Sex
Female
Status
Deceased
She is mentioned often in the 1945 entries from R E Jones' wartime diary, usually just by her initial, "G".
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She is mentioned often in the 1945 entries from R E Jones' wartime diary, usually just by her initial, "G".
Comments
Gwen Flower?
Alison (who typed up the R E Jones diary) thinks this lady may be Gwen Flower:
The second & single G / Gwen might be Miss G Flower a Nursing Sister who’d be roughly the right age? There is a request written on back of pink cigarette packet paper that reads:
I/C Workshop
12/4
Would like Clinic Medicine Chest fixed to the wall.
Have spoken Mr.Jones who will do the job when convenient.
With thanks.
I/C Clinic A1
G.F.Flower
Gwen Flower
The UK's Telegraph newspaper has found out more about Gwen Flower. She suffered a string of heartbreaks during WW2, as they explain in today's edition of the paper: https://web.archive.org/web/20131028224506/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/h…
Regards, David
Gwen Flower
Gwen was born on 10 Sep 1909.
She died in Aug 1998 (will have send on actual date)
Gwendoline Frances Flower 10 September 1909 - 1998
UK and Ireland Nursing Register 1940
Gwendoline Frances Flower War Memorial Hospital The Peak Hong Kong
Passenger List Hong Kong to Southampton
Arrived in Southampton from Hong Kong 28 October 1945 with other ex-internees. She was born in Southampton. Qualification 1931 - 1934 London Hospital
Gwendoline Frances Flower age 36 nursing sister
UK Death Index
Gwendoline Frances Flower born 10 September 1909 died aged 88. Death registered Bristol August 1998
The Day Joyce Sheet