![]() ![]() ![]() Wimereux War Grave Cemetery is now called the Wimereux Communal Cemetery.Īs you can see from the postcard photos below of Wimereux cemetery, taken soon after burials, there were originally crosses above each grave until the earth mounds settled. There are 2845 war graves from the First World War and 14 war graves from the Second World War. Unlike other war grave memorials the headstones lies flat against the ground because of the soil in the graveyard is sandy and does not support the weight of the uprights headstone. The Commonwealth War Graves are located in a separate area of the civilian graves. There are several members of the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service and Royal Army Medical Corps buried there. ![]() Wimereux War Grave Cemetery in France was located near military hospitalsĭuring the Great War. For example any info about their nursing skills, examples of dedication, photograph, etc would be gratefully received for inclusion onto this page. This War Graves Memorials to Nurses page is dedicated to those brave nurses, nursing sisters and assistants who gave their lives in the line of duty whilst caring for sick, wounded and injured soldiers.īelow are pictures of their graves and .uk would like to further honour their sacrifice by requesting any additional information about any nurse on this page and those who should be added. The war graves and memorials to nurses of the Great War and Second World War and other armed conflicts including Sisters of the QAIMNS » TA Field Hospitals and Field Ambulances ![]() » Camp Bastion Field Hospital and Medical Treatment Facility MTF Helmand Territory Southern Afghanistan » Ghost Hunt at Tidworth Garrison Barracks » Royal Brighton Pavilion Indian Hospital » Medical Reception Station Brunei and MRS Kuching Borneo Malaysia » King George Military Hospital Stamford Street London » First Eastern General Hospital Trinity College Cambridge » Duke of Connaught Unit Northern Ireland » Italian Sailor POW Camps India World War Two » Example of Mentioned in Despatches Letter » Allied Advance - Hundred Days Offensive » Chain of Evacuation of Wounded Soldiers » NO 32 CCS Brandhoek - The Battle of Passchendaele » Warlencourt Casualty Clearing Station World War One » Find Friends - Search Old Service and Genealogy Records ![]()
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