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V.A.D. Lydia William Falconar Grant

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V.A.D. Lydia William Falconar Grant Veteran

Birth
Morningside, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
Death
1 Apr 1917 (aged 36–37)
Manchester, Metropolitan Borough of Manchester, Greater Manchester, England
Burial
Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Metropolitan Borough of Manchester, Greater Manchester, England Add to Map
Plot
QConsecrated 285
Memorial ID
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Elder daughter of Peter G. and Emily Grant of Brisbane, Queensland. Sister of Chesborough Grant, of Whytecliffe Albion, Queensland, Australia.

Member of the Brisbane Branch of the Red Cross Society of Australia.

Nurse with the Voluntary Aid Detachment - 2nd General Western Hospital
Official Australian Voluntary Aid Detachment. Country of Service United Kingdom.

She died aged 37 years at the military hospital on Ducie Avenue (this was part of 2nd Western General Hospital) on 1st April 1917.Cause of Death Measles turned Septic Arthritis.

Her name is listed on memorial boards at the Territorial Army Centre in Stretford and York Cathedral.

Accepted for commemoration as a casualty of the Great War on 26 January 2017.

Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour.
Cenotaph here
Elder daughter of Peter G. and Emily Grant of Brisbane, Queensland. Sister of Chesborough Grant, of Whytecliffe Albion, Queensland, Australia.

Member of the Brisbane Branch of the Red Cross Society of Australia.

Nurse with the Voluntary Aid Detachment - 2nd General Western Hospital
Official Australian Voluntary Aid Detachment. Country of Service United Kingdom.

She died aged 37 years at the military hospital on Ducie Avenue (this was part of 2nd Western General Hospital) on 1st April 1917.Cause of Death Measles turned Septic Arthritis.

Her name is listed on memorial boards at the Territorial Army Centre in Stretford and York Cathedral.

Accepted for commemoration as a casualty of the Great War on 26 January 2017.

Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour.
Cenotaph here

Inscription

Lydia William Falconar Grant
V.A.D

Member of the Brisbane Branch of the
Red Cross Society of Australia, born at
Falcon Hall, Morningside, Edinburgh
And died at Ducie Avenue, Military
Hospital, Manchester, on the lst of
April 1917. Elder daughter of Peter
G. Grant and Emily Grant of Brisbane,
Queensland



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  • Created by: Cyndi
  • Added: Jan 15, 2016
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157115516/lydia_william_falconar-grant: accessed ), memorial page for V.A.D. Lydia William Falconar Grant (1880–1 Apr 1917), Find a Grave Memorial ID 157115516, citing Southern Cemetery, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Metropolitan Borough of Manchester, Greater Manchester, England; Maintained by Cyndi (contributor 47314338).