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  2. Women in World War I - Wikipedia

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    They list the name of every woman who died in the line of service during WWI. An inscription thereon reads, “This screen records the names of women of the Empire who gave their lives in the war 1914–1918 to whose memory the Five Sisters window was restored by women”. [48] There are 1,513 names listed on the screens. [49]

  3. Memorial Plaque (medallion) - Wikipedia

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    The name Pyramus comes from the story of Pyramus and Thisbē which is part of Ovid's Metamorphoses, a Roman tragedy narrative poem. [3] Carter Preston's winning design includes an image of Britannia holding a trident and standing with a lion. The designer's initials, E.CR.P., appear above the front paw. In her outstretched left hand Britannia ...

  4. List of nurses who died in World War I - Wikipedia

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    They list the name of every woman who died in the line of service during WWI. An inscription thereon reads, “This screen records the names of women of the Empire who gave their lives in the war 1914–1918 to whose memory the Five Sisters window was restored by women”. [62] There are 1,513 names listed on the screens. [63]

  5. World War I memorials - Wikipedia

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    Death is more typically presented through images of widows, orphans and elderly parents on memorials, all popular inter-war allegorical forms for death and grieving. [282] Figures of women often represented peace, civilisation or wider humanity. [283] By far the most important source of symbolism on memorials, however, is Christian imagery and ...

  6. Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War I - Wikipedia

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    Joan of Arc saved France–Women of America, save your country–Buy War Savings Stamps at War savings stamps of the United States, by Coffin and Haskell (edited by Durova) Canadian victory bond poster in English at Military history of Canada during World War I , author unknown (edited by Durova )

  7. American women in World War I - Wikipedia

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    She rose through the ranks and served as the second Superintendent of the US Navy Nurse Corps during World War I. She was one of four women to be awarded the Navy Cross, and the only one out of the four to be alive at the time of receiving the award. After her death in 1941, the USS Higbee, a US Naval warship, was commissioned in 1945.

  8. Edith Cavell - Wikipedia

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    Edith Louisa Cavell (/ ˈ k æ v əl / KAV-əl; 4 December 1865 – 12 October 1915) was a British nurse.She is celebrated for treating wounded soldiers from both sides without discrimination during the First World War and for helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium.

  9. Oise-Aisne American Cemetery Plot E - Wikipedia

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    Location of Plot E highlighted in red. The official ABMC guide pamphlet (from which this map is derived) does not show Plot E. The Oise-Aisne American Cemetery Plot E is the fifth plot at the Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial, an American military cemetery in northern France that comprises four main burial plots (i.e., A, B, C and D) containing the remains of 6,012 service personnel ...