Isabel K Nicholson was born in 1894 to parents Edward D, a Limestone Quarry Owner (b. 1861) and Isabella (1865). The family lived at Whitehaven in Oswestry. Isabel had five other siblings: Mary (b. 1888) Muriel (b. 1890), Effie Mary (b. 1891), Donald (b. 1897) and May (b. 1899).
War Years
Isabel was a member of the Shropshire 40 VAD and worked at Pentre Pant Hall from January 1917 to December 1918. She worked five hours a day, five days a week doing ward and pantry work.
Isabel’s sister, Effie, also worked the same hours as her at Pentre Pant Hall and was part of the Shropshire 40 VAD.
Sources
www.ancestry.co.uk
www.vad.redcross.org.uk