Ezzelina Samuel

Place of birth: Pontardulais

Service: Nurse, 1916 - 1919

Death: February 1919 , Kemptown hospital, Brighton, Bronchitis following influenza / Broncitis yn dilyn ffliw

Notes: Ezzelina was one of eight children of Thomas Samuel, superintendent of the Clayton Tin Plate Works, Pontardulais. She was sitting her final exams after three year’s training as a nurse in Brighton when she fell ill and died, aged 24.

Reference: WaW0278

Newspaper article and phoograph

Short article noting Ezzelina’s death, with a photograph. Herald of Wales 1st March 1919rnrn

newspaper report

Report of the death of Ezzelina Samuel in Brighton. Carmarthen Journal 7th March 1919rnrn

G(w)ladys Sails

Place of birth: Swansea

Service: Nurse, VAD

Death: 1917/12/15, Mumbles, meningitis

Notes: Gladys (or Gwladys, both spellings occur) worked as a VAD at Danycoed Red Cross Hospital, Swansea, where she contracted the illness that became meningitis. She was 28 when she died, and was well-known in Swansea for swimming in the ladies’ water polo team.

Reference: WaW0287

Newspaper report

Report of the death of Gwladys Sails. Cambria Daily Leader 17th December 1917.

Newspaper report

Report of the funeral of Gwladys Sails. Cambria Daily Leader 19th December 1917.

Newspaper report

Report of names, including Gladys’s, for Swansea Ladies’ Water Polo Team. Evening Express 12th October 1907.

Ada Maude Cecil

Place of birth: Talywain, Pontypool

Service: Nurse, VAD

Notes: Ada Cecil joined the VAD in 1917 aged 20. For some reason she has four Red Cross record cards; three pink and one white. Initially she nursed in Wales, but later was posted to the New Zealand Military Hospital in Weybridge, Surrey, and Staffordshire. Ada was a member of Pisgah Baptist Church, Talywain, and is commemorated on the roll of honour in the church.

Reference: WaW0290

Red Cross record card

One of Ada’s four Red Cross cards.

Red cross record card (reverse)

Reverse of the same card, showing Ada Cecil’s various postings.rnrn

Roll of Honour

Ada Cecil’s name on the Roll of Honour at Pisgah Baptist Church, Talywain, Pontypool.rnrn

Helen Olive Rees

Place of birth: Cardiff

Service: Nurse, VAD, 1917 - 1919

Notes: Olive seems to have joined the VAD in December 1917. She spent most of her service in naval hospitals, in Chelsea and Chatham. Her name appears in the printed Roll of Honour of Charles Street Congregational Church, Cardiff.rnrn

Reference: WaW0329

Roll of Honour

Name of Olive Rees on the Roll of Honour of Charles Street Congregational Church, Cardiff.

Red Cross record card

Red cross card for Olive Rees VAD.

Red Cross record card

Reverse of second Red Cross card for Olive Rees, showing service at RNH Chatham.

Olive David

Place of birth: Cardiff

Service: Nurse, VAD, 15/06/12 – 16/01/14

Notes: Olive David spent most of her service at the 26th General Hospital, Etaples, France. Her name appears in the printed Roll of Honour of Charles Street Congregational Church, Cardiff.

Reference: WaW0328

Olive David

Olive David in VAD uniform.

Red Cross record card

Red Cross card for Olive David of Llandaff, Cardiff.

Red Cross record card (reverse)

Red Cross card for Olive David of Llandaff, Cardiff (reverse).

Roll of Honour

Name of Olive David on the Roll of Honour of Charles Street Congregational Church, Cardiff.

not known / anhysbys Knott

Place of birth: Pontypridd

Service: Nurse, not known / anhysbys

Notes: Nothing is currently known of Nurse Knott, whose name appears on the Roll of Honour of St Matthews Church, Trallwn, Pontypridd.

Reference: WaW0140

Roll of Honour

Name of Nurse Knott on the Roll of Honour of St Matthews Church, Trallwn, Pontypridd. Courtesy Dr Gethin Matthews.

Lily Jenkins

Place of birth: Coity ?

Service: Nurse

Death: 1918/11/28, Esat Hampstead, Influenza / Y Ffliw

Notes: Little is known of Lily Jenkins, who had been a nurse at Bracknell Infirmary, East Hampstead, for four years. She was 21 when she died.

Reference: WaW0348

Newspaper report

Report of the death and funeral of Nurse Lily Jenkins. Glamorgan Gazette 20th December 1918.

Maggie Williams

Place of birth: Cwmpark ?

Service: Nurse

Death: October / Hydref 191, Chichester, Pneumonia following influenza / Niwmonia yn dilyn y ffliw

Notes: Nothing is known of Maggie Williams at present, apart from the press cutting below.

Reference: WaW0347

Newspaper report

Report of the Death of Maggie Williams. Rhondda Leader 19th October 1918.

Mary Jones

Place of birth: Aberllefenni

Service: Nurse

Death: 1918/10/15, Brownlow Hill Hospital, Liverpool, Pneumonia following influenza? Niwmonia yn dilyn y ffliw

Notes: Nothing is currently known of Nurse Mary Jones, who died of complications of flu aged 24.

Reference: WaW0346

Newspaper report

Report of the Death of Maggie Williams. Rhondda Leader 19th October 1918.

Death notice

Death notice of Mary Jones. Y Dydd, 21st October 1918

Rosina Lloyd

Service: Nurse

Death: 1918/10/10, Bridgend Isolation Hospital, Pneumonia / Niwmonia

Notes: Nothing is currently known of Rosina Lloyd, except the brief announcement of her death. Curiously this was not published until over a month after she died.

Reference: WaW0345

Death notice

Notice of the death of Nurse Rosina Lloyd. Glamorgan Gazette 15th November 1918