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Catherine Dorothy Thomas
Place of birth: Crai, Sennybridge
Service: Girl
Death: 1918-11-28, Influenza / Y Ffliw
Notes: Dorothy was the second to youngest of 8 children. Her mother died in 1912. The story goes that the family were struck by the great flu after WWI. Dorothy who was 21 years old at the time she looked after the family and nursed them back to health but in 1918 she succumbed and died that year on the 28th of November.' Catrin Edwards
Reference: WaW0105
Catherine Dorothy Thomas c.1912
Catherine Dorothy ‘Dollis’ Thomas, aged about 14. She seems to be wearing mourning, so it may have been taken in 1912 when her mother died.
Celia Janet (standing) and Polly Thomas, c.1912
Celia Janet (‘Sis’) Thomas and her older sister Polly. They seem to be wearing mourning, so it may have been taken in 1912 when their mother died.
Amy Laura Whitcombe
Place of birth: Hengoed
Service: Worker, QMAAC
Death: 1918-11-03, S C Convalescent Hospital, Plymouth, Influenza / Y Ffliw
Memorial: War memorial, Ystrad Mynach and Hengoed, Glamorgan
Notes: aged 24.
Reference: WaW0063
Ada Doris Maud Lesser (Radcliffe)
Place of birth: Nova Scotia
Service: Worker, QMAAC
Death: 1918/12/04, Tidsworth Military Hospital, Wiltshire, Influenza / y ffliw
Memorial: Danygraig, Swansea, Glamorgan
Notes: Born c.1879, Ada moved with her parents to Swansea. She married Arthur Charles Lesser in December 1899. The inscription on her grave says she was 36 when she died, but she was probably older. Thanks to Diana Morgan
Reference: WaW0190
Gwynedd Violet Llewellyn
Place of birth: Bewdley, Worcestershire
Service: Nurse, VAD
Death: 1918/11/03, Rouen, France, Influenza / Y Ffliw
Notes: Gwynedd Violet Llewellyn’s name appears on the Welsh book of Remembrance. Unfortunately, despite her name, she appears to have no connection with Wales. Her family connections were with Worcestershire and Somerset
Reference: WaW0214
Lily Jenkins
Place of birth: Coity ?
Service: Nurse
Death: 1918/11/28, Esat Hampstead, Influenza / Y Ffliw
Notes: Little is known of Lily Jenkins, who had been a nurse at Bracknell Infirmary, East Hampstead, for four years. She was 21 when she died.
Reference: WaW0348
Newspaper report
Report of the death and funeral of Nurse Lily Jenkins. Glamorgan Gazette 20th December 1918.
Violet Pearce
Place of birth: Swansea
Service: Booking clerk, NWR
Death: November 1918, Swansea, Influenza / y ffliw
Notes: Violet Pearce was a booking clerk at Swansea Victoria Station when she died of Spanish Influenza in early November 1918.
Reference: WaW0373
Kate Hopkins
Place of birth: Ystradgynlais
Service: Nurse, Not known / anhysbys, 1915 - 1918
Death: 1918/10/26, London, Influenza / y ffliw
Notes: Kate Hopkins had been a promising teacher, having trained in Stafford with a scholarship from Glamorgan. She began nursing in at the Great Western Hospital in London in 1915, and died there of Spanish flu aged 34.
Reference: WaW0406
Emily May Thomas (née Matthews)
Place of birth: Carmarthen
Service: Teacher
Death: November /1918 / Tac, Carmarthen, Influenza / y ffliw
Notes: Emily was educated at the County Girls’ School Carmarthen, and matriculated at the early age of 16. She became a teacher at the Model (Church) School in Carmarthen. In February 1918 She married Lieutenant Richard Thomas of the Machine Gun Corps, also a teacher. He was wounded in October 1918. In November, just after he came home from hospital, Emily contracted influenza and died.
Reference: WaW0423
Newspaper report
Report of Emily Matthews’s matriculation success. Carmarthen Weekly Reporter 9th September 1910.
Newspaper report
Report of Emily Matthews marriage to Richard Thomas. Carmarthen Weekly Reporter 15th February 1918.
Ida Williams
Place of birth: Llangammarch Wells
Service: Teachers
Death: August / 1918 / Awst, Llangammarch Wells, Influenza / y ffliw
Notes: Ida Williams was a graduate of University College, Aberystwyth. She taught at intermediate schools in Aberystwyth, Cardiff, Bargoed and finally London, where her health broke down about a year before her death. She seems to have been musical, and to have written for publications including Y Cymro.
Reference: WaW0422
Newspaper report
Report of the death and funeral of Miss Ida Williams BA. Brecon County Times 8th August 1918.
Megan Davies
Place of birth: Aberdare
Service: Singer, bank clerk
Death: 1919/03/25, Aberdare, Influenza / y ffliw
Notes: Megan Davies was a well-known contralto soloist in the Aberdare area, and performed in several War Heroes concerts. She worked in Barclay’s Bank, Merthyr.
Reference: WaW0421
Newspaper report
Newspaper report of a War Heroes Concert, naming Megan Davies. Aberdare Leader 5th January 1918.
Newspaper report
Report of the death from influenza of Megan Davies, aged 29. Aberdare Leader 29th March 1919