Adrian Roberts Posted 9 March , 2006 Share Posted 9 March , 2006 Thanks Peter - good work, some very valuable research on your link. Do you track the "WW1 Surviving Soldiers" thread on the forum of www.victoriacross.net ? Its been going since 2002. I rarely contribute myself but its a good way of keeping up with news of survivors. Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harbourart Posted 9 March , 2006 Author Share Posted 9 March , 2006 Adrian, I do keep an eye on www.victoriacross.net, it has been down for a couple of days??? I also watch the wikipedia page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surviving_Vet...First_World_War too. Both are kept up to date and very informative. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Roberts Posted 10 March , 2006 Share Posted 10 March , 2006 Pete Yes, I've checked and the site does seem to be down. It'll be a shame if its gone for good. However, they transferred the actual biographies and citations to Wikipedia some time ago and you can still get to that page. Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonym Posted 15 March , 2006 Share Posted 15 March , 2006 In November 1998 a list entitled "The Last Survivors" was published in the Daily Telegraph of 318 names of veterans of W W I all in their 90s or past their century and subsequently an addenda of a further 29 names. I kept this list of names and have recorded, when I have seen it published, the dates of their deaths and any photographs or references to them. Number 11 on the list ( in alphabetical order) is Alice M. Baker,aged 100 at the time, whose death I sadly recorded on March 6th when I saw it published in the Telegraph. However she was not the only woman recorded on that list, it included - Mrs Margaret Jane Cranfield, 101, QMAAC served in France - Mrs Clara Emmingham, 99, QMAAC, served in Ripon - Mrs Evelyn Stanley, 100, WRAC, Royal Horse Artillery ( I wonder what her function was) - Bessie Bacon, 99, Royal Flying Corps, RAF Uxbridge - Alice McKinnon, 104, QAIMNS®, Etaples, France and, not recorded in the list but picked up later, Winifred Deacon, 101, F.A.N.Y., Ambulance Driver in France. I wonder how many others the list failed to pick up? Tony m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Gower Posted 12 May , 2006 Share Posted 12 May , 2006 Wednesday's Toronto Globe and Mail has an article at http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/sto...ry=Tom+Hawthorn on the newly discovered Gladys Powers, 107 years old today. She is now thought to be the only female survivor of the UK's forces in the Great War.She was in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and then the Women's RAF. She sounds like a wonderful person. Two photos are not on the web page: if you want a copy, let me know and I'll scan and email them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marina Posted 12 May , 2006 Share Posted 12 May , 2006 Sounds like a lively old lady! Marina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingsman64 Posted 12 May , 2006 Share Posted 12 May , 2006 REST IN PEACE ALICE GOD BLESS YOU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
per ardua per mare per terram Posted 12 May , 2006 Share Posted 12 May , 2006 God bless Alice, another one who advocated preservation with the help of spirits, sounds worth investigating! Gladys Powers recommends sherry and seems to have the reverse idea to Harry Allingham - wild wild men! I hope she has more pleasent surprises and that Max Arthur gets over to interview her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSoldier Posted 13 May , 2006 Share Posted 13 May , 2006 Alice, we all salute you, now you are with and surrounded by all those gallant and brave Men and Ladies that gave their lives for us who remain. We will never forget. Rest in Peace. Terry. W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marina Posted 13 May , 2006 Share Posted 13 May , 2006 Thanks to Peter for sending me the photos of Gladys. Marina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbie Posted 13 May , 2006 Share Posted 13 May , 2006 I never even knew there was a female surviving who had served. Never mentioned in the lists of surviving vets! God bless, Alice. Marina No, neither did I. I thoroughly agree that a memorial to these great women would be appropriate. RIP Alice. Robbie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSoldier Posted 14 May , 2006 Share Posted 14 May , 2006 Hello Pals. A memorial to all the women who 'Done their bit' in WW1 is long overdue. How would we begin to achieve this? Lobby our local MP, the MOD, Parliament? Can anyone with any expertise at this sort of project help to get the appeal started? Terry. W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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