Staff Nurse A Stanley Help!

[warbuff1]

Finally got around to taking details from local War memorial in Berry Brow/ Armitage Bridge Huddersfield. Found name Ada Stanley Staff Nurse territorial force nursing service. According to CWGC site she died aged 46 on 22/12/1915 and is actually buried in st Paul's Churchyard where the memorial is ,but i yet to find her,. Any one any details who she was and why she died and buried locally? What was the Territorial force nursing service?

Wayne

[Esskay]

I'm sure Sue Light will be able to tell us more - but for now this is from the British Journal of Nursing - January 8th 1916

THE PASSING BELL.

We regret to report the death of Sister Ada

Stanley, recently a member of the staff of the

Sheffield Base Hospital.

Miss Stanley, who was a member of the Territorial

Force Nursing Service, was posted to the

Third Northern General Hospital, Ecclesall Road,

Sheffield, in January of last year. In July, she

was ordered on active service abroad. She was

attached to H.M. hospital ship, Mauretania, and

it was while she was attending patients being

conveyed from the Eastern theatre of war that

she contracted dysentery. She died in Netley

Hospital.

In the little wooden church erected in the

grounds of the Base Hospital, the Bishop of

Sheffield conducted a memorial service for the

deceased sister. In addition to a number of

patients, R.A.M.C. orderlies, and some hundred

nurses, there were present the Matron (Miss

Earle), Mrs. Burrows, Colonel A. M. Connell, and

Lieutenants D. Stout and R. Furnell.

The Bishop addressed himself briefly to the

congregation, and in simple language touched upon

the heroic devotion displayed by the women of

the country. The example of Ada Stanley, he

said, should inspire those who knew ,her with

stronger faith, and it should give comfort to

those who mourned her loss. Great truths were

exemplified at such times as these, and the beauty

of faith was manifested in the deeds of heroic

women such as Ada Stanley.

The scene in the little church, with the blue garbed

wounded soldiers and the white-capped

nursing sisters, was singularly impressive.

Cheers

Sue

[warbuff1]

Thank you so much. I have still to find time to look for her gravestone but when i fiind it will post photo for anyone to see

Wayne

[Peter Bennett]

I found her for Jim Strawbridge's project some time ago.

[Peter Bennett]

St Paul's Church Memorial

[Peter Bennett]

Ada Stanley's name, obviously added much later.

[warbuff1]

Wow thanks Peter, Cant beleive i missed that headstone, mind you did have dog with me at time wanting to pull in all directions..lol . And i only live 5 mins up road too am so ashamed i not looked earlier into local memorial

Many thanks for photos

Wayne