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Dorothy Pearson Twist

In memory of:

Nurse Dorothy Pearson Twist

September 26, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

82/T/118

Age:

33

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Military V.A.D.

Additional Information

Born:

December 27, 1884
Prescot, England

Daughter of Pearson Gill Twist and Julia Twist, of Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ALDERSHOT MILITARY CEMETERY
Hampshire, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

AG. 374.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Grave Marker– Grave of Dorothy Pearson Twist VAD photographed in early 1990s. She died of influenza pneumonia and was buried with full military honours at Aldershot Military Cemetery.

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    Grave Marker – Grave of Dorothy Pearson Twist VAD photographed in early 1990s. She died of influenza pneumonia and was buried with full military honours at Aldershot Military Cemetery.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of October 1, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y257uvic/mode/1up?view=theater

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of October 1, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y257uvic/mode/1up?view=theater

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