BOUSFIELD, MARY CAWSTON, Assistant Nurse, Voluntary Aid Detachment, eldest dau. of William G. R. Bousfield. of 48. Elmbourne Road, Tooting Common, S.W., Architect, by his wife, Mary, dan, of the late Samuel William Cawston, of Balham Hill, London. S.W.; b. Balham, 27 Aug. 1891: educ. The Elms School, Streatham, S.W., and Clarence House, Rochampton. S. W.; joined the St. John’s Ambulance Brigade 20 Dec. 1913; volunteered for active service on the outbreak of war, and joined the Voluntary Aid Detachment: served in England from 1914-16, and at No. 8 General Hospital, Rouen, from 1916-19, and died there 24 Feb. 1919, of pneumonia, following influenza. Buried in St. Sever Cemetery. Rouen. She was mentioned in Despatches by F.M. Sir Douglas Haig, and awarded the Royal Red Cross (Second Class): unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Bennet H S Staff Nurse

BENNET, HELENA STEWART, Staff Nurse, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Medical Nursing Service, yst, dau. of the late Andrew Bennet, of Arbroath, Solicitor, by his wife, Grace McCracken (13, Gillespie Crescent, Edinburgh); b. Arbroath, co. Forfar, 1890; educ. High School there; was trained as a Nurse at The Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, and had just finished her four years’ course joined the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Medical Nursing Service 30 Sept. 1918, and died at the Prisoner of War Camp Hospital, Oswestry, 19 Oct. following, of influenza and pneumonia, contracted while on service. Buried in Western Cemetery, Arbroath; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Berkley R L Nurse

Berkley Rose Letitia Nurse

Born 21st May 1894 New Zealand.  Parents Francis and Letitia Berkley.

Volunteered as Red Cross Nurse

Suffered “Nervous Breakdon”

Died in Paris 11th Aug 1928. Age 34