Madeira Avenue, Worthing, Sussex, and the late H. A.
Foyster. On active service 1915-1917. Grave Reference: "Salta"
Memorial.
GURNEY, Staff Nurse, E S. Special Reserve, Queen Alexandra's
Imperial Military Nursing Service. Lost at sea (mine explosion) half mile north
from Whistle Buoy, Le Havre, 10 April 1917. Grave Reference: "Salta"
Memorial.
JONES, Nursing Sister, GERTRUDE EILEEN. Special Reserve,
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service. Lost at sea (mine
explosion) half mile North from Whistle Buoy, Le Havre, 10 April 1917. Age 31.
Grave Reference: "Salta" Memorial.
MANN, Staff Nurse, AGNES GREIG. Queen Alexandra's Imperial
Military Nursing Service, attd. H.M.H.S. "Salta.". Drowned at sea on
H.M.H.S. "Salta." (mine explosion), half a mile N. from Whistle Buoy,
Le Havre, 10 April 1917. Age 25. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Mann, of 17,
Clepington St., Dundee. Grave Reference: Div. 62. 1.
MASON, Staff Nurse, FANNY. Special Reserve, Queen
Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service. Lost at sea (mine explosion)
half mile North from Whistle Buoy, Le Havre, 10 April 1917. Age 27. Daughter of
Thomas and Catherine Elizabeth Mason, of Ivy Court, Giggleswick, nr. Settle,
Yorks. Native of Hawes, Yorks. Grave Reference: "Salta" Memorial.
McALISTER, Staff Nurse, CLARA. Queen Alexandra's Imperial
Military Nursing Service. Lost at sea (mine explosion) half mile North from
Whistle Buoy, Le Havre, 10 April 1917. Age 36. Sister of Marion McAlister, of
Little Hill, Pulborough, Sussex. Grave Reference: "Salta" Memorial.
ROBERTS, Staff Nurse, JANE. Special Reserve, Queen
Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service. Lost at sea (mine explosion)
half mile North from Whistle Buoy, Le Havre, 10 April 1917. Grave Reference:
"Salta" Memorial.
VAUXBUIN FRENCH NATIONAL
CEMETERY, Aisne, France
GARTSIDE-TIPPING, Civilian, Mrs. MARY STUART. Women's
Emergency Canteens, (Compiegne). Accidentally shot by a deranged soldier, 6th
March 1917. Awarded the Croix de Guerre (France). Daughter of the late Captain Flynn, R.A.;
widow of the late Lieut.-Commander H.T. Gartside-Tipping (R.N.), of ''Quarr
Wood'', Binstead, Isle of Wight. Grave Reference: III. B. 5.
Mary’s husband, was killed when his Dover Patrol ship, the
yacht H.M. “Sanda” was sunk by German gunfire off the coast of Zeebrugge in
1915. He was apparently the oldest
serving Royal Naval officer to be killed in WW1.
WIMEREUX COMMUNAL
CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France
CLAYTON-SWAN, Civilian, MILDRED. Army Service Corps
(Canteens). 24 February 1917. Grave Reference: III. G. 2.
DUNCAN, Sister, ISABELLA LUCY MAY. 13th Stat. Hosp., Queen
Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service. 1 March 1917. Daughter of John
and Caroline Duncan, of Manchester. Grave Reference: III. F. 2.
EVANS, Member, MARGARET ELLEN. 83rd Gen. Hosp, Voluntary Aid
Detachment. 22 July 1917. Age 39. Daughter of the late Daniel John and Emma
Evans, of Stamford. Grave Reference: III. A. 1.
HOCKEY, Sister, JESSIE OLIVE. Reserve, Queen Alexandra's
Imperial Military Nursing Service. 14 August 1917. Age 32. Daughter of James
Temlitte Hockey and Martha Ann Hockey, of Cape Province, South Africa. Grave
Reference: III. A. 3.
KING, Member, NITA MADELINE. Voluntary Aid Detachment. 25
May 1917. Age 29. Daughter of George Hall King and Lydia King, of Cosham,
Hants. Grave Reference: III. B. 4.
TREVELYAN, Civilian, ARMOREL AVICE KATE, known as KITTY.
