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TRIBUTES have been paid to a remarkable globe-trotting former nurse who cared for soldiers injured in the 1940 Battle of Dunkirk after she passed away at the age of 103. Travel pioneer Hilda Richards, a resident of Pendine Park’s Gwern Alyn Care Home in Wrexham, died at the Maelor Hospital where she had been a patient for the past couple of months after being admitted with breathing difficulties. She leaves three sons, Derek, Clive and Ralph, four grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Hilda and Trevor in India Gwern Alyn manager, Cindy Clutton said: “We are all heartbroken to lose Hilda who was hugely popular with all the other residents and staff.
Tributes to globe-trotting ex nurse, 103 who cared for soldiers injured in Battle of Dunkirk
Hilda Richards lived a full and incredible life which included sailing to USSR during the Cold War
Hilda in her days as a nurse at Alder Hey Hospital, Liverpool, where she looked after the Dunkirk wounded
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