ROBERTS, Margaret Dorothy

From British Army Nurses

Margaret Dorothy Roberts Place of birth: Dolgellau Service: Staff Nurse, QAIMNS Reserve / Wrth gefn, 29/09/1915 - 31/12/1917 Death: 1917-12-31, SS Osmanieh, Drowning Memorial: Cathedral Nurse, Llanelwy, Flintshire Notes: aged 47. SS Osmanieh was sunk by a German mine off Alexandria, Egypt. Grave in Hadra War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt. Born in the Workhouse in Dolgellau, she spent many years in Australia before returning to Britain to join the QAIMNS Reserves. Sources: http://www.flintshirewarmemorials.com/memorials/st-asaph-memorial/st-asaph-cathedral-welsh-nurses-ww1/roberts-margaret-dorothy/; http://emhs.org.au/person/roberts/margaret_dorothy Reference: WaW0051