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Eleanor Marie Wilson
| Rank: | Nurse |
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| Street: | Main Street |
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| Town/Village: | Edgeworthstown |
| Civil Parish: | Mostrim |
| Catholic Parish: | Mostrim |
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| Census 1901: |
Resident at Main Street, Edgeworthstown (written as Elenor) www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Longford/Edgeworthstown/Edgeworthstown/1551486/ |
| Census 1911: |
Resident at Main Street, Edgeworthstown www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Longford/Edgeworthstown/Main_Street/585177/ |
| Regiment/Unit: | Joint War Committee Voluntary Aid Detachment (Red Cross & St John's Ambulance) - Athlone District |
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| Cause: | Survived WW1 |
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| Information: | Eleanor Maria was born 27 September 1892 in Edgeworthstown, to Thomas and Elizabeth Wilson and was one of eight children; Thomas Snr was a physician in the town and a Justice of the Peace. From April 1918, Eleanor worked as a nurse in the Tooting Military Hospital (St. Benedict's) in London, before transferring to Napsbury Military Hospital in St. Albans in January 1919 where she remained until that July. Eleanor's sister, Ada, also volunteered with the V.A.D. in WW1. Their elder brother, Sjt Mj Thomas Reginald Wilson D.C.M. served with the R.A.M.C. in WW1. |
| Parents Names: | Thomas Wilson and Elizabeth (née Nolan), Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford |
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| Links: | Link to British Red Cross entry; Civil Record of birth; |
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