Agnes Weston died on 23 October 1918 in Devonport, Plymouth; she was given a full naval funeral, an extraordinary honor for a woman.
Agnes Weston died on 23 October 1918 at Devonport, Plymouth, at the age of 78, just weeks before the Armistice ending the First World War. By the time of her death she had spent more than four decades devoted to the moral, spiritual, and physical welfare of Royal Navy sailors, founding and running the network of Sailors' Rests (later 'Royal Sailors' Rests') that provided alcohol-free lodging, recreation, and community for servicemen in Portsmouth and Devonport.
In recognition of her extraordinary service to the Royal Navy, Weston was granted a full naval funeral — an honor almost unprecedented for a civilian woman. Sailors bore her coffin, and she was buried with military ceremony reflecting the deep affection and respect in which she was held by the fleet, who knew her fondly as 'Mother Weston' or 'Aggie.'
Her death closed the chapter on a remarkable career that had begun with temperance letter-writing to soldiers and grown into a national institution. The Sailors' Rests she established continued operating long after her death, and her legacy persisted through the organization that came to bear her name, Aggie Weston's (The Royal Sailors' Rests), which continues supporting naval personnel and their families into the present day.