RICHARDSON, Sybil Gwendoline
From British Army Nurses
Nursing Service in WW2
206418 Sister Sybil Gwendoline Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service was killed at sea on the 12th February 1944, when the SS Khedive Ismail was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in the Indian Ocean [1] [2] [3]. She is commemorated on the Brookwood Memorial, Panel 22. Column 3[4].
References
- ↑ Smith, AK (2004) Gender & Warfare in the twentieth century: Textual representations. Manchester: MUP. p112.
- ↑ Worsley, P. (Ed) (2010) SS Khedive Ismail. Maritime Heritage Association Journal Vol 21(2). p7.
- ↑ Crabbe, B. (2014) Beyond the call of duty [WWW] [1]
- ↑ Commonwealth War Graves Commission. [2]
