Lieutenant Penelope Mellen
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1890-07-19
Place of birth: Prestwick Ayrshire Scotland
Next of kin: Miss Margaret Mellen, Kenwood, 41 Marina Rd., Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Nurse
Occupation (normalized): Professional Nurse, General
Gender: female
Religion: Church of England
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank:
Lieutenant
Rank detail
- Lieutenant (Army).
- Lieutenant (Navy).
Survived war: yes
RESEARCH INFORMATION
LAC ID:
193713
Service file: B6106-S039
Uploader's Notes:
The HMCHS Prince George was a 307 foot steel vessel drafted into the Royal Canadian Navy on August 8, 1914. At some point it was decided that Canada was not going to have a hospital ship and it was paid off on September 4, 1914 and returned to its owners. Elizabeth Pierce, Anne Dover, Gertrude Black, Penelope Mellen, Mabel Lindsay, and Bessie Watson spent a short period of time in the navy before resuming their nursing career in the army.
Nursing sister Penelope Mellen, born in Prestwick, Scotland in 1890, left for nursing overseas in May 1915, returning in June 1917. She graduated from the Victoria Royal Jubilee Hospital in 1914.
Uploader's Research notes: [Nursing Sister Navy Royal Canadian Navy HMCS Prince George (HS) Nursing Sister Army Canadian Army Medical Corps No. 2 General Hospital, Le Treport, France ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2008-07-10
Last modified: 2012-09-02