- Extended Description
- Jane ROBERTS. Staff Nurse 2 Reserve/R795. QAIMNSR. Born 1887 to William and Margaret Jane Roberts of Brynrodyn Towyn, Gwynedd, North Wales. Drowned 10 April 1917 aged 30 on Hospital Ship, Salta, sunk by a German mine of Le Harve. Her body was never recovered. Her mother was granted a gratuity 27 December 1917.
Her service medals issued 21 April 1923
Commemorated on the Salta Memorial, Ste, Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, France. She is also commemorated on a plaque in York Minster, St Asaph Cathedral and Tywyn Church
Notes from her service record.
Joined 21 October 1916. Posted to Hospital Train in Egypt. 6 April 1917 posted Hospital Ship Salta. Drowned 10 April 1917 aged 30 on Hospital Ship, Salta sunk by a German mine of Le Harve. Her body was never recovered.
Roberts, Jane
Jane (Jennie) Roberts was born in early 1887, the daughter of Bryncrug school master William Roberts, who had been born in Bala and his wife Margaret Jane Roberts, originally of Borth (Cardigan) Th…www.flintshirewarmemorials.com
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