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Nurses

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Nurses who served
Kathrine G M Aitken likeness
Kathrine G M Aitken
RANK - Senior Staff Nurse ( Sergeant )
DATE OF BIRTH - 1889
AGE - 27
BORN - 66 North Square, Gartsherrie, Coatbridge
RESIDED - 66 North Square, Gartsherrie, Coatbridge
JOB ON ENLISTMENT - Post Assistant, Gartsherrie Road Post Office, Coatbridge
ENLISTED - 1915 Alexander Hospital
REGIMENT - Field Auxiliary Nurse Yeomanry Driver
DIED - 01/07/1916 at the Battle of Albert Road, Somme
BURIED - No Known Grave
MEMORIAL - Southampton Nurses War Memorial

Margaret A Baxter likeness
Margaret A Baxter
RANK - Staff Nurse
DATE OF BIRTH - 1887
AGE - 31
BORN - 17 Blair St, Blairhill, Coatbridge
RESIDED - 29 Blair Road, Blairhill, Coatbridge
JOB ON ENLISTMENT - Staff Nurse, Alexander Hospital, Coatbridge
ENLISTED - 1914
REGIMENT - Queen Alexandra`s Imperial Military Nursing Service / Reserve
KILLED IN ACTION - 26/02/1918, SS Glenart Castle, Bristol Channel
BURIED - Kingswood Church of England Graveyard, Bristol
MEMORIAL - Southampton Nurses War Memorial

Violet Beere likeness
Violet Beere
RANK - Nurse, British Red Cross Volunteer
AGE - 19
BORN - 1 Back Row, North Square, Coatbridge
RESIDED - 1 Back Row, North Square, Coatbridge
JOB ON ENLISTMENT - Cleaner, Gartsherrie Iron Works, Coatbridge
ENLISTED - 1915
KILLED IN ACTION - 21/11/1916 Aegean Sea aboard HMHS Britannic
MEMORIAL - Southampton Nurses War Memorial and Stafford Nurse War Memorial

Margaret A McLaren likeness
Margaret A McLaren
Margaret A McLaren
RANK - Staff Nurse
AGE - 21
BORN - 17 Main St, Coatbridge
RESIDED - 3 Main St, Coatbridge
JOB ON ENLISTMENT - Post Assistant, Dunbeth Road Post Office, Coatbridge
ENLISTED - 1915 Alexander Hospital
REGIMENT - Field Auxiliary Nurse Yeomanry
DIED - 26/02/1919 of Spanish Flu in Palestine
BURIED - Mount Zion Cemetery, Jerusalem, Israel
MEMORIAL - Southampton Nurses War Memorial

Kate Mullholland likeness
Kate Mullholland
RANK - Nurse (Driver)
DATE OF BIRTH - 1889
AGE - 29
BORN - 66 Middle Row, Whifflet, Coatbridge
RESIDED - 66c Hospital St, Coatbridge
JOB ON ENLISTMENT - Coal Washer, No 3 Pit, Bellshill
ENLISTED - 1915 Coathill Hospital
REGIMENT - Field Auxiliary Nurse Yeomanry Driver
DIED - 01/07/1919 of Spanish Flu
BURIED - Old Monkland Cemetery, Coatbridge
MEMORIAL - Southampton Nurses War Memorial

Margaret (Lulu) Smellie likeness
Margaret (Lulu) Smellie
RANK - Staff Nurse
DATE OF BIRTH - 1889
AGE - 29
BORN - 1 King St, Blairhill, Coatbridge
RESIDED - 9 Blair Rd, Blairhill, Coatbridge
JOB ON ENLISTMENT - Staff Nurse, Alexander Hospital, Coatbridge
ENLISTED - 1914 Alexander Hospital, Coatbridge
REGIMENT - Queen Alexandra`s Imperial Military Nursing Service / Reserve
DIED - 02/04/1919
BURIED - Old Monkland Cemetery, Coatbridge
MEMORIAL - Southampton Nurses War Memorial