LEECH, Barbara Elisabeth

Nursing Service in WW2

266730 Sister Barbara Elisabeth LEECH Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service was killed at sea on the 12th February 1944, when the SS Khedive Ismailwas torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in the Indian Ocean^{1 2 3}. She is commemorated on the Brookwood Memorial, Panel 22. Column 2. Daughter of Thomas and Winifred Amy Leech, of Enfield, Middlesex⁴.

References

1. Smith, AK (2004) Gender & Warfare in the twentieth century: Textual representations. Manchester: MUP. p112.
2. Worsley, P. (Ed) (2010) SS Khedive Ismail. Maritime Heritage Association Journal Vol 21(2). p7.
3. Crabbe, B. (2014) Beyond the call of duty [WWW] http://www.briancrabbmaritimebooks.co.uk/beyond-the-call-of-duty
4. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. http://www.cwgc.org