LEECH, Barbara Elisabeth

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Nursing Service in WW2

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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

  1. Smith, A. K. (2004) Gender & Warfare in the twentieth century: Textual representations. Manchester: Manchester University Press, p.112
  2. Worsley, P. (ed.) (2010) SS Khedive Ismail. Maritime Heritage Association Journal, Vol. 21(2), p.7
  3. Crabbe, B. (2014) Beyond the Call of Duty [online]. Available at: http://www.briancrabbmaritimebooks.co.uk/beyond-the-call-of-duty
  4. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Brookwood Memorial.