Lily McNicholas

Lily McNicholas
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Kiltimagh (en) , 16 Oktoba 1909
ƙasa	Birtaniya
Mutuwa	Oak Lawn (en) , 5 ga Maris, 1998
Karatu
Harsuna	Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a	nurse (en)
Kyaututtuka	gani Member of the Order of the British Empire
Aikin soja
Ya faɗaci	Yakin Duniya na II

Lily McNicholas (16 ga Oktoba 1909 - 5 ga Maris 1998) ma'aikaciyar jinya ce 'yar ƙasar Ireland wadda ta yi aikin sa kai a Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu . A ranar 7 ga Agusta 1944, McNicholas ya tsira daga nutsewar jirgin sama na Amsterdam ; wani jirgin asibiti da ke jigilar waɗanda suka mutu zuwa Birtaniya daga Normandy, Faransa. An ba da labarin lamarin a kafafen yaɗa labarai bayan da Jaridar London Gazette ta sanar da cewa za a ba McNicholas da wasu ma'aikatan jinya biyu kyautar MBE saboda jarumtar da suka nuna.

Shekarun farko

An haifi McNicholas a Kiltimagh, County Mayo, Ireland ga Thomas da Bridget McNicholas. Bayan ta halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta St. Louis Convent da ke garin, ta bar Ireland a shekarun 1930 don yin karatun aikin jinya a Ingila.

Sana'a

An bai wa Sister Lily McNicholas lambar yabo ta MBE a kan ribbon baka

Ba a san komai game da aikin jinya na McNicholas ba tun farko, amma a ranar 5 ga Oktoba 1942 aka ba ta kwamiti a matsayin ' yar'uwa (Lamba 246129) a cikin Sabis na Kula da Lafiyar Sojoji na Imperial na Sarauniya Alexandra (QAIMNS). McNicholas ya shiga kimanin maza da mata 70,000 daga Ireland, waɗanda suka yi aiki a cikin sojojin Birtaniya a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu.

Nitsewar Amsterdam

Sister Lily McNicholas MBE Case, Gidan Tarihi na Kiltimagh

Jirgin ruwan Amsterdam yana kan tafiyarsa ta uku a kan hanyarsa ta ketare tashar jiragen ruwa don ɗaukar waɗanda suka mutu a yaƙin da kuma fursunonin yaƙi na Jamus daga Yaƙin Falaise Pocket, lokacin da bala'i ya faru. [1] Akwai labarai daban-daban game da abin da ya sa Amsterdam ta nitse. Wani rahoto na hukuma ya bayyana cewa nitsewar jirgin ta faru ne sakamakon "aikin abokan gaba," [2] kuma an ba da rahotonsa a cikin manema labarai cewa jirgin ya bugi torpedo . Wasu labaran, ciki har da shaidar wani ma'aikacin jirgin ruwa a cikin jirgin, sun yarda cewa jirgin ya bugi wani ma'adinan Jamus. [3] [4]

Tashin hankalin ma'adinan ya lalata rabin jirgin ruwan, inda ya kashe dukkan mutanen da ke cikin ɗakin injin. Yayin da jirgin ke kwance a karye kuma yana nutsewa cikin ruwa, McNicholas ta yi watsi da matsayinta a cikin motar agajin ruwa mai lamba 3, ta koma cikin jirgin don ɗauko mutanen da suka ji rauni daga benen asibiti. An ruwaito cewa ya ɗauki mintuna takwas kafin jirgin ya nutse, inda aka rasa rayuka 106 ciki har da ma'aikatan lafiya goma.

An tilasta wa McNicholas tsalle daga jirgin yayin da ya kife. Ba ta iya yin iyo ba, ta 'yi rashin lafiya' kuma kyaftin ɗin jirgin ya taimaka mata a cikin ruwa. Da isowar wani mai yanke jirgin Amurka, an ceto McNicholas daga teku kuma ya ci gaba da ba wa mutanen da suka ji rauni taimakon likita yayin da aka cire su daga ruwan.