Edith Frances Barker

Place of birth: Liverpool

Service: Nurse, VAD, February/Chwefror 1915 – Apr

Death: 1918/04/03, St Omer, France, Illness / Salwch

Memorial: St Collen\'s Church, Llangollen, Denbighshire

Notes: Born 1869, the daughter of a Liverpool Brewer, Edith lived with two brother in Pen-y-Bryn Hall, Llangollen for a number of years from 1901. She nursed in Malta and France where she died aged 49. She is buried in Longueness (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, and her name appears on Llangollen War Memorial.

Sources: https://grangehill1922.wordpress.com/2013/11/19/edith-frances-barker/

Reference: WaW0174

Imperial War Graves Document

Document giving instruction for inscriptions on headstones in Souvenir Cem Longueness. Edith Barker’s age is given as 49.

Red Cross Record Card (reverse)

Red Cross record for Edith Frances Barker (reverse).

Red Cross Record card

Red Cross record for Edith Frances Barker. This gives her age as 37.

War Memorial

War memorial, Llangollen. Edith’s name is near the top of the second column from the left.

Ryda Rees

Place of birth: New Quay, Cardiganshire

Service: Nurse, VAD, 1915 - 1919

Death: 1919/11/16, illness / salwych

Notes: Ryda, who was 29 when she died, served at the 3rd Western Hospital, Cardiff ‘until her health broke down’.

Reference: WaW0206

Ryda Rees

Ryda’s photograph was collected by the Women’s Subcommittee of the Imperial War Museum as part of its collection of women who died during the War.

Letter

Letter to the Secretary of the Women’s Committee from Ryda’s mother Mary Rees 16th March 1920.

Red Cross record card

Red Cross Record card for Ryda Rees

Red Cross record card (reverse)

Red Cross Record card for Ryda Rees (reverse)

Caroline Jackson Davies

Place of birth: Llandovery

Service: Chief section leader Cook: , WRNS, 22/05/1918

Death: 1918-10-26, Carmarthen, illness/salwch

Notes: aged 22. Buried at Llandingat

Sources: http://www.wwwmp.co.uk/carmarthenshire-war-memorials/

Reference: WaW0005

Clemima Coopey

Service: Munitions Worker, 1916 - 1918

Death: 1918-02-26, Blaenavon Workmans Hospital, Industrial Accident / Damwain Ddiwydiannol

Notes: Clemima Coopey became entangled in the machinery of the motor-house at the Blaenavon.Co.Ltd. She was rushing to catch the 9.30 pm train, and had illegally left her shoes there. Her husband was a soldier fighting in Salonika, and she had three young children.

Reference: WaW0071

Newspaper account of inquest (1)

Report of inquest into the death of Clemima Coopey (1)

Newspaper account of inquest (2)

Report of inquest into the death of Clemima Coopey (2)

Helena May Rowlands

Place of birth: Llangefni

Service: Nurse, Territorial Nursing Service/Gwasanaeth Nyrsio Tiri

Death: 1919-05-10, Military Fever Hospital Liverpool, Influenza

Memorial: Nurses memorial, Llanelwy, Flintshire

Notes: aged 24/25. Buried in Mynydd Seion Chapel, Abergele. Her body was taken by train from Liverpool to Abergele, and straight to the cemetery to avoid infection.

Sources: http://www.flintshirewarmemorials.com/memorials/st-asaph-memorial/st-asaph-cathedral-welsh-nurses-ww1/rowlands-helena-may/

Reference: WaW0054

Nurse Helena May Rowlands's name on the Nurses' Memorial, St Asaph

Helena May Rowlands's name on the Nurses' Memorial, St Asaph

Nurses' Memorial, Liverpool Cathedral

The Nurses’ Memorial in the Lady Chapel, Liverpool Cathedral, listing names of nurses who died in the War and had worked in Liverpool. Ethel Saxon is also recorded here.

