Market Square, Leighton
Buzzard c.1920. Number 22 is on the extreme right. [Z1306/72/11/3]
Tuesday
22nd May 1917: The family of nurse Edith Halford of Leighton
Buzzard have been surprised by her unexpected return after she left for service
in one of the more distant theatres of war. She never reached her destination,
having had a narrow escape when the ship on which she was travelling was sunk.
She and other nurses on board spent four hours in open boats before they were
picked up by a tug. Miss Halford and her sister were enthusiastic members of
the local Voluntary Aid Detachment before the war. For the past two years she
has been nursing in an Army Hospital at Cambridge, where she and 56 other
nurses were recently selected for foreign service. She is in good spirits and hopes
she will be able to return to useful hospital work. Miss Halford’s father
Edwin, one of the town’s oldest tradesmen, runs a jewellery business at 22
Market Square.
Source:
Leighton Buzzard Observer, 22nd May 1917
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