ORIGINAL WW1 1914/1915 STAR TRIO TO STAFF NURSE M. Also included in the sale. Photocopy’s of MIC and 13 pages of documents Service Record, death certificate, etc. Margaret Ann Blakelock was born in Pickering Yorskshire on 14th December 1881 the daughter of James Burgate, Master Cordwainer. Trained at Sir Vale Hospital from 1903 to 1906 left 1907 with the position of Staff Nurse. Later employed Toxteth Park Institution, Liverpool on the Surgical and Medical wards as a Theater Sister. She was working at The Institution Hospital Stratton St. Margaret, Swindon, Wiltshire at the time of signing up for service with Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve on 19/11/1915. Britannic struck a mine and sunk in just 55 minutes with the loss of 30 lives on 21/11/16. Mong her records is a request to marry Sergeant Thomas Ward 1st Division Australian Imperial Force while she was at No. 5 Reading War Hospital dated 18/3/16. Returning to Salonika in April 1917. Nurse Blakelock served with the 4th Canadian General Hospital as well as the 28th General Hospital while serving with the latter unit she contracted dysentery and was discharged unfit for duty on 11/9/17. She remained in Salonika and obviously recovered enough to return to duty with the 28th General Hospital in June 1918 on the 12/3/19 she departed Salonika for the UK via Taranto. Later she was demobilised on 20/3/19 her conduct was stated as Good and it also states This Staff Nurse has carried out a rather arduous duty extremely well, as regards Nursing and is suitable for promotion. The Dispersal certificate states her permanent address as Brooke Square, Connisborough, Yorkshire. Margaret Blakelock died on 1/8/1970 aged 88 in a nursing home in Thurston, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk and is buried in the churchyard of St. It would appear that she never married. The Photo’s speak volumes and what you see is what you get. Over the past 46 years I have been a keen collector of military medals and my interest has been fueled by a love of history and above all military history. Every medal has a story to tell. Whilst living and working in Germany for 26 years I managed to build up a large and varied collection of original German medals. The medals offered here have been part of my collection for many years and have never been offered for sale in the UK before. I hope I have aroused your interest. Now it’s your chance, to own a piece of history. Please note this is a Private Sale. I guarantee my medals are genuine, original and to the best of my knowledge of the period stated. For a varied selection of TOP QUALITY ORIGINAL GERMAN MEDALS. Prussian Iron cross 1st Class and 2nd Class, Hanseatic cross Lubeck Trio, Mecklenburg Cross long service Trio, Hanseatic Hamburg Cross, Reuss Silver Merit medal with swords, Hanseatic Bremen Cross. The item “WW1 1914-15 STAR, BWM & VICTORY MEDALS, STAFF NURSE, QAIMNSR, HOSP. SHIP BRITANNIC” is in sale since Monday, December 04, 2017. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\World War I (1914-1918)\Medals/ Ribbons”. The seller is “highlander62geoff” and is located in Norwich. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Type: Medals & Ribbons
- Conflict: World War I (1914-1918)
- Era: 1914-1945
- Service: Army
- Country/ Organization: Great Britain
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
- Issued/ Not-Issued: Issued
