Lieutenant Jessie Mabel McDiarmid

Name: McDiarmid, Jessie Mabel

Religion: Presbyterian

Date of death: 1918-06-27

Cause of death: Killed in action

Buried: Halifax Memorial, Nova Scotia, Panel 2.

Final Rank: Lieutenant (H.M.H.S. Llandovery Castle (Hospital Ship))

Battle wounded/killed: Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle torpedoed 114 miles south-west of the Fastnet Rock by U86

LAC ID: 142712

Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2, image 3, image 4

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: 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.