Elizabeth McQuillan
South Shields woman played football for Armstrong Munitionettes
Elizabeth and her younger sister, Margaret (known as Meg) were “munitionettes”; they worked in armament factories during the First World War. Elizabeth also played for the Armstrong factory’s football team.
Photographs of Elizabeth in her football kit and in her work overalls can be found on the Newcastle Journal’s “Your World War One: Heroes Gallery”:
http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/your-world-war-one-heroes-7502951
Civil Parish: South Shields
Birth date: 28-Mar-1898
Death date: 1992
Armed force/civilian: Civilian
Residence: 54 Stainton Street, South Shields (1911 census)
Family: Parent: John McQuillan, Lavinia McQuillan
Siblings: Benjamin McQuillan, Sarah Jane McQuillan, Lavinia McQuillan, Margaret McQuillan, Ethel Mary McQuillan, James McQuillan, John McQuillan (1911 census)
Husband: George Featherstone (1918)
Gender: Female
Contributed by Olwyn, Women's Health in South Tyneside volunteer