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We remember Mabel Olive Craggs
We remember Mabel Olive Craggs
Timeline
Timeline
1878
1911
dates
Age 33
Source:8992458
2nd April 1911
1911
employment
Hospital Nurse
Great Portland Street London
United Kingdom
Source:8992458
2nd April 1911
1911
location
234 Great Portland Street St Marylebone London,
United Kingdom
other group residence address
Source:8992458
2nd April 1911
1914
dates
Age 36
Source:8992445
6th October 1914
1914
service
Other Empire Force
Nursing Sister
British Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment
Hospital at the Hotel Astoria, Paris
Source:9234067
6th October 1914 - 20th January 1915
1914
location
Caronida, Latchford, Warrington
United Kingdom
Source:8992445
6th October 1914
1915
death
Taken ill with intestinal trouble.
The Hertford British Hospital, Paris
France
Source:8655350
Source:9234067
20th January 1915
burial
Paris, Hauts-de-Seine
France
Plot 34 Row 1 Grave 1B.
Source:8655350
Details
Details
Names
| Type | Name |
|---|---|
| First Names | Mabel Olive |
| Initials | MO |
| Last Name | Craggs |
| Source | 8655348 |
Gender
| Gender | Source |
|---|---|
| Female |
Locations
| Address | Country | Type | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 234 Great Portland Street St Marylebone London, | United Kingdom | other group residence address | known 2nd April 1911 | |
| Caronida, Latchford, Warrington | United Kingdom | known 6th October 1914 |
Military Service
| Service | Number | Unit | Section | Rank | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other Empire Force | British Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment | Hospital at the Hotel Astoria, Paris | Nursing Sister |
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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.uk
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Communities
Communities
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Wives and Daughters - female deaths - surnames beginning with CMore about Wives and Daughters - female deaths - surnames beginning with C
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"Women of the Empire" at York Minster - Auxiliary HospitalsMore about "Women of the Empire" at York Minster - Auxiliary Hospitals
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Evidence
Evidence
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Official Records
| Title | Connected by | More information |
|---|---|---|
| Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription | Yvonne27542 | |
| England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription | Jonathan101862 | |
| 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription | Jonathan101862 |
External Evidence
| Reference | Connected by | More information |
|---|---|---|
| Miss Mabel Olive Craggs | Jonathan101862 | |
| Miss Mabel Olive Craggs | Jonathan101862 | |
| Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, London | Jonathan101862 | |
| The British Journal of Nursing - 30th January 1915 | Yvonne27542 |
Multimedia
| Title | Connected by | More information |
|---|---|---|
| Nurses memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum | James201 |
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