Name
Charlotte Annie Day
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
30/11/1918
38
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Member
24165
Women's Royal Air Force
R.A.F. Records (Blandford)
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ST. ALBANS (HATFIELD ROAD) CEMETERY
E. I. 25.
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the St Albans memorials
Pre War
Miss Charlotte Annie Day a native of St Albans Hertfordshire
Wartime Service
Charlotte died of influenza at Blandford Camp in November 1918 during the 1918 flu pandemic, whilst serving with the Women’s Royal Air Force.
Additional Information
The RAF Museum holds her Death Plaque (the only one they have named to a woman): Mbr Charlotte Annie Day who died of influenza at Blandford Camp in November 1918 during the 1918 flu pandemic. Plaques in memory of women lead to the inscription “HE DIED IN HONOVR” having to be cast smaller making room a narrower “H” to replace the “S” making SHE DIED IN HONOVR (the letter V is used in place of a U). The plaques were issued with a letter of condolence from the King and a memorial scroll with the individuals name hand written in ink.
Charlotte is also commemorated on his family’s grave in St. Albans (Hatfield Road) Cemetery. Her part of the inscription reads:
CHARLOTTER A. DAY, W.R.A.F. DIED NOV. 30TH, AGED 38.
Acknowledgments
Gareth Hughes, Nina Baker
