Rebecca R Beresford
- Extended Description
- Born18 June 1878 to Hannah Heather Beresford, of 59, Silverdale, Sydenham, London. Drowned at sea 26 February 1918 aged 39 as the result of the sinking of HMHS Glenart Castle
A joint gratuity was granted to her mother, brother Reuben William and sister Hannah Mary Beresford 19 July 1918.
Commemorated on the Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton, Hampshire.
Notes from her service records -
Trained at Taunton and Somerset Hospital, Taunton, Somerset 1907-1912.
01 May 1917 called up for duty and posted to Prisoner of War Hospital, Belmont, Surrey. Transferred 11 December 1918 to Hospital Ship Glenart Castle
Drowned at sea 26 February 1918 aged 39 as the result of the sinking of HMHS Glenart Castle.
Image from IWM.
