tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post8817485397959636552..comments2024-03-29T06:42:20.796-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: Elsie and Marie: The Angels of Pervyse snielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-78352212026185086172016-02-28T22:54:18.247-08:002016-02-28T22:54:18.247-08:00Wikipedia tells me Elsie died in 1978 at age 93, M...Wikipedia tells me Elsie died in 1978 at age 93, Marie in 1981 at 85. Lives worth reading about. Marie returned to Scotland after the war, took up auto racing (!) and when older led a quieter life raising poultry. Elsie was an avid motorcyclist, along with Marie, as a young woman. She was trained as a nurse and was also a skilled mechanic and chauffeur, and spoke both French and German. In 1939, Diane Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16794521230958515051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-55572466486042706502016-02-26T15:20:10.907-08:002016-02-26T15:20:10.907-08:00If you would like to know more about Mairi and Els...If you would like to know more about Mairi and Elsie, Diane Atkinson has written a marvelous book entitled "Elsie and Mairi Go to War: Two Extraordinary Women on the Western Front" published in 2009 by Preface Publishing.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />maspratthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00015570269130072534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-82398447298988552172016-02-26T14:25:43.932-08:002016-02-26T14:25:43.932-08:00Never heard of them.
Do we know what happened to t...Never heard of them.<br />Do we know what happened to them after 1918?<br />Wonderful human beings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-44901127006895185202016-02-26T09:38:31.155-08:002016-02-26T09:38:31.155-08:00I would never have known about these two truly adm...I would never have known about these two truly admirable women had it not been for this blog. Thank you so much! DBeerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com