Clodagh Finn: Blitz diary of an Irish nurse on Thames ambulance boat
![Clodagh Finn: Blitz diary of an Irish nurse on Thames ambulance boat Clodagh Finn: Blitz diary of an Irish nurse on Thames ambulance boat](/cms_media/module_img/7263/3631570_9_articlesmall_Aileen_20H_20Moore.jpg)
Aileen H Moore (circled) in a group photo of staff nurses at Devon and Exeter Hospital. Picture courtesy of her family
![Anne Cardew and Rosemary Anderson, great-nieces of Aileen H Moore. Anne Cardew and Rosemary Anderson, great-nieces of Aileen H Moore.](https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/7263/3631564_9_articleinline_IMG_7008.jpg)
That night, 430 people were killed in London and some 1,600 others injured. The blitzing of London continued for 57 consecutive nights and for many of them, Longford-born Aileen Moore cruised the river helping casualties, while facing danger on a regular basis.
![Aileen Moore's diary. Picture courtesy of companyofnurses.co.uk Aileen Moore's diary. Picture courtesy of companyofnurses.co.uk](https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/7263/3631573_8_articleinline_Aileen-Moores-diary.jpg)
His daughters Rosemary (Anderson) and Anne (Cardew) recall meeting their great aunt Aileen as young children, but little more. Anne, then about four years old, remembers her as rather formidable when they visited her home in Cheyne Walk in London many decades ago.