Nellie Spindler
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Wikidata WikipediaNellie Spindler (September 1891 – 21 August 1917) was a staff nurse who was killed during the Battle of Passchendaele. She is one of only two British female casualties of World War I buried in Belgium and the only woman buried among more than 10,000 men at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery.
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Staff Nurse Nellie Spindler (1891-1917) lived at 104 Stanley Road and worked as a nurse at the City Fever Hospital, later joining Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service. Killed by shell-fire on 21st August 1917 at Brandhoek, Belgium, she is buried with full military honours, the only woman amongst 10,000 men, at the Commonwealth Military Cemetery at Lijssenthosk.
Stanley Road, Wakefield, United Kingdom where they lived near