WOODLEY, Ada Annie
Biography
Ada Annie WOODLEY was born at Littlebury, Essex. She was the daughter of Sarah Perrin (née Woodley) of Littlebury, near Saffron Walden, Essex. She died intestate and her mother was her sole next of kin.
Nursing Service in WW1
Sister Ada Annie WOODLEY joined the Territorial Force Nursing Service on 21st June 1915.[1] She served at the 2nd Western General Hospital, Royal Infirmary, Manchester.
In September 1917 she was found unfit for duty by a Medical Board and was formally discharged from the Territorial Force Nursing Service on 28th November 1917. In November 1917 she was referred to the Radium Institute, Portland Place, London, for specialist treatment[1].
Matron-in-Chief Sidney Browne personally intervened to expedite Sister Woodley's gratuity, recognising the gravity of her condition. A gratuity of £24 7s 8d was issued on 1st January 1918.
Sister Ada Annie Woodley died at Littlebury on 10th January 1918. Despite the formal termination of her service, she was recorded as a death in service, acknowledging that her illness was a consequence of her military nursing duties. Her solicitor described her as "a most deserving case" who had "probably kindled up her present illness by overwork."[1]
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Image: (c) IWM (WWC H19-4)
