Lucy Nettie Fletcher

Lucy Nettie Fletcher (February 18, 1886 – May 6, 1918) was a British-born American nurse who died while on active duty in France during World War I. Fletcher was born in Grouville, Isle of Jersey, England, February 18, 1886.

She was the daughter of Charles George Ellis and Nettie Murdock (Binet) Fletcher, and the granddaughter of Rev.

[2] In 1902, she came to Concord, New Hampshire, to make her home with her aunts, the Misses Eliza M., Alice L., and Maude B.

She was the first Red Cross nurse in General Pershing's army to die in the performance of duty.

[1] Fletcher's name, along with that of two other Radcliffe alumni, is inscribed on a tablet at Memorial Church of Harvard University.