She was the first American nurse buried in English soil, then the first Virginia nurse buried at Arlington with special military honors. In the first graduating class of Achilles High School, Gloucester, Virginia, in 1914, she earned her nursing degree in Baltimore in 1917. She caught the flu during her voyage to England and died there of pneumonia. Buried first at a church in Winchester, she was brought home in 1920 and re-interred at Arlington.
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Following the references hereunder, the actual year of death is certainly in 1918, and the inscription on grave is false.
HONOR ROLL – Army _- Died in the Service of Their Country
Cornelia E. Thornton September 28, 1918 France
Source : American Journal of Nursing - "Nursing News and Announcements" 12/1918
"This turned into pneumonia and led to her death on 28 September 1918 at U. S. Army Base #58, AEF, in Portsmouth, England."
Source : http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/cethornton.htm
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US Army Nurse.
Died in a Military Hospital in Portsmouth Hampshire, England.
Burial No-125. On 30 September 1918. Magdalen Hill Cemetery, Winchester, England.
Exhumed on 22 April 1920 by order of the Home Office.
Repatriated to the USA on The Princess Matoika Transport Ship.
Next Of Kin: Mrs H L Thornton of Achilles VA. Gloucester CO.
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Following the references hereunder, the actual year of death is certainly in 1918, and the inscription on grave is false.
HONOR ROLL – Army _- Died in the Service of Their Country
Cornelia E. Thornton September 28, 1918 France
Source : American Journal of Nursing - "Nursing News and Announcements" 12/1918
"This turned into pneumonia and led to her death on 28 September 1918 at U. S. Army Base #58, AEF, in Portsmouth, England."
Source : http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/cethornton.htm
----------------
US Army Nurse.
Died in a Military Hospital in Portsmouth Hampshire, England.
Burial No-125. On 30 September 1918. Magdalen Hill Cemetery, Winchester, England.
Exhumed on 22 April 1920 by order of the Home Office.
Repatriated to the USA on The Princess Matoika Transport Ship.
Next Of Kin: Mrs H L Thornton of Achilles VA. Gloucester CO.
She was the first American nurse buried in English soil, then the first Virginia nurse buried at Arlington with special military honors. In the first graduating class of Achilles High School, Gloucester, Virginia, in 1914, she earned her nursing degree in Baltimore in 1917. She caught the flu during her voyage to England and died there of pneumonia. Buried first at a church in Winchester, she was brought home in 1920 and re-interred at Arlington.
-------------------------------
Following the references hereunder, the actual year of death is certainly in 1918, and the inscription on grave is false.
HONOR ROLL – Army _- Died in the Service of Their Country
Cornelia E. Thornton September 28, 1918 France
Source : American Journal of Nursing - "Nursing News and Announcements" 12/1918
"This turned into pneumonia and led to her death on 28 September 1918 at U. S. Army Base #58, AEF, in Portsmouth, England."
Source : http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/cethornton.htm
----------------
US Army Nurse.
Died in a Military Hospital in Portsmouth Hampshire, England.
Burial No-125. On 30 September 1918. Magdalen Hill Cemetery, Winchester, England.
Exhumed on 22 April 1920 by order of the Home Office.
Repatriated to the USA on The Princess Matoika Transport Ship.
Next Of Kin: Mrs H L Thornton of Achilles VA. Gloucester CO.
-------------------------------
Following the references hereunder, the actual year of death is certainly in 1918, and the inscription on grave is false.
HONOR ROLL – Army _- Died in the Service of Their Country
Cornelia E. Thornton September 28, 1918 France
Source : American Journal of Nursing - "Nursing News and Announcements" 12/1918
"This turned into pneumonia and led to her death on 28 September 1918 at U. S. Army Base #58, AEF, in Portsmouth, England."
Source : http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/cethornton.htm
----------------
US Army Nurse.
Died in a Military Hospital in Portsmouth Hampshire, England.
Burial No-125. On 30 September 1918. Magdalen Hill Cemetery, Winchester, England.
Exhumed on 22 April 1920 by order of the Home Office.
Repatriated to the USA on The Princess Matoika Transport Ship.
Next Of Kin: Mrs H L Thornton of Achilles VA. Gloucester CO.
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