| 12/12/2021 |
From the CWGC website: N.B. Recent research has shown that this casualty is buried here, however it has not proved possible to identify the exact location of her grave. As a result, the Commission is now in the process of producing a special memorial to commemorate her in this churchyard. Please contact the Commission before planning a visit, for more information |
| 08/12/2021 |
It may have been that her parents were Frederick Short and Jane Thompson, who were married on 14th August 1887 in Belfast. |
| 08/12/2021 |
There is speculation that Frances Shortt is buried in the graveyard at Tullyniskane Parish Church in Newmills. However, in ‘The Bell’ Volume 12 (Stewartstown publication), there is a remarkable comprehensive recording and mapping of the gravestones by Frank Mayes and James Glendinning (pages 57-92). They do not record any ‘Short’ headstones. |
| 05/03/2018 |
Miss Fanny Shortt is named on Dungannon War Memorial as Nurse Shortt. |
| 05/03/2018 |
Fanny lived in Curran, Dungannon for a time. There are two Curran townlands in the Dungannon area, one near Benburb and another near Edendork. |
| 05/03/2018 |
There are two census listings below, but it is thought they relate to a different Frances Curran. It seems to be sheer coincidence that one came to live in Curran, Edendork. |
| 05/03/2018 |
Nurse Fanny Shortt was 31 when she volunteered on 9th August 1918. |
| 05/03/2018 |
Nurse Fanny Shortt served at Bermondsey Military Hospital in in Lewisham, London for a time. |
| 05/03/2018 |
Nurse Fanny Shortt was serving with the Voluntary Aid Detachment when she died on active service on 26th December 1918. |
| 05/03/2018 |
Records seem to suggest she was working in Belfast at the time, but no death record can be found on GRONI. |
| 05/03/2018 |
It is believed Frances Fanny Shortt was born on 11th May 1888 in Doagh, County Antrim (GRONI Ref. U/1888/5/1001/11/323). |
| 05/03/2018 |
Nurse Fanny Shortt has no known grave and is commemorated on the United Kingdom Book of Remembrance. This register is maintained at CWGC Head Office in Maidenhead, Berkshire. |
| 05/03/2018 |
The ‘History of Tullyniskan’ book records a Frances Emma Shortt, Military Hospital. |
