Bessie Coltman

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission are appealing for blood relatives of Bessie Coltman - Staff Nurse - Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service. Died 26/11/1918
Alloa (Sunnyside Cemetery)

Research has sown Bessie is buried at Sunnyside Cemetery. The Commission are in the process of producing a headstone to mark her grave.

BESSIE was the daughter of JAMES COLTMAN, a card cleaner and his wife JESSIE (nee DICKSON).
She was a nursing Sister at Glasgow Infirmary. She is recorded living there on the 1911 census.

She was awarded the Royal Red Cross Decoration for services in Malta, central & east Africa, as well as the UK.

The London Gazette :2 June 1916 Supplement:29608 , Page:5578 & 9
Awarded the Royal Red Cross Decoration.
QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S IMPERIAL MILITARY NURSING SERVICE.
Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class. '
Staff Nurse MISS B. COLTMAN

FIND A GRAVE

Staff Nurse Bessie Coltman  (with bio)

Sunnyside Cemetery
Sauchie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
PLOT Section 11 / plot 150

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/236671110/bessie-coltman

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https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/4947169

Probate for Bessie Coltman Death Date 26 Nov 1918 Lenzie
Confirmation Date 20 Feb 1919  Alloa, Scotland.
47a Ochil Street.  Confirmation granted to Mrs Jessie Coltman.

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A few siblings to follow :-

1901 census Ochil St (burnside House) Alloa.

Joseph Coltman 49   Head
Jessie Coltman 44   Wife
Bessie Coltman   15   Daur (Daughter)
William Coltman 11   Son
John Coltman 6   Son
Jessie Coltman 2   Daur (Daughter)

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Awards - Royal Red Cross (RRC) British Award/Decoration- June 1916

1918 -  47A Ochill Street, Alloa  - parents address - 7 September 1918

Died - Died of pneumonia following an attack of influenza.
Woodilee Hospital, Lenzie - 26 November 1918

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodilee_Hospital

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