Army Service Corps (Canteens). Died of measles and pneumonia, 27 February 1917.
Age 19. Daughter of Mrs. Trevelyan (now Sinclair) and the late Capt. Walter
Raleigh Trevelyan, of Furry Park, Raheny, Co. Dublin. Grave Reference: III. F.
4.
MIKRA BRITISH
CEMETERY, KALAMARIA, Greece
ASTELL, Sister, FRANCES ETHEL. Territorial Force Nursing
Service. 17 December 1917. Age 38. Daughter of Mrs. M. J. Astell, of 187,
Queen's Rd., Norwich. Grave Reference: 187.
DEWAR, Staff Nurse, M S. Mentioned in Despatches. (Reserve),
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service. 12 March 1917. Grave
Reference: 1554.
GORDON, Volunteer, ELIZABETH MARJORY (ELMA). Voluntary Aid
Detachment. Died of malaria, 11 September 1917. Age 43. Daughter of General William
Gordon, C.I.E., and Harriet Elizabeth Steuart Gordon, of Banffshire. Grave
Reference: 109.
JONES, Volunteer, GLADYS MAUD. Voluntary Aid Detachment.
Died of malaria, 21 August 1917. Age 31. Daughter of Alfred and Adelaide
Letitia Jones, of The Spinney, Great Shelford, Cambridge. Grave Reference:
89.
MARSHALL, Staff Nurse, MARY BETHIA. Mentioned in Despatches.
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service. Killed in enemy air raid,
12 March 1917. Age 30. Croix de Guerre with Palms (France). Daughter of James
and Catherine (Hoseason) Marshall, of 22, Durand Gardens, Stockwell, London. Grave
Reference: 1552.
SALONIKA (LEMBET
ROAD) MILITARY CEMETERY, Greece
CATON, Sister, FLORENCE MISSOURI. Scottish Women's Hospital,
attached to the Serbian Army. Died of
appendicitis, 15 July 1917. Daughter of Capt. John Henry and Elizabeth Caton.
Native of Wrexham, Denbighshire. Grave Reference: 1599.
HARLEY, Civilian, KATHERINE MARY. Civilian, attached to the
Serbian Ministry of Interior. Killed during bombardment of Monastir, 7 March
1917. Age 63. Croix de Guerre. Daughter of John Tracy William (R.N.) and
Margaret (his wife), of Ripple Vale, Kent; widow of Col. George Ernest Harley,
C.B. Grave Reference: O. 38.
DELHI MEMORIAL (INDIA
GATE), India
SAXON, Staff Nurse, ETHEL. Territorial Force Nursing
Service. 3 September 1917. Age 26. Daughter of Henry and Adelaide Saxon, of The
Rosery, Kingsland, Herefordshire. (Buried Karachi Cem. BA. A. 15.). Grave
Reference: Face 23.
KIRKEE 1914-1918
MEMORIAL, India
MILNE, Sister, HELEN. Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military
Nursing Service. 23 November 1917. Age 31. Daughter of James and Louisa Helen
Milne, of "Bona Vista", 10, Gurney St., Stonehaven, Grampian. Grave
Reference: Face F.
AMARA WAR CEMETERY,
Iraq
TREVETHAN, Staff Nurse, R. Territorial Force Nursing
Service. 4 September 1917. Grave Reference: XIV. A. 30.
NEWTOWN (ALL SAINTS)
CATHOLIC CHURCHYARD, County Waterford, Ireland
O'CALLAGHAN,
Stewardess, ANNE. S.S. "Formby.", Mercantile Marine. 16 December
1917. Age 52. Daughter of Mrs. Alice O'Callaghan, of 41, St. Joseph's Terrace,
Green St., Waterford, and the late John O'Callaghan. Grave Reference: East of
middle path.
PIETA MILITARY
CEMETERY, Malta
TATE, Doctor, ISOBEL ADDY. Serbian Relief Fund, Friend's War
Victims' Relief Committee. 28 January 1917. M.D., D.P.H. Grave Reference: XXIX.
3.
WATSON, Staff Nurse, DOROTHY. St. John''s Military Hosp.,
Territorial Force Nursing Service. 13 March 1917. Grave Reference: XXIX. 4.
