Elsie Knocker
(1884-1978)

woman and nurse

Died aged c. 94

Elsie Knocker, later Baroness de T'Serclaes, MM, OStJ (29 July 1884 – 26 April 1978) was a British nurse and ambulance driver in World War I who, together with her friend Mairi Chisholm, won numerous medals for bravery and for saving the lives of thousands of soldiers on the Western Front in Belgium. Dubbed "The Madonnas of Pervyse" by the press, the two were among the most photographed women of the war.

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Elsie Knocker, Baroness De T'Serclaes 1884-1978 Nurse and ambulance driver on the front line in Pervyse with Mairi Chisholm 1914-1918 born here 29 July 1884

1 Barnfield Crescent, Exeter, United Kingdom where they was born (1884)