DON Family History SocietyWomen at War: Women who served in Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) WW1
Today we remember Nurse Hilda Moorby.
Hilda Moorby was born in 1895, Skipton, Yorkshire. She was the daughter of Welbury Moorby Edith Elizabeth Duckworth.
On August 1st 1918 Nurse Hilda joined the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD), 2nd Western General Hospital, aiding the care of wounded soldiers. She died while in service on 8th October 1918 of bronco-pneumonia, at the Alexandra Park Nursing Home, Stockton, Cheshire aged 23.
She is buried at Waltonwrays Cemetery, Skipton, Yorkshire. She is commemorated on the VAD memorial panels in York Minster.
Hilda was accepted by the CWGC as a casualty of the Great War on 8th October 2018. #VAD #WW1 #yorkshire
Today we remember Nurse Hilda Moorby.
Hilda Moorby was born in 1895, Skipton, Yorkshire. She was the daughter of Welbury Moorby Edith Elizabeth Duckworth.
On August 1st 1918 Nurse Hilda joined the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD), 2nd Western General Hospital, aiding the care of wounded soldiers. She died while in service on 8th October 1918 of bronco-pneumonia, at the Alexandra Park Nursing Home, Stockton, Cheshire aged 23.
She is buried at Waltonwrays Cemetery, Skipton, Yorkshire. She is commemorated on the VAD memorial panels in York Minster.
Hilda was accepted by the CWGC as a casualty of the Great War on 8th October 2018. #VAD #WW1 #yorkshire
