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
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