Lieutenant Bessie Irving Watson
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Watson,
Bessie Irving
Date of birth: 1882-09-03
Place of birth: Cockermouth Cumberland England
Next of kin: Mary Watson, sister. Westward Park, Wigton, Cumberland, England
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).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: yes
RESEARCH INFORMATION
LAC ID:
304133
Service file: B10130-S036
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 Bessie Watson, born in Cumberland, England in 1882, signed up in Valcartier, Quebec. She travelled overseas in March 1915, and served in England and France until she was permitted to resign her commission in June 1916.
Uploader's Research notes: [Nursing Sister Navy Royal Canadian Navy H.M.C.S. Prince George (HS) Nursing Sister Army Canadian Army Medical Corps Canadian Army Medical Corps ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2008-07-12
Last modified: 2022-03-04