Spanish Flu

[Blue70]

I recently discovered one of my grandmother's siblings died in October 1918 aged 10 years of Spanish Flu. One hundred years on this year. Anyone else lose any family in this way?


Blue

[kiwihalfpint]

Hi Blue,

Yes, my grandfather, he suffered for 12 days, leaving three young children.  Many years later I was born the day after his anniversary.


Cheers
KHP

[Treetotal]

My Great Uncle survived WW1 only to die of flu on his way home in 1919 🏡
Carol

[lubylou]

My Grandfathers sister died 9 December just before she was due to get married. She was buried in her wedding dress.

[majm]

My Dad's sister died of this in Sydney NSW.  She was 2 years of age

JM

[louisa maud]

Apparently is was also called "Flu Pandemic", it affected 500 million people all over the world and possible deaths were recorded between 50 million and 100 million, it was the worst disaster,

If you Google it you will find more information

My husband lost family members and I had a cousin who died,  he survived the war but died due  Spanish flu, he died in a military hospital and is listed on CWGC

Louisa Maud

[andrewalston]

My father's uncle, who served as a driver with the Army Service Corps from January 1915, died of the flu at Etaples in December 1918. He had been home on leave when the Armistice was signed, returning to France on 17 November. 16 days later he was dead.

It's said that the flu killed more people than all the fighting in the Great War.

[Erato]

This is a good video on the 1918 influenza pandemic in the United States.  [To skip the ads, start at 2:12]:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bzuQygEoAw

[Gadget]

Only one of my direct line died of it. My great grandfather died of bronchitis following flu on 15th October 1919.

Gadget

Added - just checked, he was 74. 

added- 2. his son was a POW but survived and died in 1954.