Ivy Alice Annie Guinane
Nurse, Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD), British Red Cross
Date of Birth: 3rd December 1891
Place of Birth: Kenton, Devon (registered in st. Thomas)
Date of Death: 28th December 1936 aged 45
Buried: Rookwood, Cumberland Council, New South Wales Australia
VAD hat badge
Ivy Alice Annie Guinane (née Anning) was born on 3rd December 18911, in Kenton, Devon.2
In 1901, Ivy was living at Lyston Farm, Kenton, St Thomas, Devon, with her father, Henry Anning (1840-1916), her mother Charlotte Anning née Soper (1864-1918), four sisters, Bertha, Louisa, Lillian, Ena and two brothers Henry and Leslie.
All the family that were present were born in Kenton, Devon.
They had one servant living with them and one 'Cattle Man'.
| Ivy and her siblings: | |
| Lillian Anning (born c. 1884) | Henry Snell Anning (1891-1942) |
| Ena Anning (1894-1967) | Leslie Charles Anning (1899-1917) |
| Nancy Doreen Anning (born c.1901) | Ivy Alice Anning (born c. 1892) |
Half-siblings:
| Bertha Anning (1877-1947) |
Wiilliam Anning (born c. 1884) |
Louisa Anning (1881-1957) |
Ivy's brother Leslie Charles Anning enlisted in February 1917 and went for training in Chiseldon Camp in Wiltshire where after five weeks he caught bronchial pneumonia there and was hospitalised. He was discharged but soon readmitted, with measles which he died of May 11, 1917 aged 18.3
Ivy's V.A.D. service card (full-size image below)
Ivy Alice Annie Anning was engaged with V.A.D. (Voluntary Aid Detachments) from April 1918 - August 1918.
During that time she served as a full-time Nurse with Dining Hall duties at Seale Hayne Military Hospital.
Ivy gave her permanent address as of 53 Second Avenue, Teignmouth, Devon when she joined V.A.D.3
In September 1918 Ivy Married Michael Guinane (born c. 1846) in Borrisko, Ireland. 4 Michael lived until he was 78 and died in the 2nd quarter of 1924 in Borrsokane, Ireland.6
Ivy then emigrated to Australia and was recorded as living at Belmore, Reid, New South Wales, Australia 1930-33.6
Ivy Alice Annie Guinane died on 28th December 1936 in the area of Petersham, New South Wales Australia.7 She is buried at Rookwood, Cumberland Council, New South Wales Australia. Sect. M2 Row 15 Plot 1284.8
The surname Guinane comes from the Irish surname O Cuanain (variants include O'Conein and MacConein, Conan, Coonan, Coonane, O'Conan, O'Cunane).
Seale Hayne Military Hospital Newton Abott
Many men coming from the front often experienced "Shell Shock" which was the term used at the time to display post-traumatic stress disorder PTSD).
Some had seen their friends blown apart in front of them, dug trenches and found rotting bodies of comrades in the process or watched others go over the top and be mown down by machine gun fire only to be forced to follow them or risk being shot by their own officers.
Many of them were psychologically damaged.
Seale Hayne Military Hospital near Newton Abbot, Devon specialised in the treatment of shell-shock cases.
The building that was Seale Hayne Miltary Hospital in WW1. Newton Abbot, Devon.
© Richard Knights. (CC BY-SA 2.0) Changed to black and white
They were putrid, with the consistency of Camembert cheese. I once fell and put my hand right through the belly of a man. It was days before I got the smell out of my nails.
As you lifted a body by the arms and leg, the torso detached (from it)
Even worse was that each one was crawling with maggots and covered inches deep with a black fur of flies which flew up into your face, mouth, eyes and nostrils.
Stuart Cloete aged 19
His battalion had to deal with a thousand rotting corpses
Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) Records
Date of engagement with VAD: April 1918 - August 1918.
Rank: Nurse.
Duties: Dining Hall Work.
Service rendered at:
Seale Hayne Military Hospital Newton Abbott.
Paid: 8/- per week, full-time.
Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) Cards
Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) Card. ©2018 British Red Cross (CC BY-NC 2.0 UK)
Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) Card. ©2018 British Red Cross (CC BY-NC 2.0 UK)
