Mary Edith Coleman worked with the Red Cross during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. She treated both French and German soldiers. She was awarded the Iron Cross. She died at Albany Lodge in Blackrock in 1906.
Mary Edith Coleman worked with the Red Cross during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. She treated both French and German soldiers. She was awarded the Iron Cross. She died at Albany Lodge in Blackrock in 1906.
Inscription
In loving memory
Of
Mary Edith Coleman
Who died at Blackrock
On September 23rd 1906
For her devoted care of the wounded soldiers
Both French and German
In the Franco-Prussian war
In the year 1870
Under the auspices
Of the Red Cross Society
She was as Mrs Alsager
Decorated by the Emperor William
With the Order of the Iron Cross
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