posted on 2024-06-05, 19:55authored byTheir Finest Hour Project Team
Margaret Lumsden (1905-1990) lived in Streatham. She worked as an occupational therapist in London and later, 1942 onwards, in Birmingham. She was the ARP warden in Streatham and used bells to warn people. She met her husband-to-be, Robert Williams, at Birmingham Accident Hospital. He was a general physician at the hospital, specializing in bacteriology. He was one of the early adopters of penicillin to treat civilians during the war. He also researched on hospital infections.
History
Item list and details
1. ARP bell owned by Margaret Lumsden
2. Self-published book- The Diaries of Margaret Lumsden
Person the story/items relate to
Margaret Lumsden
Person who shared the story/items
Peter Evan Owen Williams
Relationship between the subject of the story and its contributor
She was the contributor's mother.
Type of submission
Shared at Fitzharrys School, Oxfordshire on 16 September 2023.