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Ezzelina Samuel
Place of birth: Pontardulais
Service: Nurse, 1916 - 1919
Death: February 1919 , Kemptown hospital, Brighton, Bronchitis following influenza / Broncitis yn dilyn ffliw
Notes: Ezzelina was one of eight children of Thomas Samuel, superintendent of the Clayton Tin Plate Works, Pontardulais. She was sitting her final exams after three year’s training as a nurse in Brighton when she fell ill and died, aged 24.
Reference: WaW0278

Newspaper article and phoograph
Short article noting Ezzelina’s death, with a photograph. Herald of Wales 1st March 1919rnrn

newspaper report
Report of the death of Ezzelina Samuel in Brighton. Carmarthen Journal 7th March 1919rnrn
C A Howell
Place of birth: Neath ?
Service: Nurse, ‘Red Cross Nurse’ (VAD) ‘Nyrs y Groes Gochï¿
Death: January 1918 / Ionaw, Cause not known
Memorial: Soar Maes-yr-haf Chapel,, Neeath, Glamorgan
Notes: C A Howell’s name appears on the Roll of Honour in Soar Maes-yr-haf Chapel, Neath. She is described as a Red Cross Nurse.
Reference: WaW0138

Roll of Honour, Soar Maes-yr-haf Chapel
Name of Miss C A Howell Red Cross Nurse on Roll of Honour, Soar Maes-yr-haf Chapel, Neath
Janet Elizabeth Evans
Place of birth: Newtown
Service: Clerk, QMAAC
Death: May 1919, London, not known / anhysbys
Memorial: War memorial, Newtown, Montgomeryshire
Notes: Janet became a teacher but later left to join the Army Pay Corps in Chester. In the summer of 1918 she joined the clerical staff of the QMAAC and was stationed in London. Following a period of indifferent health she was admitted to a London military hospital in April 1919. She died a month later, aged 21.
Reference: WaW0016
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.
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
Maggie Williams
Place of birth: Cwmpark ?
Service: Nurse
Death: October / Hydref 191, Chichester, Pneumonia following influenza / Niwmonia yn dilyn y ffliw
Notes: Nothing is known of Maggie Williams at present, apart from the press cutting below.
Reference: WaW0347
Una McCarthy
Place of birth: Abertillery ?
Service: Nurse
Death: October / Hydref 191, Cause not known
Notes: Nothing is currently known of Una McCarthy, whose photograph appears with others in a newspaper, possibly the Argus, headlined ‘Died on Service’.
Reference: WaW0390