Nursing Sister Jessie Mabel McDiarmid

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Died:
H.M.H.S. 'Llandovery Castle', attached to the Canadian Forces, was commissioned as a hospital ship on 26 July 1916; she had 622 beds and 102 medical staff. On 27 June 1918, whilst on a North Atlantic crossing from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Liverpool, England, she was attacked without warning by German submarine U-86 118 miles southwest of Fastnet Rock, off Ireland's coast; 'Llandovery Castle' displayed a brightly illuminated Red Cross sign so could not have been mistaken for anything other than a hospital ship. She sank within 10 minutes. The German u-boat captain, Kapitan Patzig, then turned his guns on the helpless lifeboats sinking all but one of them. 24 people including the master, Captain Sylvester survived; they were picked up HMS 'Lysander', but 234 others, including 88 medical staff, perished as a result of this act of German barbarity. Fortunately the ship was not carrying any patients.

Nursing Sister McDiarmid was one of the Medical Staff members, aboard the 'Llandovery Castle', who perished in this attack.
Military Service-
Rank: Nursing Sister
Age: 37
Force: Army
Unit: Canadian Army Medical Corps
Division: 5 General Hospital, 'Llandovery Castle' (Hospital Ship)
HonoursAwards: Mentioned in Despatches (MiD)

She enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 16 Sept 1915 in London, Ontario, Canada.

Daughter of the late Peter and Jane Bridget (n?e Brady) McDiarmid, Beckwith Township, Ontario; niece of Mr. J. McDiarmid of Ashton, Ontario.

Nursing Sister Jessie Mabel McDiarmid is commemorated on Page 455 of Canada's First World War Book of Remembrance.

Buried:
PLOT
Name listed at Panel 2 on the Memorial.

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Buried:
Inscription
In Loving Memory Of Peter McDIARMID Sr. 1818 - 1892
His Wife Jane Bridget, 1821 - 1910
Their Son John 1862 - 1945
His Wife Janie Tomlinson 1867 - 1900
Bertha 1850 - 1902
N/S Mabel, 1880 - 1918

Peter married Jane Bridget Brady. Jane was born in 1821; died in 1910; was buried in Dewar Cemetery, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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(Research):Marriage and death records for Peter and Bridget's children list Bridget's maiden name as "Brady". There was another Peter McDiarmid who lived nearby whose second wife was Janet McIntosh, daughter of Alexander McIntosh and Elizabeth Lamont.

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Duncan married Margaret McGregor. Margaret was born in 1783; died in 1812. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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