ARCHANGEL MEMORIAL,
Russian Federation
PALMIERI, Nurse, Mrs. ALICIA. Voluntary Aid Detachment. 15th
May 1917.
East Finchley
Cemetery, London, UK
INMAN, Worker, DOROTHY MARGUERITE, 35104. Queen Mary's Army
Auxiliary Corps. 11th March 1917. Age 26. Daughter of Frank Joseph and Rose
Wethered; wife of Arthur Conyers Inman. Grave Reference: G.1.41
GLASGOW WESTERN NECROPOLIS,
Glasgow, United Kingdom
MUNRO, Staff Nurse, ANNIE WINIFRED. South African Military
Nursing Service. Died of phthisis, 6 April 1917. Age 26. Daughter of William
and Ellen Munro, of St. Patrick's Rd., Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg, Natal.
Grave Reference: B. 1881A.
GOLDERS GREEN JEWISH
CEMETERY, Middlesex, United Kingdom
See photo in Nurses of WW1 Pictures
LEVER, Nurse, Lady BEATRICE HILDA. Voluntary Aid Detachment.
26 May 1917. Age 43. Wife of Sir Arthur Levy Lever Bart, of Hans Crescent.
Grave Reference: Row 20 Grave 9 1st Baronet, known as Arthur Levy until 1896,
was a Liberal Party politician in England. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for
Harwich from 1906 to January 1910. He was returned to the House of Commons at
the 1922 general election as National Liberal MP for Hackney Central, but stood
down at the 1923 general election. Born Arthur Levy, he assumed the surname of
Lever in lieu of Levy by deed poll in 1896 and by Royal license in 1911. In
1911 he was made a Baronet, of Hans Crescent in Chelsea. His elder brother
Maurice Levy was also a Liberal politician and was created a Baronet in 1913.
HASTINGS CEMETERY,
SUSSEX, Sussex, United Kingdom
TWELLS, Worker, ALICE, 9223. Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary
Corps. 3 November 1917. Grave Reference: L. D. K28.
HERNE BAY CEMETERY,
Kent, United Kingdom
ROBINETTE, Staff Nurse, CAROLINE AMELIA, R/741. R R C.
2/Reserve, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service. 30 March 1917.
Grave Reference: T. 114. (see photo).
HOLYBROOK MEMORIAL SOUTHAMPTON
PHILLIPS, Sister, J. Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military
Nursing Service. Drowned at sea (from H.S. "Asturias"), 21st March
1917.
MANOR PARK CEMETERY,
Essex, United Kingdom
REED, Worker, DOROTHY ANNIE, 18847. Queen Mary's Army
Auxiliary Corps. Accidentally killed, 31st December 1917. Age 29. Daughter of
Elizabeth A. Clarke (formerly Reed), of 30, Chester St., Kennington, London,
and the late James J. Reed. Grave Reference: 130. 254.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE
(ST. ANDREW'S AND JESMOND) CEMETERY, Northumberland
WILSON, Member, JEMIMA, 3812. Gateshead Hostel, Queen Mary's
Army Auxiliary Corps. Died of accidental injuries, 2 December 1917. Age 24.
Daughter of James and Margaret Wilson, of Ingleston Cottage, Moniaive,
Dumfriesshire. Grave Reference: Q. U. 364.
OAKHAM CEMETERY,
Rutland, United Kingdom
HETTERLEY, Staff Nurse, HELEN. Queen Alexandra's Imperial
Military Nursing Service. 30 May 1917. Age 26. Daughter of George and Elizabeth
Hetterley, of Station Rd., Oakham. Grave Reference: 30. 45.
RHYL TOWN CEMETERY,
Flintshire, United Kingdom
ROBERTS, Staff Nurse, E. Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military
Nursing Service. 12 August 1917. Grave Reference: 1899.
SHENFIELD (ST. MARY)
CHURCHYARD, Essex, United Kingdom
BATES, Sister, MADELINE ELSIE. Voluntary Aid Detachment.
Died of wounds received in enemy air-raid, 22nd December 1917. Age 35. Daughter of William John and Annie
Maria Bates, of "Southover," Sturry, Kent. Born at Waltham Abbey,
Essex in 1883. See photo Debbie Cameron
and obituary. She was on leave from
France and was visiting her aunt, Mrs Phillips. Sister Mary Verena, b. 1887.
