LEECH, Barbara Elisabeth
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Nursing Service in WW2
266730 Sister Barbara Elisabeth LEECH, 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 2. Daughter of Thomas and Winifred Amy Leech, of Enfield, Middlesex[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, Vol. 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.
