Person Sheet
Person Sheet
NameFanny (John) Kessisoglu Croix de Guerre (2). L’Ordre de l’Armée (2)., 1C3R
BirthJan 1874, Berdiansk, Ukraine
MemoAnother source says 1866.
Death14 Aug 1917, Zuydcoote, France
MemoFirst buried in a temporary military grave at Zuydcoote, France.
Burialabt 1920, Hellenic Enclosure, West Norwood Cemetery, London, England
MemoRepatriated and recorded on Paul Galati’s tomb at West Norwood Cemetery. Her body was moved to West Norwood after the war. (29 Aug 1950}
Residence1917, 90 Avenue Malakoff, Paris 16ème, France
OccupationNurse in Balkan War (1912-13) and in WW1, France, (1914-1917). A senior nursing officer of the Société Française de Secours aux Blessés Militaire.
Note 1Died of meningitis from her wartime service as a nurse on the Western Front. She and her sisters (Mrs Angeliki Galati and Mrs Calliope Constantinidi) were members of the Committee of Greek Women of Paris.
FatherJohn Theodore (Theodore) Kessisoglu (~1827-1903)
MotherPenelope Mistrodachi (~1838-1879)