We remember Ida Thekla Bowser

We remember Ida Thekla Bowser

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Timeline

Timeline

1867
sibling Elsie Bowser Source:5490367 1867
1873
birth Marylebone, London United Kingdom Source:5490370 1873
1901
dates Age 27 Source:5490374 1901
1901
employment Journalist Own account at home London United Kingdom Source:5490374 1901
1901
location Tachbrook Street, St George Hanover Square, London United Kingdom their own address Source:5490374 1901
1911
dates Age 37 Source:5490367 1911
1911
employment Journalist London United Kingdom Source:5490367 1911
1911
location 39 Werter Road, Putney, Wandsworth, London United Kingdom their own address Source:5490367 1911
1912
enlistment London United Kingdom Source:5490384 1912
1915
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:4943202 1st June 1915
1916
discharge Source:5490384 19th March 1916
1916
employment Joint War Committee specifically Order of St John Medical Lecturer and author United Kingdom Source:5490384 1916 - 1919
1919
location 29 Eversfield Place, St Leonards on Sea United Kingdom their own address Source:7901710 11th January 1919
service Other Empire Force Voluntary Aid Detachment British Red Cross Society Source:4943202
service Other Empire Force Voluntary Aid Detachment London/92 Source:5490384
1919
death Became ill on active service as a VAD in France in 1916 St Leonards on Sea United Kingdom Source:7901710 11th January 1919
burial Hastings Cemetery Hastings Cemetery Non-War Cemetery CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Hastings Sussex United Kingdom United Kingdom Screen Wall. E. M. B1. Source:7901710 Source:8688461

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Ida Thekla
Initials IT
Last Name Bowser
Source 5490379
Gender
GenderSource
Female
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
29 Eversfield Place, St Leonards on Sea United Kingdom their own address known 11th January 1919
39 Werter Road, Putney, Wandsworth, London United Kingdom their own address known 1911
Tachbrook Street, St George Hanover Square, London United Kingdom their own address known 1901
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
Other Empire Force Voluntary Aid Detachment British Red Cross Society
Other Empire Force Voluntary Aid Detachment London/92
Awards
AwardTypeSource
Silver War Badge Honourable Discharge
1914/15 Star First World War Campaign/Service Medal
British War Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Victory Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
John Carrick Bowser father
Siblings
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Elsie Bowser sister 1867

Media

Communities

Communities

Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Sarah57
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription Sarah57
1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Sarah57
Medal Index Cards Transcription Sarah57
Silver War Badge Roll Transcription Sarah57
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription Yvonne27542

External Evidence

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Friends of Hastings Cemetery website Judith1629
Online version of her book - Britain's Civilian Volunteers debbie2674

Multimedia

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Portrait photograph of Ida Thekla Bowser Imperial1
copy of her book debbie2674
Obit and report of her funeral debbie2674
Nurses memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum James201

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