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We remember Eva Prior
We remember Eva Prior
Timeline
Timeline
1915
service
Other Empire Force
Nursing Member
British Red Cross
Esher Red Cross Hospital
Source:8685212
May 1915 - May 1917
1915
location
Conchmore, Esher, Surrey
United Kingdom
Source:8685212
May 1915
1917
service
Other Empire Force
Women's Hospital Corps
Endell Street Military Hospital
Source:8685214
May 1917 - January 1918
1918
death
Died of a septic throat caught while on duty, according to her British Red Cross card.
"Women as Army Surgeons" says she died from Vincent's Angina.
Source:8685214
January 1918
Details
Details
Names
| Type | Name |
|---|---|
| First Names | Eva |
| Initials | E |
| Last Name | Prior |
| Source | 8685209 |
Gender
| Gender | Source |
|---|---|
| Female |
Locations
| Address | Country | Type | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conchmore, Esher, Surrey | United Kingdom | known May 1915 |
Military Service
| Service | Number | Unit | Section | Rank | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other Empire Force | British Red Cross | Esher Red Cross Hospital | Nursing Member | ||
| Other Empire Force | Women's Hospital Corps | Endell Street Military Hospital |
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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 PMore about Wives and Daughters - female deaths - surnames beginning with P
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"Women of the Empire" at York Minster - Endell Street Military HospitalMore about "Women of the Empire" at York Minster - Endell Street Military Hospital
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Evidence
Evidence
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External Evidence
| Reference | Connected by | More information |
|---|---|---|
| British Red Cross VAD cards | Yvonne27542 | |
| Women as Army Surgeons, by Flora Murray C.B.E., M.D., D.P.H. | Yvonne27542 |
Multimedia
| Title | Connected by | More information |
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| Nurses memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum | James201 |
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