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 The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One


Empire Force Nurse Muriel Mary GRAHAM - Warwick v44, Voluntary Aid Detachment

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Died on Saturday December 7th 1918 aged 23


Military History

     
Theatre of War Medals Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
Home Royal Red Cross, Class 2 St. Mary's Church, East Haddon (on 11 Dec 1918)
     
Arrived in Theatre Medal Citation (if app) SWFHS Area Memorials
Did not serve abroad See below Barford
     
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed Date and Place Enrolled in V.A.D Other War Memorials
Died of Influenza, Meningitis and Pneumonia February 1913 at Warwick  
     
Place of Death Previous Regiments or Units  
106 Park Street, Mayfair, London ~  
     

The Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class

Muriel was awared the The Royal Red Cross by Gazette dated 23 Oct 1917 for her work as an Empire Force Nurse for the Warwick v44 Voluntry Aid Detachment at , click here for the Gazette.

Muriel was

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The Royal Red Cross (Second Class) ARRC is a military decoration awarded in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth for exceptional services in military nursing. This included those fully trained nurses or assistant nurses, probationer’s, or V.A.D’s. nursing members, who, belonging to one of the officially recognised nursing services, has shown special devotion and competency in the performance of nursing duties, over a continuous and long period, or who has performed some very exceptional act of bravery and devotion at her [their] post of duty.

Circumstances of Death

Muriel died on 7 Dec 1918 of Died of Influenza, Meningitis and Pneumonia at 106 Park Street, Mayfair, London. Click to enlarge Muriel Graham death cert


 Personal & Family History

 

Birth Date/Place Baptism Date/Place
Oct Qtr 1895 at Bucknell, Oxfordshire 25 Jul 1895 at Bucknell
   
Parents Names Abode
Hugh and Jessie Graham Barford House, Barford
   
Schools Colleges
Home schooled by a Governess ~
   
Address History Employment History
1895 - Bucknell Manor, Bicester 1913 - Voluntry Aid Detachment
1901 - Bucknell Manor, Bicester  
1911 - The Bury, Offchurch  
1916 - Barford House, Barford