As with all public health crises, medics on the front line put their lives at risk on a daily basis. The Spanish flu pandemic was no exception. Nurse Jessie McClymont is one of many nurses who contracted Spanish flu caring for infected patients and tragically lost her life. She rests in a familial grave inContinue reading “Remembering Jane (Jeanie) McClymont”
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Remembering William McLeod
William died on the 3rd of February 1919 at the Endell Street Military Hospital in St Giles, Bloomsbury, London aged twenty-four. Influenza and pneumonia were recorded on the death registration. His body was repatriated to his home in Kilmadock, Doune, Stirlingshire. He is interred in Kilmadock Cemetery, his grave marked by a Commonwealth War GravesContinue reading “Remembering William McLeod”
Remembering John George Burns
John rests in Scone New Cemetery. He died of influenza complicated by pneumonia and heart failure at the Perth War Hospital (now AK Bell Library) on the 31st of January 1919 aged thirty-seven. George was born in Borders town of Jedburgh on the 17th of June 1881 to George and Margaret (nee Telfer). He wasContinue reading “Remembering John George Burns”
Remembering Isabella Porter
Isabella rests in Mar’s Wark Cemetery. She died on the 7th of December 1918 at Broomfield, Newhouse, Stirling aged seventeen. She shares a lair with her two year old sister Grace and her parents. The grave is located close to the Castle Wynd entrance to the cemetery and is marked by an eloquent Celtic crossContinue reading “Remembering Isabella Porter”
Remembering James Campbell (Stevens)
James rests in a familial lair in Bannockburn Cemetery. He died aged twenty-two of complications from influenza including lobar pneumonia and cardiac failure on the 26th of October 1918. He contracted Spanish flu whilst on leave from the war. His grave is cared for the by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. James was born outContinue reading “Remembering James Campbell (Stevens)”
Remembering Julia Rintoul Campbell
Julia succumbed to influenza and bronchitis on the 23rd of December 1918 at Ravenswood, Causewayhead, Stirling aged thirty-three. Her grave is located in the nearby Churchyard of Logie Old Kirk. She rests in a familial lair which includes her paternal grandparents, parents and some of her siblings. Julia was born in Stirling on the 29thContinue reading “Remembering Julia Rintoul Campbell”
Remembering Annie Paton Izett Barr
Annie died on the 1st of November 1918 of influenza and pneumonia aged thirty-three at Ella House in Haggs, Denny, near Falkirk. She lies in Bannockburn Cemetery in a lair shared with her in-laws and infant son. The headstone credits her as “Nellie Seamans Barr” for an unknown reason. The age provided on the headstoneContinue reading “Remembering Annie Paton Izett Barr”
Remembering Agnes and Christina (Christian) Keron
Agnes and Christina rest in graves exactly fifty miles apart; the former in Woodbank Cemetery, Armadale, West Lothian; the latter in the picturesque Fowlis Wester Churchyard near Crieff. Both succumbed to Spanish flu a mere seventeen days part from each other; Angus dying on the 6th of December aged thirty-fife; Christina on 23rd of DecemberContinue reading “Remembering Agnes and Christina (Christian) Keron”
Remembering Katherine Elsie Miller Graham
On Tuesday the 23rd of July 1918 the Stirling Observer acknowledged A “Mrs A.G Graham” as “the first in Stirling to succumb to Spanish influenza”. Although the initials are different, I figured out that this is Katherine. According to the Glasgow Herald she died “suddenly” at her home 3 Gladstone Place on the 3rd ofContinue reading “Remembering Katherine Elsie Miller Graham”
Remembering Archibald (Archie) Jenkins
Archibald rests in Stirling Old Town Cemetery. He is the first Spanish flu victim I have encountered whose headstone is an actual broken column. The headstone is cared for by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and is in excellent condition. Whereas the second wave of the Spanish flu pandemic between October and January was theContinue reading “Remembering Archibald (Archie) Jenkins”
Broken Columns 