
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, Nova Scotia, Panel 2.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: NA
Final Rank:
Lieutenant
(H.M.H.S. Llandovery Castle (Hospital Ship))
Rank detail
Lieutenant, H.M.H.S. Llandovery Castle (Hospital Ship), Canadian Army Medical Corps (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: 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.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2005-04-08
Last modified: 2021-04-08