IEVERS, Eileen Mary Elise
From British Army Nurses
Nursing Service in WW2
206235 Matron Eileen Mary Elise IEVERS, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service, was killed at sea on 12 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 1.[4]
References
- ↑ Smith, A. K. (2004). Gender & Warfare in the Twentieth Century: Textual Representations. Manchester: Manchester University Press, p.112.
- ↑ Worsley, P. (ed.) (2010). SS Khedive Ismail. Maritime Heritage Association Journal, 21(2), p.7.
- ↑ Crabbe, B. (2014). Beyond the Call of Duty [online]. Available at: http://www.briancrabbmaritimebooks.co.uk/beyond-the-call-of-duty
- ↑ Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Brookwood Memorial.
