South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

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The Fallen Women of South Warwickshire - World War One


Sister Janet Mary GREATOREX - Territorial Nursing Service, 1st Southern General Hospital, Birmingham


Died on Sunday, April 2th 1916 aged 38

grave for j greatorex


Military Nursing History

     
Enlistment Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial SWFHS Area Memorials
Called up in August 1914 Warwick Cemetery Warwick (Eleanor Cross) War Memorial
     
Cause of Death Place of Death  
Died of pulmonary tuberculosis   14 Broad Street, Warwick  
     

Circumstances of Death

Janet caught pulmonary tuberculosis whilst treating sick soldiers at hospitals in Warwick and was discharged from the Nursing Service on 4 June 1915. She died of pulmonary tuberculosis 10 months later on 2 Apr 1916 at her home, 14 Broad Street, Warwick.

 Personal & Family History

 

Birth Date/Place Baptism Date/Place
Apr 1877 in Belper, Derbys 22 Jul 1877 at Hazelwood, St. John
   
Parents Names Abode
John and Alice Greatorex                  Belper, Derbys
   
Schools Colleges
  Royal British Nurses Association (Diploma in 1909)
   
Address History Employment History
1877 - Hazelwood (Shottle?), Derbyshire 1891 - Scholar
1881 - Shottle Gate, Shottle, Derbyshire 1901 - Housekeeper
1891 - Shottle Gate, Shottle, Derbyshire 1911 - Nursing Sister at Warwick
1901 - Shottle Gate, Shottle, Derbyshire 1914 - Sister in Territorial Nursing Service
1911 - Bolton Infirmary, Lancs  
1914 - 14 Broad Street, Warwick