Remembering Ruth Dickson and Frances Mayne. Ruth from Eglish served as a nurse in WW1. In 1923, she became a Presbyterian Missionary nurse in Manchuria, China. In September, 1941, she got caught up in the war and enlisted as a nurse. In 1943 Ruth was captured and became a Japanese prisoner of war. Late in 1944, she contracted malaria and died on Christmas Eve. Frances from Newtownards was sister to Lt Colonel Robert Blair (Paddy) Mayne 1st S.A.S. (S.R.S.) DSO (3bars). She enrolled in the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) and served with the Royal Artillery. Alan Bradshaw a former Dungannon RS student was recalled to serve 1939 – 45 when he played a key role in the success of Bletchley Hall where the German naval Enigma Code was deciphered. Eric Bowman from Bangor died in 1941 serving in the RAF. His brother was also to die in RAF service. A world leading medic Frank Pantridge died this day in 2004. He developed the portable defibrillator for cardiac arrest. In WW2 he was awarded the Military Cross for gallant and distinguished services in Malaya in 1942. During the fall of Singapore he became a POW. He served much of his captivity as a slave labourer on the Burma Railway. After his liberation he worked as a lecturer in the pathology department at Queen’s University. Download file here –
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