THORNE, Edith Maud
From British Army Nurses
Biography
Edith Maud Thorne was born in Great Yarmouth on the 20th February 1902[1] [2]. She trained as a nurse at the Bermondsey and Rotherhithe Hospital 1923-1927[3].
Nursing Service in WW2 (1939-1945)
She was accepted into QAIMNS(R) April 1944 as Lieutenant[1] [4] with orders to report to Mostyn Hall Military Hospital, Chester[5]. She was posted to the Hospital Ship Cap Saint Jaques but then her posting was changed to the SS Franconia for its voyage to Yalta in support of the Yalta Conference[5]. Her last posting was to the Hospital Ship Aba[6].
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Family History
- ↑ Norfolk, England, Transcripts of Church of England Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers, 1600-1935, Norfolk Record Office; Norwich, Norfolk, England; Norfolk Church of England Registers; Reference: BT ANW 1903
- ↑ UK & Ireland, Nursing Registers, 1898-1968, 1943 p.3479
- ↑ Supplement to The London Gazette, 2 Jan 1945 p146
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Her memoirs (part of the QARANC Association Heritage Collection)
- ↑ Her diary (part of the QARANC Association Heritage Collection)
