Commonwealth War Graves Commission are appealing for blood relatives of Member Phyllis Eileen O Donnell - died 10/12/1918 - Women's Royal Air Force - service no :- 20518 - buried Brighton City (Bear Road) Cemetery.
The private memorial marking the grave of Member O'Donnell no longer provides adequate commemoration. The Commission are in the process of producing a headstone to mark her grave.
FIND A GRAVEPhyllis 1892 - 1918
City Cemetery
Brighton, Brighton and Hove Unitary Authority, East Sussex, England
PLOT ZIW. 70.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59358525/phyllis-eileen-odonnellBio from FIND A GRAVE - Volunteered for wartime service with the Women's Royal Air Force on September 30, 1918. Her service number was 20518, and she was assigned to WRAF (M.T.) Depot Hurst Park. She had volunteered for mobile service, listed herself as single, age 26, and provided her home address, which was the same as that of her mother, listed as her contact: Mrs. G.B. O'Donnell of 10 Evelyn Terrace, Brighton. Probate listed her place of death as Chulderton, Wiltshire Administration, Lewes. Her effects went to her father, George Boodrie O'Donnell, listed as "Colonel, H.M. Army." She was born in Aden, Bombay, India. Her parents were listed as George Boodrie and Sybil (Cameron) O'Donnell. The 1911 Channel Islands census lists the birthplaces of both parents and both grandfathers, and the family's current residence as Vale, Guernsey, Channel Islands.
If you are related or know of a relative who is, CWGC would like to hear from you.
Sandra