Nurses' Memorial Liverpool Cathedral

Name of Helena Rowlands on the Nurses Memorial, Liverpool Cathedral

Aldwyth Katrin Williams

Place of birth: Llanbedr-y-Cennin

Service: Nurse, VAD, 1914 - 1918

Death: 1918/11/08, Llanbedr-y-Cennin, Influenza / Ffliw

Memorial: St Tudnos Churchyard, Llandudno, Caernarfonshire

Notes: Aldwyth was the only daughter of the Rector of Llanbedr-y-Cennin. She joined the VAD early in the war, and worked for three days a week in the Red Cross hospitals in Llandudno, cooking and cleaning as well as nursing. She was 26 when she died.

Sources: http://historypoints.org/index.php?page=great-orme-grave-aldwyth-williams

Reference: WaW0262

Grave of Aldwyth Williams

Grave of Aldwyth Katrin Williams, St Tudno’s Church, Great Orme, Llandudno. Photo courtesy of Laurence Manton

Newspaper report

Report of the funeral of Aldwyth Katrin Williams, Y Clorianydd, 27th November 1918, Identical reports were published in Y Cymro and Y Dydd.rn

Hannah Davies

Place of birth: Glog, Pembrokeshire

Service: Sister

Death: 1918 ?, Glog, Pembrokeshire, Influenza / Ffliw

Notes: Hannah was the sister of two soldiers, William and John, both serving overseas. John, the younger, was killed and is buried in Jerusalem. William survived, but brought home Spanish flu. He survived that too, but Hannah caught it nursing him, and died. Letters from both brothers, in Welsh and English, survive.

Reference: WaW0243

Letter

Letter in English from William to Hannah Davies, written on YMCA paper, on January 21st, 1918.

Letter (reverse)

Reverse of letter in English from William to Hannah Davies, written on YMCA paper, on January 21st, 1918.

Letter

Letter in Welsh from William to Hannah Davies, written on Church Army Recreation Hut paper. Winter 1917-18

Letter (reverse)

Letter in Welsh from William to Hannah Davies, written on Church Army Recreation Hut paper. Winter 1917-18 (reverse)rn

Hylda Salathiel

Place of birth: Pencoed

Service: Nurse, hockey player, South Wales Nursing Association

Death: 1918/11/06, Cardiff, Influenza / Ffliw

Notes: Hylda Salathiel, who was one of seven sisters, was educated at Bridgend High School, and trained at Merthyr General Hospital. For a while she was an international hockey player, playing for Bridgend Ladies and South Wales Ladies. She nursed for a while in Bournemouth, but returned to South Wales, where she caught influenza from a patient she was nursing and died four days later. The patient recovered and sent flowers to Hylda’s funeral.

Reference: WaW0301

Newspaper report

Report of an international hockey match between South Wales and Monmouthshire Ladies and Munster Ladies. Glamorgan Gazette 12th February 1909.

Newspaper report

Report of the death and funeral of Hylda Salathiel. Glamorgan Gazette 15th November 1918

Hilda Jessie Downing

Place of birth: Newtown

Service: Nurse, 1914 - 1918

Death: 1918-10-10, Newtown, Influenza / Y Ffliw

Memorial: War memorial, Newtown, Montgomeryshire

Notes: aged 29. Worked in military hospital Broadstairs, Kent.

Reference: WaW0010

Newtown War Memorial

Name of Nurse Hilda Jessie Downing on Newtown War Memorial

Olive Jenkins

Place of birth: Pontnewynydd

Service: Nursing Sister, VAD, 1916-07-04 - 1918-12-02

Death: 1918-12-02, Caerleon Infirmary, Influenza / Y Ffliw

Memorial: War Memorial Gates, Pontypool, Monmouthshire

Notes: Died aged 28.

Sources: http://www.gwentarchives.gov.uk/media/38358/ww1-newsletter-13082014-compressed.pdf;http://www.redcross.org.uk/About-us/Who-we-are/History-and-origin/First-World-War/Search?fname=Olive&sname=Jenkins&hosp=Pontypool

Reference: WaW0088

Olive Jenkins

Name of Olive Jenkins VAD on Pontypool Memorial Gates.

Red Cross record of Olive Jenkins (1)

Red Cross Record of Olive Jenkins (2)