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We remember Mary Elizabeth Wills
We remember Mary Elizabeth Wills
Timeline
Timeline
1885
birth
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1885
1918
dates
Age 33
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30th March 1918
service
British Army
Staff Nurse
Territorial Force Nursing Service
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1918
death
War Related Sickness
Died of illness contracted on duty 30 March 1918.
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30th March 1918
burial
Durham
United Kingdom
7. 232.
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Details
Details
Names
| Type | Name |
|---|---|
| First Names | Mary Elizabeth |
| Initials | ME |
| Last Name | Wills |
| Source | 4972272 |
Gender
| Gender | Source |
|---|---|
| Female |
Contribution
Military Service
Military Service
| Service | Number | Unit | Section | Rank | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Army | Territorial Force Nursing Service | Staff Nurse |
Family
Parents
| Name | Relationship | Dates | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jabez Wills | father | ||
| Mary | mother |
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Portrait photograph of Mary WillsObject description: Mary Wills, Territorial Force Nursing Service. Died of illness contracted on duty 30 March 1918. Inscription: Mary Wills who died of illness contracted on duty 30.3.18.
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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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Territorial Force Nursing Service (TFNS)More about Territorial Force Nursing Service (TFNS)
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Wives and Daughters - female deaths - surnames beginning with WMore about Wives and Daughters - female deaths - surnames beginning with W
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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 | ||
| Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription | Yvonne27542 |
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Multimedia
| Title | Connected by | More information |
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| Portrait photograph of Mary Wills | Yvonne27542 | |
| WANSBECK ROAD | Paul87547 | |
| CRAMLINGTON | Paul87547 | |
| CWGC | Paul87547 | |
| CWGC | Paul87547 | |
| CWGC | Paul87547 | |
| Nurses memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum | James201 |
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