FLECK, Emma

Biography

Emma FLECK was from Dervock, Co. Antrim in Northern Ireland¹. She trained as a nurse at the Kent County Mental Hospital, 1934-1939, and the Central Middlesex Hospital 1939-1941².

Nursing Service in WW2

Sister Emma Fleck

Sister Emma FLECK joined the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service (Reserve )in March 1945. She served in India, the Far East, and on the Hospital Ship HMHS Somersetshire^2. She died on November 22nd 1947 and is commemorated on the Brookwood Memorial, Panel 22, Column 2^{1 2}. She is also remembered on the Dervock & District War Memorial 1939-1945³. She was the daughter of James and Emma Fleck, of Dervock, Co. Antrim in Northern Ireland¹.

References

1. Commonwealth War Graves Commission
2. British Journal of Nursing, January 1948 p.5
3. Ulster War Memorials [WWW] http://www.ulsterwarmemorials.net/html/dervock__county_antrim.html