Nurse Agatha Joan Credland Blitz victim 7 September 1940

Discussion in 'The Women of WW2' started by Harry Ree, Sep 27, 2016.

  1. Harry Ree

    Harry Ree Very Senior Member

    Nurse Credland age 21 years was killed during the Blitz on 7 September 1940 when St Mary's Hospital,London was bombed.She was one of two nurses, who were nursing soldiers and who lost their lives along with 5 patients.

    She was brought home to Sturton by Stow and interred in the local cemetery in what became an unmarked grave.A review by the Sturton by Stow Historical Society on the anniversary of the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of war revealed that her name was on the local war memorial but her grave was found to be unmarked.

    At a special memorial service held by the Sturton by Stow Historical Society on the 76th anniversary of her death,Nurse Credland's grave was dedicated with a tombstone. The cost of the tombstone was met by West Lindsey District Council.

    (Checking on the CWGC database,it appears that Nurse Credland does not appear in the list of WW2 civilian war dead.)

    Nurse killed during the Blitz finally given a marked grave
     
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  2. KevinBattle

    KevinBattle Senior Member

    CREDLAND, AGATHA JOAN. Rank: Civilian. Date of Death: 07/09/1940. Age: 20.
    Regiment/Service:Civilian War Dead.
    Reporting Authority
    : WEST HAM, COUNTY BOROUGH.
    Additional Information: Nurse. Daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Credland, of Sturton-by-Stow, Lincoln. Died at Queen Mary's Hospital.
     
  3. Harry Ree

    Harry Ree Very Senior Member

    Thanks Kevin,

    I completed the CWGC extended inquiry for Nurse Credland and received a zero response...then after your post searched for Credland in the casualty box and it came up immediately

    .Casualty Details

    Stow church,ie,Minster Church of St Mary's where Nurse Credland was baptised is an old Anglo Saxon church which was in existence before the Danes invaded this part of Lincolnshire. At one time it was thought to be senior to Lincoln Cathedral.Stow church is under continual repair,surrounded by scaffolding...burials were completed many years ago here.

    Sturton where Nurse Credland is buried is situated on Tilbridge Lane,the old Roman Lincoln to York road which at one time crossed the Trent from the A15,another old Roman road which travels north to the Humber.

    About 4 miles east of Sturton on Tilbridge Lane is the Lincolnshire ridge on which RAF Scampton stands.
     
  4. KevinBattle

    KevinBattle Senior Member

    Thanks Harry, sorry post was rather terse, but in Spain at the moment and internet connection was breaking up and thought posting the details would at least assist!
    A Minster was a church which trained missionaries to carry The Word to heathens.
    Westminster Abbey is so named as the East Minster in London was St Pauls.

    Cathedrals were the seats of Bishops..... OK, I can bore for England on almost any topic.
    Talking of Danes, do you realise the football connections for 1066?
    The Battle of Fulford gate, where the Northumbrians were defeated outside York was fought across the Germany Brook and only when the Vikings snuck road the marsh and attacked the Northumbrians in flank and rear was their position broken.

    Then Harold turned up and took on the Chelsea supporters at the Battle of Stamford Bridge....

    1966 was the only time England won the World Cup, 50 years ago, and now is 950 years since William landed at Pevensey.

    The Saxons may have chanted "2 Battles and one runner up" after the Battle..... boom, boom......
     

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