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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.
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.
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
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.
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
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