SUNNINGDALE (HOLY
TRINITY) CHURCHYARD, Berkshire, United Kingdom
PEEL, Chauffeuse, HELEN MAUD. Voluntary Aid Detachment. Died
of sickness, 13 December 1917. Age 22. Daughter of William Charles and Augusta
Peel, of 'Fairview', Sunninghill. Her
brother, Major H. Peel, D.S.O., M.C. also died in service.
TIDWORTH MILITARY
CEMETERY, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
LANGDALE, Nurse, MARY AGNES. Voluntary Aid Detachment. 9
February 1917. Age 39. Daughter of Arthur Langdale and of his wife Catherine de
Bruyn, of 45, Church Rd., Barnes, London. Grave Reference: E. 163.
TOTTENHAM CEMETERY,
Middlesex, United Kingdom
GARNER, Sister, A E C, 2nd/Res. G/198. Queen Alexandra's
Imperial Military Nursing Service. 12 March 1917. Grave Reference: C. 5759.
TOWER HILL MEMORIAL,
London, United Kingdom
ARNOTT, Stewardess, SARAH JANE. S.S. "Hare" (Liverpool),
Mercantile Marine. Drowned, as a result of an attack by an enemy submarine, 14
December 1917. Age 41. Daughter of William and Dora McLean (nee Leech). Born at
Malahide, Co. Dublin.
FITZPATRICK, Stewardess, MARY. S.S. "Garmoyle"
(Glasgow), Mercantile Marine. Drowned, as a result of an attack by an enemy
submarine, 10 July 1917. Age 62. Born at Cork.
HIRD, Stewardess, AGNES. S.S. "Ava" (Glasgow),
Mercantile Marine. Presumed drowned, 26 January 1917. Age 42. Daughter of
William Yule, of 156, Stanley Rd., Bootle, Lancs., and the late Mary Ann Yule;
Wife of the late Anthony Hird. Born at Liverpool.
McDONALD, Stewardess, MARGARET. S.S. "City of
Paris" (Glasgow), Mercantile Marine. Drowned, as a result of an attack by
an enemy submarine, 4 April 1917. Age 49. Born at Greenock.
McLEAN, Stewardess, ELIZABETH. S.S. "City of
Paris" (Glasgow), Mercantile Marine. Drowned, as a result of an attack by
an enemy submarine, 4 April 1917. Age 43. Daughter of the late Lachlan and Mary
McLean. Born at Govan.
PHELAN, Stewardess, ELIZABETH ANNE. S.S.
"Coningbeg" (Glasgow), Mercantile Marine. Presumed drowned, 18
December 1917. Wife of Patrick Alexander Phelan.
TRENERRY, Stewardess, BRIDGET. H.M.H.S. "Asturias"
(Belfast), Mercantile Marine. Died, as a result of an attack by an enemy
submarine, or through vessel being mined, 24 March 1917. Age 65. Daughter of
the late John and Mary Murphy; wife of the late Edmund Trenerry. Born at Dublin
UPHALL CEMETERY, West
Lothian, United Kingdom
SIMPSON, Nurse, ELIZABETH. Territorial Force Nursing
Service. 10 May 1917. Grave Reference: J. 33.
With thanks to Callan Chevin for telling me about Margaret
Mayne, who was born in Ballinamallard, Col Tyrone, Ireland in 1882. Margaret trained as a nurse and worked as a
Staff Nurse in the North Staffordshire Infirmary from 1907 until the outbreak
of WW1. She died in Harwich Hospital on
20th April 1917. A plaque to
the memory of Margaret, who was awarded the Associate Royal Red Cross Medal for
her work, was placed In the Chapel of the North Staffordshire Infirmary. Since
2015, this plaque has been situated in the Atrium at the Royal Stoke University
Hospital, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK.
