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Remembering Margaret McBeth

Margaret McBeth, who served in the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS), lost her life to Spanish flu while caring for patients. She died on October 31st 1918 at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital aged twenty-eight. She battled influenza for seven days before succumbing to fatal pneumonia. Her remains were repatriated to her homeContinue reading “Remembering Margaret McBeth”

Remembering William Smith

I encountered William when researching my entry for Robert Cockburn Loraine. William died the day after Robert at the Naval Hospital in South Queensferry aged nineteen. The doctor in attendance cited “Influenzal pneumonia” as the cause of death. William rests in South Queensferry Cemetery, his grave is marked by a Commonwealth War Grave Commission headstone.Continue reading “Remembering William Smith”

Remembering Isabella Gall

Isabella (also known as Ella) died on the 19th of January 1919 at 11 Hillside Street in Edinburgh’s Canongate district aged only twelve. “Heart failure following epidemic influenza” was cited as her cause of death. She rests on the eastern edge of Rosebank Cemetery in Pilrig. Her attractive memorial is incorporated into the cemetery’s perimeterContinue reading “Remembering Isabella Gall”

Remembering John Cockburn Loraine

John died on the 11th of December 1918 at the Naval Hospital, South Queensferry aged nineteen. “Influenzal pneumonia” was cited as the cause of death. He rests in the Sextus section of Glasgow Necropolis. The original familial headstone has toppled and since replaced, by the Commonwealth War Grave Commission, with a small granite plague exclusivelyContinue reading “Remembering John Cockburn Loraine”

Remembering William Cameron

Today I returned to Dundee’s Balgray Cemetery. William Cameron (Jr) rests on the southern edge of the Cemetery in a familial lair. He died from influenza and cardiac syncope on the 16th of November 1918 aged only twelve. William Cameron Jr was born on the 27th of April 1906 at 10 Benvie Road to lorryContinue reading “Remembering William Cameron”

Remembering Winifred Wood

Yesterday evening I paid my first visit to Balgray Cemetery in the west of Dundee. Here I encountered the grave of Winifred Wood. She died on the 10th of November (the day before the Armistice) at home at 12 Rosebery Street of influenza and cardiac failure aged only sixteen. She rests with her sister andContinue reading “Remembering Winifred Wood”

Remembering Johanna Pow

Today I made my first foray into Clackmannanshire today. My first stop almost immediately after crossing the border from Perth and Kinross, was the picturesque Muckhart Churchyard which sits at the foot of the Ochils. There I located the grave of Johanna Pow. She died of influenza and pneumonia on the 5th of December 1918Continue reading “Remembering Johanna Pow”

Remembering John Cochrane

John died on the 13th of November 1918 from influenza and pneumonia at Woodilee Asylum in Lenzie, East Dunbartonshire aged thirty-one. He rests in the Segundus section of Glasgow Necropolis. His grave is marked by an unusual column headstone. John was born on the 18th of April 1887 at 131 Canning Street, Calton, Glasgow toContinue reading “Remembering John Cochrane”

Remembering Margaret (Maggie) Barrie

I have a sentimental attachment to Maggie Barrie. Her grave in Crieff’s Ford Road Old Cemetery was one of the first I located. Furthermore, after finding her grave I visited the new cemetery next door. The first grave I encountered belonged to a victim of COVID-19; a fellow pandemic casualty like Maggie, a century apart.Continue reading “Remembering Margaret (Maggie) Barrie”

Remembering Alexander (Alex) Sharp

Alex died from influenza and pneumonia on the third of February 1919 at the Leigh Auxiliary Military Hospital, Atherton, Lancaster aged twenty-eight. He rests in a familial grave in Kinfauns Churchyard. The grave is cared for by the Commonwealth War Grave Commission. Alex was born in the nearby parish of Scone on the twenty-sixth ofContinue reading “Remembering Alexander (Alex) Sharp”