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We remember Margery Townsend
We remember Margery Townsend
Timeline
Timeline
1918
service
British Army
Sister
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
Source:9252140
21st September 1918
1918
death
War Related Sickness
Salonica
Greece
Source:6984824
Source:9252140
21st September 1918
Details
Details
Names
| Type | Name |
|---|---|
| First Names | Margery |
| Initials | M |
| Last Name | Townsend |
| Source | 6984824 |
Gender
| Gender | Source |
|---|---|
| Female |
Contribution
Military Service
Military Service
| Service | Number | Unit | Section | Rank | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Army | Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve | Sister |
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Portrait photograph of Margery TownsendStaff Nurse Margery Townsend MBE, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Died of illness contracted on duty 21 September 1918. CWGC has her first name as Martha
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Nurses memorial at the National Memorial ArboretumA 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.ukContributed by:
James201
Communities
Communities
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Wives and Daughters - female deaths - surnames beginning with TMore about Wives and Daughters - female deaths - surnames beginning with T
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"Women of the Empire" at York Minster - Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service and Territorial Force Nursing ServiceMore about "Women of the Empire" at York Minster - Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service and Territorial Force Nursing Service
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Evidence
Evidence
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Official Records
| Title | Connected by | More information |
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| Medal Index Card |
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Multimedia
| Title | Connected by | More information |
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| Portrait photograph of Margery Townsend | Charlotte33 | |
| Register of Soldiers Effects | Jonathan101862 | |
| Nurses memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum | James201 |
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