Lieutenant Jessie Mabel McDiarmid
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
McDiarmid,
Jessie Mabel
Date of birth: 1880-08-14
Place of birth: Ashton Ontario Canada
Next of kin: John McDiarmid, father. Ashton, Lanark County, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Professional Nurse
Occupation (normalized): Professional Nurse, General
Gender: female
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1918-06-27
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Halifax Memorial, Panel 2.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank:
Lieutenant
Rank detail
Lieutenant (Army).
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle torpedoed 114 miles south-west of the Fastnet Rock by U86
Commemoration location: Beckwith Township Memorial
RESEARCH INFORMATION
LAC ID:
142712
Service file: B6689-S018
Uploader's Notes: The Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle, bound from Halifax, Nova Scotia, for Liverpool, was torpedoed on June 27, 1918, 114 miles south-west of the Fastnet Rock by U-86. Despite regulation Red Cross lights, the ship was deliberatly torpedeod and most survivors, including 14 Nursing Sisters were machine gunned. The Llandovery Castle became the rallying cry for the Canadian troops during the Last 100 Days offensive.
Uploader's Research notes: Jessie was a personal friend of Nursing Sister Celestina Geen [Nursing Sister Army Canadian Army Medical Corps H.M.H.S. Llandovery Castle (Hospital Ship) ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2005-04-08
Last modified: 2021-04-08