The grave of staff nurse Nellie Spindler (1891-1917) at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery in Poperinge, Belgium

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Nellie Spindler (September 1891 - 21 August 1917) was a staff nurse who was killed during the Battle of Passchendaele. She is one of only two British female casualties of World War I buried in Belgium and the only woman buried among more than 10,000 men at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery.

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Size: 3840px × 5760px
Location: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Boescheepseweg 37, 8970 Poperinge, West Flanders, Belgium, Europe
Photo credit: © DE ROCKER / Alamy / Afripics
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