- nurse from Callan Chevin – https://www.nursingtimes.net/roles/nurse-managers/ww1-nurse-plaque-to-be-relocated-to-stoke-university-hospital/5081508.article
WILLINGHAM CEMETERY, Cambridgeshire,
United Kingdom
HART, Member, SARAH FRANCES RUBY, 3479. Women's Royal Air
Force. 20 October 1919. Age 19. Daughter of George William and Mildred Hart, of
High St., Willingham. Buried in the same grave is her sister, WILLIS, Dorothy
Maud, Munition Worker. 7th July, 1916. Age 23. Grave Reference: Con. West. 191.
Additional Notes
Dorothy Marguerite Inman (1890 – 1917) – British
Dorothy Wethered was born in Harley Street, Marylebone,
London in 1890. Her parents were Frank
Joseph Wethered, a doctor, and his wife Rosa Wethered, nee How.
In 1909, Dorothy married Arthur Conyers Inman in Marylebone[LL1]
. She joined Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary
Corps during WW1 - her rank was Worker and the equivalent rank of Worker for
men in the British Army was Private. Dorothy
died on 11th March 1917, aged 26 and was buried in East Finchley Cemetery,
London.
Dorothy Mortimer Watson – (1888 – 1917) – British Staff
Nurse
Dorothy was born in Ilkley, Yorkshire in 1888. Her parents were Christopher Holmes Watson, a
yarn agent born in Norwich, and his wife, Mary, nee Stewart. Dorothy had a brother, Ben Howard, born in
1875 and a sister Beatrice Balfour, born in 1883.
Dorothy was educated at the Masonic Institution for Girls in
Clapham, London, a boarding school for girls founded in 1788 by Bartholomew
Ruspini, an Italian-born dentist. The
school was set up for the daughters of Freemasons who had died or fallen upon
hard times. Dorothy’s father died in
1894. Schooling lasted for five years
and during that time the girls did not return home for holidays and visits from
family members was discouraged.
In 1910, Dorothy’s sister, Beatrice Watson married Alfred
Daniel Kemp and went to live in Norfolk.
Dorothy trained as a nurse at Harrogate Infirmary. During
the First World War she enrolled in the Territorial Force Nursing Service. Entry into the TFNS was extremely strictly
controlled – applicants had to be between the ages of 25 and 35, British
subjects, well-educated and to have completed a three year training course as a
nurse at an approved hospital.
After service at No. 2 Northern General Hospital in Leeds
and in Leeds War Hospital, Dorothy was posted to Malta in 1916, where she
worked at the St. John Military Hospital in Sliema. This was originally a school but was
requisitioned for use as a hospital in WW1.
Dorothy died on 13th March 1917 and was buried in the Pieta
Military Cemetery in Malta. She is also
commemorated on the War Memorial in Harrogate.
Bridget Trenerry (1859 – 1917) - Irish
Bridget was born Bridget Murphy in Dublin in 1859. Her parents were John and Mary Murphy. Bridget married Edmund Trenerry, a customs
officer and the couple went to live in Truro in Cornwall. They had a son Henry, born in 1878, who
became an electrician, and a son Francis, born in 1882.
During the First World War, Bridget served as a Stewardess
with the Merchant Marine aboard the Hospital Ship HMHS “Asturias”, which was
built by Harland and Wolff in Belgast for the Royal Mail Steam Packet Line and
launched in 1907 for service on the Southampton to Buenos Aires route. She was requisitioned for use as a hospital
ship and, after conversion, served at Gallipoli, Egypt, Salonika (Greece) and
on the cross-Channel route from France to Britain. J.R.R. Tolkien was evacuated to Britain
aboard HMHS “Asturias” in November 1916, suffering from Trench Fever.
On 20th March 1917, HMHS “Asturias” had
disembarked 1,000 wounded at the port of Avonmouth near Bristol and was
steaming towards Southampton when she was torpedoed by a German submarine. She managed to beach near Bolt Head, in the
vicinity of Salcombe in Devon, but 31 people were killed and 12 were
missing. Had the ship been full of
wounded the loss of life would have been terrible.
According to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission List of
Female Casualties of the First World War, Bridget died on 24th March
1917 and is commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial in London. At the age of 68, Bridget was one of the
oldest women to die serving during WW1.
Sources: http://britisharmynurses.com/index.php/nursesandnursing/nurses-list/110-watson-dorothy-mortimer
