2018 National EMS Memorial Service Honoree Margaret Devere

Margaret Devere, 22, of New York City, New York, contracted a cold while in the line-of-duty leading to Spanish Influenza and pneumonia. She died four days later on October 24, 1918.

Margaret, a well-known British actress, volunteered as an ambulance driver for the Red Cross Motor Corps. She was born in England and served the city of New York while the men who usually volunteered for these duties were away to World War I.