Staff Nurse Spindler was born in Wakefield in Yorkshire in 1891. She was killed by a shell during an artillery bombardment on 21st August 1917 during the Battle of Passchendaele, while working at the 44th Casualty Clearing station in Brandhoek, Flanders. She was 28 years old. According to reports, Nellie died in the arms of Minnie Wood, the Sister-in-Charge of the CCS - see the earlier post about Minnie Wood posted on 27th July 2016.
Nellie was the daughter of George and Elizabeth Spindler of Wakefield. She was buried with full military honours in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery - Plot XVI, Row A, Grave One of only two British female casualties of the Great War buried in Belgium.
Source: Commonwealth War Graves Commission List of Female Casualties of the First World War and Free BMD
