rolt968 #1 Posted 25 December , 2018 Elizabeth S Johnston, 18375, Telephonist QMAAC https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/518745/johnston,-elizabeth-s./ I saw this article earlier in the month: https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/fife/778263/fife-wartime-telephonist-to-be-honoured-100-years-after-her-mysterious-death/ RM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marilyne #2 Posted 25 May Does anybody, by any chance, have a copy of the booklet printed for the event "Love and Loss" ??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
seaJane #3 Posted 25 May It's advertised for sale here http://www.anstrutherburghcollection.org/books/after-the-armistice-love-and-loss-the-life-and-death-of-elizabeth-johnston-qmaac/ but the shop here http://www.anstrutherburghcollection.org/shop/ no longer seems to hold it. I suppose it might be worth contacting them in case the author can be persuaded to reprint? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marilyne #4 Posted 27 May Thanks SeaJane!!! M. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
voltaire60 #5 Posted 27 May 6 minutes ago, Marilyne said: Thanks SeaJane!!! M. Hi,Marilyne- Google shows a very full and informative article by Kevin Dunion available online at: PressReader - The Scotsman: 2018-12-06 - Forgotten letters deliver a ... https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-scotsman/20181206/281762745331839 6 Dec 2018 - Forgotten letters deliver a vibrant portrait of the life – and death – of ... by Professor Kevin Dunion uncovered a wartime tale of love and loss. May answer some/all questions Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marilyne #6 Posted 27 May Great find, thank you so much!! I'll be visiting her grave (and the other ladies buried in Rouen) wednesday and I'm now running to have ALL the stories! the Girl whose death she witnessed in hospital lays only 3 graves further: it's Winifred Steele! M Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FifeWar #7 Posted 8 June (edited) Just to say, as the author, that the bookshop page has been updated and my booklet about Elizabeth Johnston is now available at http://www.anstrutherburghcollection.org/bookshop/ Last year to mark the 100th anniversary of our death we had a number of events in Anstruther, including erecting a plaque on the house where she lived. Kevin Dunion Edited 8 June by FifeWar Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marilyne #9 Posted 9 June Eagerly awaiting arrival at HQ - Heverlee Quarters !! M. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marilyne #10 Posted 9 June On 27/05/2019 at 17:50, Marilyne said: the Girl whose death she witnessed in hospital lays only 3 graves further: it's Winifred Steele! M thought the pic might be of interest: Left of the pic Winifred; far right Elizabeth Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rolt968 #11 Posted 9 June On 08/06/2019 at 15:33, FifeWar said: Just to say, as the author, that the bookshop page has been updated and my booklet about Elizabeth Johnston is now available at http://www.anstrutherburghcollection.org/bookshop/ Last year to mark the 100th anniversary of our death we had a number of events in Anstruther, including erecting a plaque on the house where she lived. Kevin Dunion I will look for that next time I am in Anstruther. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Strawbridge #12 Posted 10 June Marilyne, I am currently researching Elsie Janet Underwood. She was a nurse from Worcestershire who joined the Scottish Women's Hospital and was placed to Sallanches Grand Hotel (converted to a hospital) which I believe to be also known as Depraz-Depland's Villa, Megeve Road, Sallanches. She died there of influenza on the 21st October 1918, aged 33. I have a note that she was (and is) buried in Sallanches cemetery. Her mother had her remains "dug up" and reburied in another part of the cemetery where the Serbs were buried. Because she was Scottish Women's Hospital her grave is not one that is commemorated by the CWGC. But I would like to think that she is still remembered. If, on your jaunts across France, you should be near Sallanches, I should be grateful if you would spend a little time in the cemetery trying to find her. It is, of course, possible that she does not have a grave marker but as her mother went to the expense of moving the body I cannot believe that she would not have done so. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marilyne #13 Posted 10 June jim, this is VERY interesting information. I actually do not have her on my list yet!! but the "if, in my jaunts across France, I should be near Sallanches" ... that's near the Mont Blanc !!!!! I'm not sure I'll get there very soon... M. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Strawbridge #14 Posted 11 June On 10/06/2019 at 10:58, Marilyne said: jim, this is VERY interesting information. I actually do not have her on my list yet!! but the "if, in my jaunts across France, I should be near Sallanches" ... that's near the Mont Blanc !!!!! I'm not sure I'll get there very soon... M. Thank you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
