Lives of the First World War

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ID: 4949479

Reference: WO372/23

Title: Medal Index Card

Description: Medal index cards were created by the Army Medal Office towards the end of the First World War. They record the medals that men and women who served in the First World War were entitled to claim.

URL: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D6075354
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UPP: GBM/MCI/4954390

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7249067

Reference: CWGCCASUALIWM

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records

Description: The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) commemorate First World War servicemen and women and members of some civilian organisations who died before 31 August 1921 while in Commonwealth military service or of causes attributable to service.

Connected by: Imperial1

URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/500515/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/380868

Additional: This record has been automatically matched to the Life Story by IWM, using rules based on name, rank, number, regiment and service.

Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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ID: 8647907

Title: Portrait photograph of Evelina Maud Dawson

Description: Object description: Evelina Maud Dawson, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Drowned when the Hospital Ship Salta struck a mine in the English Channel 10 April 1917. Inscription: Evelina Maud Dawson who was drowned when HMHS Salta struck a mine in the English Channel 10.4.17.

Connected by: Yvonne27542

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ID: 9235777

Name: Page 270

Title: The British Journal of Nursing - 21st April 1917

Description: Article about the loss of the "Salta". See Stories section for full transcription.

Connected by: Yvonne27542

URL: http://rcnarchive.rcn.org.uk/data/VOLUME058-1917/page270-volume58-21stapril1917.pdf
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ID: 9261210

Title: Nurses memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum

Description: A Memorial to Voluntary Aid Detachment and Professional Nurses who lost their lives in the 1st and 2nd World Wars, at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, Staffordshire, dedicated and unveiled on 4th June 2018 at an event attended by HRH The Countess of Wessex GCVO, Royal Patron of the Nursing Memorial Appeal. The memorial takes the form of hands cast in bronze holding a globe carrying the names of nurses who lost their lives in service in the two World Wars. Further information about the memorial can be found on the Nursing Memorial Appeal website at www.nursingmemorialappeal.org.uk

Connected by: James201

Additional: Image © 2018 Nursing Memorial Appeal, kindly made available for use on Lives of the First World War.