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Below are pictures of their graves and QARANC.co.uk would like to further honour their sacrifice by requesting any additional information about any nurse on this page and those who should be added. For example any info about their nursing skills, examples of dedication, photograph, etc would be gratefully received for inclusion onto this war graves memorials for nurses page. Please contact us if you can help. Thank you. Wimereux War Grave Cemetery Wimereux War Grave Cemetery in France was located near military hospitals during the Great War. There are several members of the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Services and Royal Army Medical Corps buried at the Wimereux War Grave Cemetery. The Commonwealth War Graves are located in a separate area of the civilian graves. Unlike other war graves and war grave memorials the headstones at Wimereux War Grave Cemetery each headstone lies flat against the ground because of the soil in the graveyard is sandy and does not support the weight of the uprights headstone. There are 2845 war graves from the First World War and 14 war graves from the Second World War. Wimereux War Grave Cemetery is now called the Wimereux Communal Cemetery. As you can see from the postcard photos below of Wimereux cemetery, taken soon after burials, there were originally crosses above each grave until the earth mounds settled. The left hand side of the photograph shows the first grave with a dark cross as reading Sister but sadly the surname is not readable. Sister Wilson One war grave of a nurse buried at Wimereux Cemetery is Sister Myrtle Wilson of the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS). Sister Wilson died on the 23 December 1915 aged 38 years. She was the daughter of Andrew Wilson and Catherine Wilson of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Sister Wilson left Queensland to join the nursing service in April 1915. Her headstone reads Sister M.E. Wilson Q.A Imp. Nursing Sce. 23 Dec 1915 Queensland Australia Behold I Come Quickly Lieutenant Colonel John McRae Grave The grave of Lieutenant Colonel John McRae can be found at Wimereux Cemetery. Lt Col McRae wrote the war poem In Flanders Fields. In the cemetery is also a memorial stone seat with lines from In Flanders Fields poem which reads: We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved, and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Lieutenant Colonel John McRae served in the Canadian Army Medical Corps as a physician. His health deteriorated during the war, especially after a gas attack in Flanders. He suffered from asthma and after a bad bout of flu he developed a lung infection and then a brain haemorrhage from which he died on the 28 January 1918 aged 45 years. There are some of the artefacts of Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae on display at Eilean Donan Castle in the Highlands of Scotland. In the grounds is a replica memorial of that erected in his memory at Wimereux Cemetery at Flanders. There is more written about this with photographs at our other website Aboutaberdeen.com on the Eilean Donan Castle Ghosts page. In Flanders Fields Music Canadian composer, singer and songwriter Anthony Hutchcroft has written a moving tribute to Lieutenant Colonel John McRae called In Flanders Fields Music. His song is a musical interpretation of Lt Col John McCrae’s poem from the Great War. For more information or to hear and see a performance of In Flanders Fields Music please visit www.flandersfieldsmusic.com A QARANC wall plaque and shield is available to buy through Amazon. The QA shield is hand made and ready to hang on the wall. . Buy Now. Findextrawork Since leaving the QA's we have done an assortment of self employed work and jobs, some which only take an hour a week, others have been full time. We have written about these at our other website Findextrawork at