HMHS ‘Salta’ was on her way from Britain to the port of Le
Havre in France to collected wounded to transport them to Britain for
treatment.
The ship was a passenger liner built by French ship builders
Societe de Forges et Chantier de la Mediterranee at Seyne-sur-Mer in Var. She was run by the Societe General de
Transport Maritime Steam and requisitioned by the British Admiralty in 1914 to be
converted into a hospital ship.
The nurses who died were buried in the Saint Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France:
CRUICKSHANK, Nursing Sister, ISABELLA. Queen Alexandra's
Imperial Military Nursing Service. Lost at sea (mine explosion) half mile north
from Whistle Buoy, Le Havre, 10 April 1917. Age 48. Daughter of William and
Isabella Mutch Cruickshank, of Aberdeen. Grave Reference: "Salta"
Memorial.
ENGLAND, Stewardess, F J. H.M.H.S. "Salta",
Mercantile Marine. Lost at sea (mine explosion) half mile north from Whistle
Buoy, Le Havre, 10 April 1917. Grave Reference: "Salta" Memorial.
FOYSTER, Nursing Sister, ELLEN LUCY. Special Reserve, Queen
Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service. Lost at sea (mine explosion)
half mile North from Whistle Buoy, Le Havre, 10 April 1917. Age 36. Daughter of
Rebecca Foyster, of 37, Madeira Avenue, Worthing, Sussex, and the late H. A.
Foyster. On active service 1915-1917. Grave Reference: "Salta"
Memorial.
GURNEY, Staff Nurse, E S. Special Reserve, Queen Alexandra's
Imperial Military Nursing Service. Lost at sea (mine explosion) half mile north
from Whistle Buoy, Le Havre, 10 April 1917. Grave Reference: "Salta"
Memorial.
JONES, Nursing Sister, GERTRUDE EILEEN. Special Reserve,
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service. Lost at sea (mine
explosion) half mile North from Whistle Buoy, Le Havre, 10 April 1917. Age 31.
Grave Reference: "Salta" Memorial.
MANN, Staff Nurse, AGNES GREIG. Queen Alexandra's Imperial
Military Nursing Service, attd. H.M.H.S. "Salta.". Drowned at sea on
H.M.H.S. "Salta." (mine explosion), half a mile N. from Whistle Buoy,
Le Havre, 10 April 1917. Age 25. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Mann, of 17,
Clepington St., Dundee. Grave Reference: Div. 62. 1.
MASON, Staff Nurse, FANNY. Special Reserve, Queen
Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service. Lost at sea (mine explosion)
half mile North from Whistle Buoy, Le Havre, 10 April 1917. Age 27. Daughter of
Thomas and Catherine Elizabeth Mason, of Ivy Court, Giggleswick, nr. Settle,
Yorks. Native of Hawes, Yorks. Grave Reference: "Salta" Memorial.
McALISTER, Staff Nurse, CLARA. Queen Alexandra's Imperial
Military Nursing Service. Lost at sea (mine explosion) half mile North from
Whistle Buoy, Le Havre, 10 April 1917. Age 36. Sister of Marion McAlister, of
Little Hill, Pulborough, Sussex. Grave Reference: "Salta" Memorial.
ROBERTS, Staff Nurse, JANE. Special Reserve, Queen
Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service. Lost at sea (mine explosion)
half mile North from Whistle Buoy, Le Havre, 10 April 1917. Grave Reference:
"Salta" Memorial.
More information can be found in Women Casualties Of The Great War In Military Cemeteries - Volume 1: Belgium & France
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