Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameFanny (John) Kessisoglu Croix de Guerre (2). L’Ordre de l’Armée (2)., 1C3R
BirthJan 1874, Berdiansk, Ukraine
Death14 Aug 1917, Zuydcoote, France
MemoFirst buried in a temporary military grave at Zuydcoote, France.
Burialca 1919, Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England
MemoRecorded on Paul Galati’s tomb at West Norwood Cemetery. Her body was moved to West Norwood after the war.
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.
Note 2Her WWl hospital in 1917 was ‘Temporary Hospital 34, Postal District 15, Zuydcoote, France’. Her death in France is recorded on her sister’s family tomb (Galati) at West Norwood Cemetery.
Note 3Awarded the Croix-de-Guerre. The commander of 9è Armée awarded her a second Croix-de-Guerre on her death-bed in 1917. Her cousin Maria Panas (née Balli) headed a nursing team including “Mlles d’Haussonville, Murat, Wasender, Ansart, [Fanny] Kessisoglu”.
Note 4“Mlle Kessisoglu était l'une des infirmières les plus capables et les puis dévouées de la Société. Elle avait donné sa mesure, lors des inondations de Paris et, pendant la campagne des Balkans, en Grèce...
Note 5... Depuis le début de la guerre actuelle, elle n'avait pas cessé de se prodiguer des soins dans les hôpitaux militaires temporaires. C'est là qu'elle a contracté le mal qui l'a emportée.”
FlagsBoscovic, Giustiniani Pi, Mavrogordato, Scanavi
FatherJohn Theodore (Theodore) Kessisoglu (~1827-1903)
MotherPenelope Mistrodachi (~1838-1879)
Unmarried