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KATE SWINN BREWER
Kingston upon Hull HU6 7LN
BORN HULL JAN 1888. KNOWN AS "KITTY". DAUGHTER OF CHARLES ALBERT BREWER (1853-1902) & ELIZABETH COLLEDGE SWINN (1854-1915), OF 21, PENDRILL STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (1891); 25, ALEXANDRA ROAD, HULL (1901) AND 5, WELLESLEY AVENUE, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS).
YOUNGEST OF SIX CHILDREN. SHE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. HER FATHER WAS AN OIL PAINT COLOUR MERCHANT AND ALL HER ELDER SIBLINGS WERE EMPLOYED AS COMMERCIAL CLERKS IN THE BUSINESS.
SHE ENLISTED AT DONCASTER AS A FOREWOMAN. SERVED AS A NURSE IN THE QUEEN MARY'S ARMY AUXILIARY CORPS. DIED OF PNEUMONIA, AT GATESHEAD HOSTEL, NEWCASTLE, ON 29/10/1918, AGED 30.
SHE WAS BURIED AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY, ON 1 NOV 1918. (Compartment 309 Grave 29972 Hull Western Cemetery)
HER BROTHER, GUNNER, CHARLES SWINN BREWER, SERVED IN THE ARMY SERVICE CORPS. HER BROTHER, GUNNER, GEORGE FREDERICK SWINN BREWER, 89366, SERVED IN THE RGA AND LIVED AT 5, WELLESLEY AVENUE, HULL.
Kingston upon Hull HU5 4AY
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