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9 November 2022

Hammer Price:
£750

Pair: Nursing Sister I. L. Kealy, Canadian Army Medical Corps, who died of Pneumonia, 12 March 1918

British War and Victory Medals (N. Sister I. L. Kealy) very fine, scarce (2) £300-£400

Ida Lilian Kealy was born in Anerley, Surrey in June 1879. She was a professional nurse by occupation, and served during the Great War with the Canadian Army Medical Corps at No. 1 Canadian General Hospital. Nurse Sister Kealy died of pneumonia in the UK, 12 March 1918, and is buried in Bramshott (St Mary) Churchyard, Hampshire, England. She is commemorated on the "Women of the Empire" memorial panels in York Minster, and on the Nurses memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum.

Sold with photographic image of recipient in uniform.