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Died in childbirth; her baby dies a day later
Died in childbirth; her baby dies a day later
known July 1919
Edith (H)Ellen Weager (Wager) married Joseph Barford on 1st July 1919. She died three weeks' later on the 22 July 1919 aged just 23. Her death certificate says says pulmonary TB and puerperal peritonitis. Her daughter was named Josephine (presumably after her father, Joseph) bad very sadly she too died - the following day. A tragically short life of a girl who was in service from at least the age of 14. . this information was in her war records
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Born 1896
Died 1919
British Army 32716 Worker Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps
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