Edith Hilda Munro
Died:
17 Kislev 5677 (12 December 1916)
Basic Information
Birth
Date arrived in Britain:
1893
Death
Date of death:
17 Kislev 5677 (12 December 1916)
Burial place:
Plashet Jewish cemetery in East Ham
Synagogues
Name:
South Hackney Synagogue
Edith Hilda Munro was the daughter of John Munro, a Scots engineer, and Leah Nathan, and she grew up in Hackney. She enlisted in the VADs (Voluntary Aid Detachment) at the start of the war and worked in Seamen’s Hospitals in London. Towards the end of 1916 she contracted pneumonia and died. She was buried privately at Plashet Jewish cemetery in East Ham.
It was not until 2016 that she was nally recognised as a war casualty as she had been on active service when she died.
Her headstone has now been replaced with an official CWGC headstone and a service was held to recognise her sacrifice.
Conversation
It was not until 2016 that she was finally recognised as a war casualty as she had been on active service when she died.
She was accepted for commemoration on 27th March 2012; Commission Headstone erected February 2015.
Her headstone has now been replaced with an official CWGC headstone and a service was held to recognise her sacrifice
Family
Parents
Father: John Munro (male)
Mother: Leah Nathan (female)
Military Record
Military service:
Voluntary Aid Detachments
Date enlisted/conscripted:
28 July 1914
Date discharged/death:
12 December 1916
Rank at discharge/death:
Nurse
Invalided out of service:
01 January 1914
Returned to service:
01 January 1914
Roll of Honour
E. H. MUNRO, 12 December 1916
Commonwealth Graves Commission
Date of Death:
12 December 1916
Regiment / service:
Voluntary Aid Detachment
Cemetery:
Plashet Jewish Cemetery, United Kingdom
Grave reference:
M. 24. 35.