www.findextrawork.co.uk where we share the information for free to help others with information and resources about earning more money. Visit Findextrawork for more information. Nursing Sister Grave The Nursing Sister Grave below is of Sister Lucy Duncan. Her headstone reads Q.A. Imp. Nursing Sce. 1 March 1917 QAIMNS War Grave The QAIMNS War Grave below is of Sister Jessie Olive Hockey. Her headstone reads Q.A. Imp Mil. Nursing. Sce. 14 August 1917. Youngest Daughter of J.T. Hockey Cape Colony South Africa. Territorial Army Nurse Grave The Territorial Army Nurse Grave below is of Nurse A.H. Lancaster of the Territorial Nursing Service (TNS) who dies on the 3 June 1918. Her headstone reads Many Waters Cannot Quench Love. Canadian Nursing Services Grave The photograph of a Canadian Nursing Services Grave below is of the gravestone of Nursing Sister A.E Whitely of the Canadian Nursing Service who died on the 21 April 1918. Headstone War Grave The Headstone War Grave is of Sister C.M. Wilson. It reads Q.A.Imp. Mil. Nursing Sce. 1 March 1916 Eldest Daughter of the Late Thomas Wilson Glasgow Nelly Spindler Staff Nurse Nelly Spindler was a member of the QAIMNS during the Great War. Nelly Spindler nursed with the British Expeditionary Forces (BEF) in the 44th Casualty Clearing Station (CCS) Brandhoek. This area was shelled on the 21 August 1917 and despite this the QAs and doctors of the RAMC continued to care for their patients. Sadly one shell landed on the tented hospital and wounded Nelly Spindler. Her colleagues tried in vain to treat her abdominal wound but she died within minutes. The 44th CCS moved that day to Lijssenthoek where Nelly Spindler was buried the next day. The British Commonwealth Grave Lijssenthoek in Belgium contains 10750 burials which includes 9901 Commonwealth graves. More can be read about Nelly Spindler at www.wakefieldfhs.org.uk/Nelly Spindler.htm www.qaranc.co.uk would like to thank Mr Ron Teague for the photographs of the war graves and memorials of the nurses used on this page. Brookwood Memorial Sadly many QA's were lost at sea during the two World Wars and though they have no war grave maintained by the CWGC they are remembered in a variety of ways. For example the name of Sister Winnie Harrison is on the Brookwood Memorial. She died on the Hospital Carrier, St David during World War Two. There is more written about the sinking of the Hospital Carrier St David on the Hospital Ships page. Below is a photo of the Brookwood Memorial (with thanks to Terry Hissey) Aldershot Garrison Church Memorial Plaques The following photos are of the Aldershot Garrison Church memorial plaques to the QAs of the Great War and Second World War. The building is more formally named the Royal Garrison Church of All Saints Aldershot or the Royal Garrison Church. For more information visit www.royalgarrisonchurch.co.uk With thanks to Paul White, WO2 Williams at Deepcut and the Padre of Aldershot Garrison Church for the photography and information about the plaques. There is more written about the history of the plaques on the Queen Alexandra's Military Hospital Millbank page. Ramleh War Cemetery Israel There are three QA graves at Ramleh War Cemetery in Israel: Sister Frances Alexander Millar P/208771 Sister Frances Alexander Millar Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Died 24 May 1943. Sister Norah Kathleen Pigott 209642 Sister Norah Kathleen Pigott Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Died 9 September 1947. Sister Winifred Vera Wooderson 309557 Sister Winifred Vera Wooderson Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Died 27 May 1947 The photographs of the graves of Sisters Millar, Pigott and Wooderson were taken by Andrew Laidlaw in Israel and are displayed here with kind permission. Read more about the Ramleh War Cemetery in Israel at www.forthefallen.co.uk Five Sisters Window Below are photos and the names of the QAIMNS Sisters