Ella Richards
Nurse Ella Richards Voluntary Aid Detachment 14th October 1918 Age 31 (Cross)
Ella Richards, Nurse, Voluntary Aid Detachment. Ella was the daughter of Timothy and Hannah Richards, of Ardwyn, Bridge Road, Lampeter. She volunteered to serve as a Nurse with the British Army at the outbreak of war and after serving in Britain, embarked for Egypt, from there being posted to Salonika, where she served at Mikra with the Voluntary Aid Detachment. Ella became ill towards the end of the war, after contracting pneumonia and died on 14 Oct 1918. Ella was 31 years old and is buried at Mikra British Cemetery, Salonika. (Info taken from ww1.wales) Contributor: Ρόζι Κας (47873969) ***** Soar Welsh Independent Chapel (Y Commins), The Common, Lampeter. There is a remembrance plaque dedicated to Ella Richards. It reads: Er cof annwyl am Nurse Ella Richards, VAD Ardwyn, Lampeter Bu farw o Pneumonia, yn Salonica Hydref 14, 1918, yn 31 ml oed. Claddwyd yn Likra Cemetery Gwasanaethodd yn ffyddlondan cymdeithas y Red Cross, am 3 1/2 mlynedd. "Hyd a allodd hon, hi a'i genaeth" Gan ei dosbarth yn ty ysgol sul. ~TRANSLATED TO~ In loving memory for Nurse Ella Richards, VAD Ardwyn, Lampeter. She died of Pneumonia, in Salonica October 14, 1918, aged 31 years. Buried in Mikra Cemetery She served society faithfully the Red Cross, for 3 1/2 years. "As far as she could, she did it" From her class at Sunday school. Taken from: https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/7268/images
