Edith Munro

Nurse Edith Hilda Munro was an English woman who died during the First World War while serving with the Voluntary Aid Detachment.
She was born in 1894, in Poplar, the daughter of Scottish engineer John Fegan and his wife Leah Munro (née Nathan), of London. Munro grew up in Hackney and started nursing at the Albert Dock Seamen's Hospital, Silvertown. At the beginning of the war, Munro joined the Voluntary Aid Detachment, a non-military nursing organisation.Remembering First World War nurse Edith Munro, jewishnews.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
Aged 23, Munro died on 12 December 1916, succumbing to heart failure brought on by bronchopneumonia. Munro was buried privately at Plashet Jewish Cemetery. In the 21st Century, the Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women undertook a campaign to have Munro recognised as a war casualty. Their efforts resulted in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission approving her reconsecration as a war burial.
The commemoration service was held on 8 March 2016, International Women's Day, and was presided over by Rabbi Reuben Livingstone, Senior Jewish Chaplain to the British Armed Forces.First World War nurse Edith Munro has been recognised for her bravery at a special commemoration service in East London, rcn.org.uk. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
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*Munro, Edith Hilda, cwgc.org. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
Category:1894 births
Category:1916 deaths
Category:British military personnel
Category:Voluntary Aid Detachment
Category:British people of Jewish descent
Category:Buried in England
Category:Nurses