Jessie Jane Paterson

Title: 
Staff nurse
Dates: 
1882 - 29 Sept 1916

Born in 1882, she was the fourth daughter of James and Marion Paterson, of Dalbeattie. Her father was a draper. She attended Dalbeattie Higher Grade Public School. She became a nurse and worked at Darvel, Ayrshire and at Stobhill, Glasgow. She enlisted in the Teritorial Force Nursing service in 1914. She served in Macedonia and died of dysentry at Vertekop.

She is buried in the British Military Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece.

In addition to the Dalbeattie War Memorial, her name appears on the Memorial to Nurses in St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh.

Images: 
St Giles Memorial
St Giles Memorial
Sources
1891 census
Urr; ED: 3; Page: 1; Line: 21; Roll: CSSCT1891_400
1901 census
Urr; ED: 3; Page: 2; Line: 5; Roll: CSSCT1901_437