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Mary Fitzmaurice
Service: Munitions Worker
Death: 1918-11-18, NEF Pembrey, Explosion/Ffrwydrad
Memorial: Cenotaph, Swansea, Glamorgan
Notes: aged 36, mother of seven children. She was killed in the same explosion as Edith Copham and Jane Jenkins; MF and EEC shared a public funeral.
Sources: Explosion report Herald of Wales 14th December 1914 / Adroddiad am y ffrwydrad Herald of Wales 14eg Rhagfyr 1914
Reference: WaW0020
Elizabeth Foulkes
Service: Munitions Worker
Memorial: Cenotaph, Swansea, Glamorgan
Notes: aged 28; buried St Michael's Ammanford
Reference: WaW0022
Catherine (Kate ) Hill
Place of birth: Swansea
Service: Munitions Worker
Death: TNT poisoning/Gwenwyno TNT
Memorial: Cenotaph, Swansea, Glamorgan
Sources: http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums
Reference: WaW0025
Jane Jenkins
Place of birth: Landore
Service: Munitions Worker
Death: 1918-11-18, NEF Pembrey, Explosion / Ffrwydrad
Memorial: Cenotaph, Swansea, Glamorgan
Notes: aged 21. She was killed in the same explosion as Edith Copham and Mary Fitzmaurice
Sources: Adroddiad am y ffrwydrad Herald of Wales 14eg Rhagfyr 1914
Reference: WaW0030
Mildred Owen
Service: Munitions Worker
Death: 1917:07:31 , NEF Pembrey, Explosion / Ffyrwydriad
Memorial: Cenotaph, Swansea, Glamorgan
Notes: aged 18. Died at the same time as Dorothy Mary Watson.
Sources: Funeral / angladd South Wales Daily Post 11 August / Awst 1917; Inquest / Cwest The Carmarthen Journal and South Wales Weekly Advertiser 24th August / Awst1917
Reference: WaW0039
M Jane Owen
Service: Munitions Worker
Memorial: Cenotaph, Swansea, Glamorgan
Reference: WaW0041
Eleanor (or Sarah Jane) Thomas
Place of birth: Cwmbwrla
Service: Munitions Worker
Death: 1919-01-08, NEF Pembrey, Explosion/Ffrwydrad
Memorial: Cenotaph, Swansea, Glamorgan
Notes: aged 20. 'Evidence showed that the explosion occurred when Gwenllian Williams was drilling out a screw from a shell. Eleanor Thomas was carrying in a shell at the time of the explosion.'
Sources: http://newspapers.library.wales/search?query=gwenllian&page=14; The Carmarthen Journal and South Wales Weekly Advertiser
Reference: WaW0059
Dorothy Mary Watson
Service: Munitions Worker
Death: 1917:07:31 , NEF Pembrey, Explosion / Ffyrwydrad
Memorial: Cenotaph, Swansea, Glamorgan
Notes: aged 19. Died in an 'unexplained' explosion with Mildred Owen and two male workers.
Sources: Funeral / Angladd South Wales Daily Post 11 August / Awst 1917; Inquest/Cwest The Carmarthen Journal and South Wales Weekly Advertiser 24th August / Awst 1917
Reference: WaW0062
Dorothy Mary Watson
Mary’s photograph was collected by the Women’s Subcommittee of the Imperial War Museum as part of its collection of women who died during the War.
Lizzie John[s]
Service: Munitions Worker
Memorial: Cenotaph, St Stephen's Church, Swansea, Glamorgan
Notes: aged 22, buried Ebbw Vale Cemetery
Reference: WaW0032
Ada Doris Maud Lesser (Radcliffe)
Place of birth: Nova Scotia
Service: Worker, QMAAC
Death: 1918/12/04, Tidsworth Military Hospital, Wiltshire, Influenza / y ffliw
Memorial: Danygraig, Swansea, Glamorgan
Notes: Born c.1879, Ada moved with her parents to Swansea. She married Arthur Charles Lesser in December 1899. The inscription on her grave says she was 36 when she died, but she was probably older. Thanks to Diana Morgan
Reference: WaW0190