who lost their lives in the two world wars. The glass screens can be found in the North Transept of York Minster, England and are known as the Five Sisters Window. ANDREWS Ellen ARMSTRONG Ellen ASTELL Ethel F BATES Frances M BEAUFOY Kate BENNETT Helena S BERESFORD Rebecca R BERRIE Charlotte BLACKLOCK Alice M BLAKE Edith BLENCOWE Mabel E BOLGER Kathleen BOND Ella Maude BRACE Frances E BRETT Norah V BRINTON Gertrude BROWN Euphemia L BUCKLER Elinor BUTLER Sarah E CALLIER Ethel F M CAMMACK Edith M CHALLINOR E Annie CHANDLER Dorothy M CLIMIE Agnes M CLOUGH Mary COLE Dorothy H COLE Emily Helena COMPTON F D’Oyley CONSTERDINE V C COOKE Ella Kate COX Annie CROYSDALE Marjorie CRUICKSHANK I DALTON Joan G DANAHER Mary DAWES Emily DAWSON Eveline M DEWAR Margaret S DOHERTY Mary A DONOVAN Bridget DUCKERS M E DUNCAN I L M EDGAR Elizabeth ELIFFE Margaret ELLIOTT E EVANS Jane FARLEY Martha FERNLEY Ethel FERGUSON Rachel FLINTOFF Alice FORBES B G F FOYSTER Ellen L GARLICK Hilda GARNER A E C GASKELL Lily GLADSTONE E M GLEDHILL Annie GOLDSMITH A A V GRANT May GORBUTT Martha GRAY Emily GREENWOOD HOPPER J E GREATOREX Janet GRIFFIN Lillian GRIFFITHS Janet L GROVER Alice Jane GURNEY Elizabeth HALL Frances Mary HAMILTON Margaret HANNAFORD Ida D HARKNESS Bessie HASTINGS Helen M HAWLEY Florence HAWLEY Nellie HENRY Charlotte E HILLING Sophie HILLS Maud Ellen HOBBES Narrelle HODGSON Eveline M HOOK Florence M L HOWARD Florence G HUGHES Gladys C IRWIN Winifred H JACK Christina JAMIESON Jessie S JOHNSTON M Hessie JONES Gertrude E JONES Hilda Lilian KEMP Christina M F KEMP Elise Margaret KENDALL Rose E KYNOCK Alison G LANCASTER Alice H LEA Hilda MANN Agnes Grieg MANNELL Dorothy W MACBETH M Ann MACGILL Mary MACKENZIE I MACKINNON M MCALLISTER C MCCOMBIE C MCDONALD E MCGIBBON Rose MCROBBIE J E MARK Hannah D MARLEY Grace M MARMION M MARNOCH M B MARSHALL M B MASON Fanny M MELDRUM Isabel MILLER CATHERINE MILLER Frances MILNE Helen MILNE Mabel MORETON Ada MURRAY Mabel NICOL Christina O’BRIEN Moyra ROBERTS Eleanor O’GORMAN Eileen M PARKER Elsie K D PATTERSON Jessie J PEARSE Phyllis Ada PEPPER Edith D PHILIPS Jessie J PILLING Doris RADCLIFFE Ethel B REID Annie C RITCHIE Jessie ROBERTS Anne L ROBERTS Jane ROBERTS Margaret D ROBINETTE Caroline ROBINSON Elizabeth RODWELL Mary ROWLANDS Helena M RUSSELL Alice M SAXON Ethel SEYMOUR C Mary SIMPSON Edith SIMPSON Elizabeth SMITH Frances F SMITH Jeanie B SMITHIES Ettie L SPINDLER Nellie STACEY Dorothy L STANLEY Ada STEPHENSON G Annie STEVENS Lottie M STEWART E Grace STEWART Wilma B STURT Kate Rosina SWAIN Lucy Melton TEGGIN Eugenie THOMAS Lilian THOMAS M E THOMSON E R THOMSON Kerr M TINDALL Fanny TOWNSEND M TREVITHAN Rita TULLOCH Edith TURTON Alice M VINTER Bertha WAKEFIELD J WALLACE E WALSHE Mary A WATSON D M WATSON E H WATSON Mary WELFORD Alice WHEATLEY Annie WILLS Mary E WILLISON Nellie WILSON C M WILSON Myrtle E WOODLEY Ada WRIGHT Hannah E With thanks to David at For The Fallen. To Read about Sister Wort who is buried in Digboi War Cemetery please visit the QAIMNS for India page. Woolwich Cemetery The grave of Sister Maud M (Gladys) Richards-Lockwood who died on 30 August 1955 aged 60 years can be found at Woolwich Cemetery. Gladys Maud M. Lockwood was born in Woolwich, London in 1894. Her father, Charles, was a dockyard labourer from Nottinghamshire and her mother, Mary, came from Devon. Her headstone has a beautiful artwork of a QAIMNS nursing sister If you can add more details about Sister Richards-Lockwood please contact Qaranc.co.uk Matron Martha S. Farley Below are two photos of the grave of Matron Martha S. Farley, RRC, QAIMNS at Mount Jerome Cemetery, Harold’s Cross, Dublin. Her grave is located in Section 411, plot 281. Matron Farley is listed in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website as an official WW1 death but seems to have been buried privately and does not have a CWGC headstone. Sister Sarah Alice Fisher Ingram Sister Sarah Alice