Researcher & Administrator of Worcestershire War Memorials & more. Researcher of nurses who died in conflict. All views my own

Worcestershire
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Lost his life this day 27th.October 1940. PO. John Romney Mather….of Blackheath. London. One of THE FEW. bbm.org.uk/airmen/MatherJR.h… Killed when his Spitfire crashed and burned out in Hildenborough. The cause of the crash unknown but he may have been the victim of anoxia.
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Lost his life this day 27th.October 1940. PO. Alexis Rene Isidore Ghislain Jottard. Belgian One of THE FEW. bbm.org.uk/airmen/Jottard.ht… He was shot down by an Me109 and reported Missing. Age 28. He  has a memorial grave in the Pelouse d'Honneur Cemetery at Evere, Brussels.
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Lost his life this day 27th.October 1940. PO. Robert Basil Dewey….from Portsmouth. One of THE FEW. bbm.org.uk/airmen/Dewey.htm His Spitfire was shot down in a surprise attack by Me109s south of Maidstone and he was killed. Age 19. He is buried in Hornchurch Cemetery, Essex.
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Lost his life this day 27th.October 1940. Sgt. John Alan Scott. One of THE FEW. bbm.org.uk/airmen/ScottJA.ht… He was shot down in his Spitfire and killed in combat with Me109s over Maidstone Age 22 he is buried in the Alperton Burial Ground, Wembley.
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Remembering Civilian Hospital Nurse Vera Anderson, died during an enemy air raid on the 27th October 1944 aged 42. Read more via this link: rememberthefallen.co.uk/nurs… #WW2 #nurses
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Remembering Nursing Sister Marion Westgate, Royal Canadian Air Force, died in a flying accident on the 27th October 1943 aged 26. Read more via this link: rememberthefallen.co.uk/nurs… #WW2 #nurses @RCAF @HerosofCanada @CanWarMuseum
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Remembering Sister Joyce Walters, Territorial Army Nursing Service, died when SS Stentor was torpedoed by a German submarine on the 27th October 1942 aged 38. Read more via this link: rememberthefallen.co.uk/nurs… #WW2 #nurses
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Remembering Sister Constance Manfield, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service, died when SS Stentor was torpedoed by a German submarine on the 27th October 1942 aged 33. Read more via this link: rememberthefallen.co.uk/nurs… #WW2 #nurses
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Remembering Sister Eileen English, Territorial Army Nursing Service, died when SS Stentor was torpedoed by a German submarine on the 27th October 1942 aged 34. Read more via this link: rememberthefallen.co.uk/nurs… #WW2 #nurses
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Remembering Sister Annie Davies, Territorial Army Nursing Service, died when SS Stentor was torpedoed by a German submarine on the 27th October 1942 aged 33. Read more via this link: rememberthefallen.co.uk/nurs… #WW2 #nurses
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Remembering Nurse Elizabeth Elliott, Territorial Force Nursing Service, died from pneumonia following influenza on the 27th October 1918 aged 24. Read more via this link: rememberthefallen.co.uk/nurs… #WW1 #nurses
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Remembering Sister Hannah Cottingham, died from illness on the 27th October 1918 aged 31, VAD index card, photo with a date, death registration in the December Quarter 1918, not commemorated by the CWGC. Read more via this link: rememberthefallen.co.uk/nurs… #WW1 #nurses
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Lost his life this day 26th.October 1940. PO. Geoffrey Mervyn Simpson. New Zealand One of THE FEW. bbm.org.uk/airmen/SimpsonGM.… Spotting an enemy aircraft flying low in the vicinity of Boulogne, he went down but was attacked from the rear by Me109s. He was never heard of again.
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Lost his life this day 26th.October 1940. Sgt. Douglas William Elcome. One of THE FEW. bbm.org.uk/airmen/Elcome.htm He failed to return from a routine patrol in his Spitfire. He was reported ‘Missing’ aged 21.
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Remembering Sister Florrie Prest, Territorial Army Nursing Service, died on the 26th October 1947 aged 47. Read more via this link: rememberthefallen.co.uk/nurs… #WW2 #nurses
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Remembering Sister Elizabeth Thomson, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service, died from illness on the 26th October 1918 aged 36. Read more via this link: rememberthefallen.co.uk/nurs… #WW1 #nurses
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