Lieutenant Anna Irene Stamers
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Stamers,
Anna Irene
Date of birth: 1888-01-15
Place of birth: Saint John New Brunswick Canada
Next of kin: Mrs. Sarah Lavinia Stamers, 171 Waterloo St., St. John, New Brunswick
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Graduate Nurse
Occupation (normalized): Professional Nurse, General
Gender: female
Religion: Baptist
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
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CWGC ID: 4021769
LAC ID:
247238
Service file: B9225-S032
Uploader's Notes: Daughter of Mrs. S. Lavinia Stamers, of Saint John, New Brunswick.
The Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle, bound from Halifax, Nova Scotia, for Liverpool, was torpedoed on June 27th, 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.
The Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle, bound from Halifax, Nova Scotia, for Liverpool, was torpedoed on June 27th, 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: [Nursing Sister Army Canadian Army Medical Corps Llandovery Castle (Hospital Ship) ]
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Date added: 2005-04-08
Last modified: 2020-10-08