Fisher Ingram is interred at Mount Jerome Cemetery, Harold's Cross, Dublin. She is not listed in the CWGC website. Sister Sarah Alice Fisher Ingram served in Royal Victoria Military Hospital Netley in WW1, and died on 26 December 1915. Her death is not recorded in the Irish Registers, so it is thought that she died in Netley or nearby. Her headstone reads: In Loving Memory of THOMAS JONES FISHER who fell asleep in Jesus 23rd June 1896 also his wife SARAH KEPPEL FISHER entered into rest 24th May 1904 in her 82nd year erected by their children also SARAH ALICE INGRAM eldest daughter of the above Sister R.A.N.S. Netley Hospital died St. Stephen’s day, 1915 also JOHN EDWARD ALMENT FISHER their only son died 25th November 1935 and their daughter FLORENCE KATE FISHER died Christmas Eve, 1939 The Real Tenko The latest book about British Army nurses and nursing describes a dark chapter in the history of the QAs. The Real Tenko: Extraordinary True Stories of Women Prisoners of the Japanese by Mark Felton is an account of the fall of the Far East to Japan. It comprehensively covers war atrocities performed by the Japanese troops to women stationed in places such as Singapore and Hong Kong. This included Sisters of the QAs who were stationed in hospitals such as BMH Bowen Road Hong Kong and BMH Singapore. Read the Qaranc.co.uk review or Buy Now with free delivery available. View more British Army Nursing Books - with free delivery available. If you would like to contribute to this page, suggest changes or inclusions to this website or would like to send me a photograph then please e-mail me. The photos and pictures on this page have been kindly sent to us for inclusion on this page. If you would like to contribute photographs then please contact us. For the official Army QARANC webpage please go to www.army.mod.uk/home.aspx For the QARANC Association website please go to www.army.mod.uk/army-medical-services/qaranc/9884.aspx ********************************************* Help Needed** A reader of Qaranc.co.uk is researching the exhumation of Heinrich Himmler in Luneberg, Germany circa 1945-46. He thinks that two nurses from the QAIMNS attended the exhumation due to the poor state of health of Walter Schellenberg. He would like to learn if any of the nurses kept a diary of the events leading up to the exhumation or sent any personal letters home to friends or family that may have provided an insight into Walter Schellenberg and the exhumation. Please contact Qaranc.co.uk if you have any information. Qaranc.co.uk have recently learnt about two former Military Hospitals that we would like to write about. These are the British Military Hospital at Wuppertal in Germany and BMH Benghazi. If you know any information, would like to share your memories or have photographs that we can use on the site then please contact Qaranc.co.uk A reader is writing an article about the demise of the Military Hospital for the RAMC Magazine and seeks some help. There was, in Kuala Lumpur, a hospital called BMH Kinrara. He would like to know when it opened and closed, what happened to the buildings and the staff. He thinks that Kinrara closed as Terendak opened and that the staff were transferred across to 34 Company RAMC? He would also like any information about the Military Maternity Hospital, Penang. If you can help then please contact Qaranc.co.uk There is a lovely photo of three QA Midwives from the 1960s about half way down on the Royal Herbert Hospital page. If you can help with information about the Maternity Unit in Woolwich or identify the QA Officers then please contact Qaranc.co.uk The BMH Dhekelia has new photos which includes a stunning picture of the demolition of the original building and some staff photos. The contributor would like some help with the date it was demolished and would love to hear from anyone who worked with her relative.			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