Mary Kennedy CRUICKSHANK
- Extended Description
- Mary Kennedy CRUICKSHANK. Nursing Sister 234414 QAIMNSR.
Born 1916 to William and Ann Cruickshank, nee Findlater of Dunlugas, Banffshire.
Died in North Africa as the result of a bathing accident 31 March 1943 aged 27.
Commemorated on the Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial, Surrey.
Extract from The British Journal of Nursing dated June 1943 -
Sister Mary Kennedy Cruickshank, S.R.N., lost her life as a result of a bathing accident. She was trained at Chalmer’s Hospital, Banff, and was on the staff of the Burn Auxiliary Hospital, Brechin, when she was called up for duty with Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve and proceeded to a war area overseas.
