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War Graves Memorials NursesThe war graves and memorials to nurses of the Great War and Second World War and other armed conflicts including sisters of the QAIMNS 
This War Graves Memorials to Nurses page is dedicated to those brave nurses, nursing sisters and nursing assistants who gave their lives in the line of duty whilst caring for sick, wounded and injured soldiers. 
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.
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. 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 Help Needed: Qaranc.co.uk would like to add a page about the QA lanyard but need some help. Can anyone please help with a photo of the lanyard on the uniform and a photo of just the lanyard? It would also be helpful if anyone can give some tips on how to site and fit the lanyard. Please use the e-mail address on the contact page. Thank you! Sisters In Arms: British Army Nurses Tell Their Story Sisters In Arms: British Army Nurses Tell Their Story  by Nicola Tyrer is an account of the QAs during the two World Wars. It includes first hand accounts of the Queen Alexandra nurses who were in the dressing stations, casualty clearing stations and field hospitals of Dunkirk, D Day, the fall of Singapore and many more locations where the QAIMNS served.
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Sisters In Arms: British Army Nurses Tell Their Story is also available as a talking book read by the actress Barbara Flynn and Sian Thomas. Buy Now. 
View More British Army Nursing Books - with free delivery available. 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. A British Army Nurse In the Korean War A newly published book about the QARANC is 
A British Army Nurse In the Korean War
by Elizabeth Jilly McNair. QA Sister McNair saw active service in Korea and Japan and this book is based on her letters home and photographs she took during her 18 months
spent nursing at the British Commonwealth General Hospital in Kure, Japan and the British Commonwealth Zone Medical Unit in Seoul, Korea.
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