Wednesday 14 December 2011

Dorothy Vlieland

Again in the newspaper The Western Times Friday 22 June 1917 is the funeral of Dorothy Vlieland.

flowers were sent by fellow workers at V.A.D.Hospital.

She was buried at the Higher Cemetery in Exeter and the Archdeacon of Exeter officiated.
The coffin was of unpolished and paneled English oak with brass fittings and bore the inscription born 15th February 1885 at rest 17th June 1917.
The grave was lined with laurels and ferns.
Flowers were sent by her father C.J.Vlieland and his wife .
Mr and Mrs D.E.Batty Clifford Peel nephew ,Barbara Peel niece ,Mr.C.A Vlieland and Mrs Vlieland
The close-up shows that the stone is both a memorial to Frances Maude and a gravestone for Dorothy Vlieland

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