moonbeamsandme Posted 20 November , 2010 Share Posted 20 November , 2010 Hi all. i am looking for info and help trying to find out about my great aunt Lucy Lowe. i have been told that she was in Qaimns in france,story goes that she was nursing in the trenches on the front line. she died at home in bristol in the early fifties. I am not sure if she was trained or just a volunteer. bit scetchy i am afraid to say. She met her husband george poweel in france. that is all i have. thank you Linda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Light Posted 20 November , 2010 Share Posted 20 November , 2010 Linda I can't find anything to confirm that anyone of that name was a nurse with Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service, although that doesn't necessarily mean she wasn't - there are many records that don't survive for one reason or another. However, there were two women called Lucy Lowe who served with the women's army - the WAAC (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, later renamed Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps). Both had service overseas. Very few service records survive for members of QMAAC, but luckily both these women have service records which can be downloaded from The National Archives. One of them came from Wigan, but the other is given as having been born in Warwickshire on 1st July 1894, which could well match with the information you give. Members of QMAAC were not nurses, and did a variety of jobs, such as cooks, drivers, clerks, storewomen etc., but it might be worth downloading the service record before looking elsewhere - there is a charge of £3.50, but there appear to be a great many pages, so very worthwhile if it's the right person. The search page can be found here: QMAAC search Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonbeamsandme Posted 21 November , 2010 Author Share Posted 21 November , 2010 Hi Sue .Thank you very much for the information. How exciting. My father said it was the quarms. That is where the confusion came from and that is how we spelled it. No wonder i have had no luck. it sounds like great aunt lucy. She was born in birmingham but believe with genealogy records when i have transcribed for the warwickshire census that it came under warwickshire. I will apply for them and get back to you. Linda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonbeamsandme Posted 21 November , 2010 Author Share Posted 21 November , 2010 Hi Sue. many many thanks. Wow. It is my grteat aunt lucy. the address fits and fathers name too. and date of birth. It has only taken 30 years to get here. just goes to show when people get the names wrong as in quarms etc how you get side tracked. But alas i am dissapointed as i could only down load three documents of the 19. I know some of the documents are probably unreadable but even so ...... i have mailed them to say this. Am i being dim with the down load. I am going to decifer it now. I hope the site does not mind me adding this. Just a bit of back ground on my great aunt lucy. she was a fearless lady as my father told me.She would stop the traffic to cross the road with my father. One instance they were at Bristol zoo and the lions were making an awful din. She asked the keeper if she gave him half a crown would he shut them up please. It all went very queite. Little did my aunt know the keeper was just going to feed them. She also used to torment poor alfred the gorrila too. Aparrentley he knew when she was by the cage and sat up the corner with his back to her, but no aunt lucy was not having that so would poke him with her umberela. It is a wonder she was not banned from there. Regards Linda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Strawbridge Posted 21 November , 2010 Share Posted 21 November , 2010 Linda, Just to dispel one of your comments. She would not have nursed in the trenches. This just did not happen. She may still have been in harms way as some of the Casualty Clearing Stations and temporary hospitals were often in artillery range and aeroplane bombing particularly when the "line" moved.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonbeamsandme Posted 21 November , 2010 Author Share Posted 21 November , 2010 Hi Jim. i am going by what my father had told me. he believed that she was a nurse. I think he meant near the action. but you are wright of course. On the main record i have it says q.m.a.a.c. and 2 names of places. i can't make out. i am working on it. Linda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Strawbridge Posted 22 November , 2010 Share Posted 22 November , 2010 Hi Jim. i am going by what my father had told me. he believed that she was a nurse. I think he meant near the action. but you are wright of course. On the main record i have it says q.m.a.a.c. and 2 names of places. i can't make out. i am working on it. Linda Ahh. Linda, if she was a QMAAC she would NOT have been nursing. The QMAAC were domestic and clerical staff. Their employment often allowed men to be released for fighting. They could have been quite close to the front but there was no need for them to be there in the face of danger - the main risk to them being artillery shelling and bombing. If you post the two places that you have (spelt as best you can) you will probably get one of the people on here to be able to elaborate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonbeamsandme Posted 23 November , 2010 Author Share Posted 23 November , 2010 Hi Jim. yes i have the records and she was a housemade in france. i can't read the letters in the words but i can send to someone in an email so they could have a look or could i post on here. i am usualy pretty good at decifering old letters but this has me baffled. perhaps because this is my document and i am eager . Linda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Strawbridge Posted 23 November , 2010 Share Posted 23 November , 2010 Hi Jim. yes i have the records and she was a housemade in france. i can't read the letters in the words but i can send to someone in an email so they could have a look or could i post on here. i am usualy pretty good at decifering old letters but this has me baffled. perhaps because this is my document and i am eager . Linda Post on here would be best and allow you to receive the maximum help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonbeamsandme Posted 23 November , 2010 Author Share Posted 23 November , 2010 Hi Jim Thanks for that i will post here. Linda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonbeamsandme Posted 23 November , 2010 Author Share Posted 23 November , 2010 hi what size do i need to make the copy for here. i am struggling. i am using photo shop 7. thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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