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Violet Kathleen PODMORE (aka V) [1905-1996]

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Submitted by David on Fri, 2015-01-23 12:57
Names
Given: 
Violet Kathleen
Family: 
Podmore
Alias / nickname: 
V
Sex: 
Female
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
1905-11-11
Birthplace (town, state): 
Broughton, Northants
Birthplace (country): 
England
Death
Date: 
c.1996-12-31 (Month, Day are approximate)

The Date of Birth comes from John Black's list, which gives her occupation in 1941 as "Nursing Sister".

She is mentioned in the 1945 entries from R E Jones' wartime diary, usually just by her initial, "V".

She is also mentioned as a close friend of Gwendoline Flower ("G" in Jones' diary) in this article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/10192880/The-PoWs-lost-...

Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp
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Submitted by annpake on Wed, 2019-11-06 00:38.

Census 1911 living at Broughton Rectory Kettering with parents and siblings Born in Broughton Northants 11 November 1905 and died in Wallingford Oxfordshire 1996

UK and Ireland Nursing Register 22 June 1928

UK Midwives Roll  13 August 1932

Outward Passenger List  6 January 1948 London to Mombassa

Violet Kathleen Podmore age 42 Nurse Country of intended future residence Kenya

Living at 27E Ladbroke Gardens Kensington North London in 1965