We remember Margaret Selina Caswell

We remember Margaret Selina Caswell

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Timeline

Timeline

1895
birth Ogbourne St George, Marlborough, Wiltshire United Kingdom Source:6159373 Source:4945795 1895
1918
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:4945795 8th April 1918 - 30th May 1918
service British Army Worker 15703 Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps Source:4945795
1918
death Killed in Action During the night of 29-30 May 1918 German aircraft German aircraft attacked QMAAC Camp 1 at Abbeville and one of their bombs fell into a protection trench killing her. Abbeville France Source:7003160 30th May 1918
burial Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Somme France Source:7003160

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Margaret Selina
Initials MS
Last Name Caswell
Source 4945795
Gender
GenderSource
Female
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 15703 Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps Worker
Awards
AwardTypeSource
British War Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Victory Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Frederick Caswell father
Mary Jane Rolfe mother

Media

Communities

Communities

Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Helen3062
GRO WAR DEATHS ARMY OTHER RANKS (1914 to1921) Transcription Helen3062
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription Helen3062
1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription WDYTYA24708
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Imperial1

External Evidence

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CWGC record for Margaret Caswell Helen3062
Photo and facts of Margaret Selina Caswell WDYTYA24708
picture of Margaret's grave WDYTYA24708
Funeral procession of Margaret and her deadd colleagues WDYTYA24708
Commemorative Medallion, Margaret Selina Caswell, Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps. Edward43379
Scroll accompanying Commemoration Medallion 1914-1918 for Margaret Selina Caswell Edward43379
Photograph of Margaret Selina Caswell, Women's Legion, 1916. Edward43379
IWM - Deaths: Other Services Kristen1288

Multimedia

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Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps Peter34996
Funeral procession debbie2674

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