Norah Veronica BRETT. Staff Nurse TFNS attached to 1st Southern General Hospital, Birmingham
Born 1883 in Manchester. 1911 employed a hospital nurse at Queens General Hospital, Birmingham
Reported for duty at the above hospital August 1914 and died in her hospital 20 May 1915 aged 32.
At rest in Lodge Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Warwickshire.
Extract from The British Journal of Nursing dated 5 June 1915.
THE PASSING BELL.
The news of the death of Miss Nora Veronica Brett, at the General Hospital, Birmingham, mill be received with sincere regret by all who knew and worked with her. She was trained at the Queen’s Hospital, Birmingham, and afterwards worked as a School Nurse under the, Education Committee of the city, She was a member of the Territorial Nursing Service, and was called up for duty at the 1st Southern General Hospital in August last. Early in March she went off duty and it was hoped that a rest would restore her health. Later she was admitted to a small ward at the General Hospital, Birmingham, and greatly appreciated the care and kindness she received there. She passed away on May 20th, and was buried with military honours at Lodge Hill Cemetery, according to the rites of the Roman Church, to which she belonged. The coffin, covered with the Union Jack, was borne on a gun carriage, drawn by six orderlies of the R.A.M.C. (T.) of her own Faith. The party was in charge of Major Sawyer (Registrar of the 1st Southern General Hospital) and was met at the cemetery gates by Miss E. M. Musson, Principal Matron, Miss K. G. Lloyd, and Miss Karslake, Matrons, and Territorial Sisters and Nurses attached to the 1st Southern Hospital. The staff of the Queen’s Hospital was represented by Sister Lillias (Assistant Matron) and other Sisters End Nurses, and School Nurses also were there. The Last Post ” was sounded at the graveside, the grave being near those of the soldiers Miss Brett helped to nurse, and many lovely wreaths were laid there. It seemed very appropriate that she should rest with those whose last hours she had helped to solace at the close of her own career.
Requiescat in Pace,
