Participant Info
- Photograph
- Last Name
- Jamieson
- First Names
- J. S.
- Conflict
- WW1
- Memorial
- St Michael's
- Date of Death
- 30th December 1918
- Unit
- Territorial Force Nursing Service
- Rank
- Staff Nurse
- Link
- Link to CWGC Record
- Biographical information
Jessie Smith Jamieson was the eldest daughter of John Jamieson (a house painter) and Elizabeth Whitton Jamieson, of Edinburgh.
She was born on 13th June 1888 at 7 Cathcart Place and died aged 30 in Craigleith Military Hospital (now the Western General Hospital). The cause of her death was stated to be pneumonia and influenza. She is buried in Dalry Cemetery. Before the war she worked as a dressmaker, as did her two younger sisters. The family home was 21 Murieston Crescent, Edinburgh.
We have obtained a photograph of Jessie from the Imperial War Museum (© IWM WWC H19-22).
Her name is on the WW1 memorial of St Michael’s Church.
