Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
City Of Edinburgh
Town
Edinburgh
County
Lothian
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War - civilians
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
87579

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Current location

39
Old St Paul's Church
Jeffrey Street
Edinburgh
City Of Edinburgh
Lothian
EH1 1DH
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NT 25968 73740
Denomination: Scottish Episcopal

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Description
unknown- Image from 2008 not available at the date of writing this report (4 January 2020)
Inscription
IN THIS SPOT ARE IMMURRED THE ASHES OF / DR SYBIL LONIE LEWIS / A FAITHFUL AND LOVING MEMBER OF THIS CONGREGATION / OF CHRIST'S CHURCH WHO DIED MARCH 10TH 1918 / AFTER WORKING IN SERBIA ON THE START OF THE SCOTTISH / WOMEN'S HOSPITAL 1915,6,7 AND OF THE SERBIAN RELIEF FUND 1917. / HER EXPERIENCES IN THE CAMPAIGN AND AS A PRISONER OF WAR / SO UNDERMINED HER HEALTH THAT / SHE DIED SHORTLY AFTER HER RETURN HOME. / IN RECOGNITION OF HER SERVICES, HM THE KING OF SERBIA / CONFERRED ON HER THE ORDER OF SAINT SAVA. / "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, / THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS."
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Lewis, Sybil Lonie
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Commemorations
  • First World War - civilians
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: rank, forename, surname, date of death, service, honours
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Unknown
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=3542&sid=77d2caf06fe7f792989478ae21567860&mforum=warmemscot
  • her obituary from the British Medical Journal "DR. SYBIL LONIE LEWIS, who died at Hull on March 1Oth after a slhort illness, was born in 1874. Shie studied medicine in Edinburgh and Dublin, having previously been trained in nursing and midwifery, and obtained the L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S., and L.R.F.P.S. diplomas in 1905. After serving as assistaint resident medical officer at the Larbert Asylum she began practice in Hull, and held the appointment of school medical officer and the honorary medical officerships of the Diocesan Maternity Home, the Hull Sheltering Home for Girls, and the West Hull creche. In the spring of 1915 Dr. Lewis volunteered for work in Serbia, and went out there in June under the Scottish Women's Hospitals. She was in Serbia when the country was overrun by the eniemy and the hospital staffs taken prisoners in 1915. Althouglh a Red Cross party, they were detained in Hungary for four montlhs, under the roughest conditions, and were not released and sent home until February, 1916. Dr. Lewis went out again in August, 1916; and worked with the Serbian army in Macedonia and among the civilian refugees till December, 1917, when she was recalled by urgent need at home.. Slhe received the Serbian, decoration, of the Order of St. Sava. Fourth Class, in recognition: of herdevoted work among the Serbs. Her illness lasted only three days, but, in the opinion of tbe surgeon attending her, the conditions causing it were contracted abroad, and her name must be added to the growing list of medical women who have given their lives for Serbia."

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