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Catalog Number |
73.C348 |
Object Name |
Coat |
Date |
1939 |
Year Range from |
1939 |
Year Range to |
1945 |
Features |
over coat - winter - heavy wool - long - large collar - three big navy blue buttons down front - 3 smaller buttons on sleeves |
Object Story |
This wool coat was worn by Lieutenant Margaret Walters during the Battle of Britain while serving in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corp (RCAMC). Margaret Elizabeth Walters was born to Charles Walters and Stella in 1914. Margaret was raise in Napanee alongside her two brothers Allan and Charles. Between 1934 and 1935 she was trained at the Toronto General Hospital School for Nurses and earned her certification. During WWII, Margaret was a nursing officer in the RCAMC serving in both Canada and Europe. In 1941, while in England, Margaret married Frank L. Shipp and remained there for the remaining duration of the war. In the following years the couple had their three sons Peter Walters Shipp, Douglas Frank Shipp and Stuart Charles Shipp. The family then moved to Massachusetts and later to Berkeley, California where Margaret became a nurse. Margaret passed away in 1981 at the age of 67. Her husband, Frank, passed away 4 years later in 1985 at the age of 73. |
People |
Wagar Family Wagar, Stella Wagar, Stella Grace Walters Family Walters, Allan Walters, Allan (b. 1906) Walters, Allan J. Walters, Allan, 1906- Walters, Charles Walters, Charles (1910- ), in school orchestra Walters, Charles (b. 1910) Walters, Charles A. Walters, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1879-1962 Walters, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1879-1963 Walters, Charles Augustus Walters, Charles, 1910- Walters, James Allan Walters, James, 1837-1911 Walters, Margaret Walters, Margaret Elizabeth Walters, Margaret, 1914- Walters, Stella G. (1884-1978) Walters, Stella Grace (1884-1978) |
Subjects |
1930's 1940's Clothing & dress Costumes Military Military life Military medicine Military officers Military personnel Military uniforms Nurses Nursing People associated with health & safety People associated with military activities Soldiers Soldiers, WW2 Uniforms World War II |
Search Terms |
Costume, 1939 England Napanee Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Toronto World War Two World War Two, soldiers |