HASTINGS, Valerie Frances

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Nursing Service in WW2

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263805 Sister Valerie Frances HASTINGS 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 2[4].

References

  1. ↑ Smith, AK (2004) Gender & Warfare in the twentieth century: Textual representations. Manchester: MUP. p112.
  2. ↑ Worsley, P. (Ed) (2010) SS Khedive Ismail. Maritime Heritage Association Journal Vol 21(2). p7.
  3. ↑ Crabbe, B. (2014) Beyond the call of duty http://www.briancrabbmaritimebooks.co.uk/beyond-the-call-of-duty
  4. ↑ Commonwealth War Graves Commission. http://www.cwgc.org
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