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We remember Margaret Sewell Blake
We remember Margaret Sewell Blake
Timeline
Timeline
1917
service
Other Empire Force
Nurse
Voluntary Aid Detachment
Source:8658464
14th February 1917 - 22nd January 1918
1917
location
℅ Rusthall Hospital, Tunbridge Wells
United Kingdom
Source:8658464
14th February 1917
1918
death
Died of septic pneumonia contracted on duty.
Source:8658470
22nd January 1918
Details
Details
Names
| Type | Name |
|---|---|
| First Names | Margaret Sewell |
| Initials | MS |
| Last Name | Blake |
| Source | 8658464 |
Gender
| Gender | Source |
|---|---|
| Female |
Locations
| Address | Country | Type | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ℅ Rusthall Hospital, Tunbridge Wells | United Kingdom | known 14th February 1917 |
Military Service
| Service | Number | Unit | Section | Rank | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other Empire Force | Voluntary Aid Detachment | Nurse |
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Portrait photograph of Miss M S BlakeObject description: Miss M S Blake, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of septic pneumonia contracted on duty 22 January 1918. Inscription: M S Blake who died of septic pneumonia contracted on duty, 22.1.18.
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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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Wives and Daughters - female deaths - surnames beginning with BMore about Wives and Daughters - female deaths - surnames beginning with B
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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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Died from Pneumonia and InfluenzaMore about Died from Pneumonia and Influenza
Evidence
Evidence
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No official records
External Evidence
| Reference | Connected by | More information |
|---|---|---|
| Red Cross VAD cards | Yvonne27542 |
Multimedia
| Title | Connected by | More information |
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| Portrait photograph of Miss M S Blake | Yvonne27542 | |
| Nurses memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum | James201 |
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