4. Alice is remembered on several memorial in Monk Bretton including St. Paul’s Church. #TFNS #WW1 #yorkshire

3. Nurse Alice had only been in France for about a week when she lost her life on 3rd June 1918 when she went swimming with a friend and got caught in a powerful current, her friend made it back, but Alice drowned aged 34. She is buried at Wimereux Cemetery, France. #WW1 #TFNS

2. After serving at the local Barnsley Hospital and London St. Thomas’ hospital she was deployed to France in 1918. She joined the Territorial Force Nursing Service (TFNS). Unit: Special Military Probationer attended. Rank: Major. #WW1 #TFNS

1. Remembering the women who served in the Territorial Force Nursing Service attended, WW1.
Alice Hilda Lancaster daughter of Thomas Lancaster and Alice Hallilaye Milner. She was born in 1883, Barnsley, Yorkshire.
She began her nursing duties shortly after the war broke out in 1914. #WW1 #TFNS

3. On 13th March 1917 Dorothy died at Sliema Northern Harbour Malta of associated toxaemia after contracting measles aged 29. She is buried at Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta. #WW1 #WomenatWar #TFNS

2. She joined the Territorial Force Nursing Service, Rank Staff Nurse. Unit St John’s Military Medical Hospital, Malta.
#WW1 #WomenatWar #TFNS

1. Women who joined Territorial Force Nursing Service: Dorothy Mortimer Watson daughter of Christopher Holmes and Mary Watson. Dorothy was born on 11th February 1888, Ilkley, Yorkshire. #WW1 #WomenatWar #TFNS