Flora went overseas in December 1943 with No. 10 General Hospital Unit. She accompanied that unit to France following the D-Day invasion just before the battle for Cean, serving in Normandy, Belgium and for a time in Germany.

Flora went overseas in December 1943 with No. 10 General Hospital Unit. She accompanied that unit to France following the D-Day invasion, serving in Normandy, Belgium and for a time in Germany.

Returning to England in March of 1945 she married Flt. Lieut. Reese J. Richards of Montreal 17 March, at Birmingham, England. Flt. Lieut. Reese a bomber pilot,  who had been serving overseas with the RCAF. CDN 23/03/45(P)   Since her marriage NS. Richards was with No. 18 General Hospital in Buckingham, England. She was reported back in Canada in the CDN 21/06/45, after crossing from England on the Ile de France one of the 8,000 returning troops and is shown being welcomed back to Chatham in a CDN photo of 23/06/45 with her family, she had been overseas since December, 1942. CCI-RH, VR.  

Lieut. Nursing Sister. RCAMC. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Field of Northwood, Harwich Twsp., Kent co., ON. Florence attended the Chatham Collegiate Institute and Chatham Vocational School. A graduate nurse from Chatham Public General’s school of nursing

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Sources	CDN (21-06-1945), CDN (23-06-1945)
Supplemental Information	The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Field of Northwood, Harwich Twsp., Kent co., ON. A graduate nurse from Chatham Public General’s school of nursing, for a time she was on the staff as a supervisor.

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