13 Facts About Eileen O'Shaughnessy

Eileen O'Shaughnessy was born in South Shields in the northeast of England.

Eileen O'Shaughnessy's mother was Marie O'Shaughnessy and her father was Lawrence O'Shaughnessy, a customs collector.

Eileen O'Shaughnessy helped her brother Lawrence, by typing, proofreading and editing his scientific papers and books.

Eileen O'Shaughnessy was particularly interested in testing intelligence in children "and quite early decided upon that as the subject for the thesis she would be writing".

Eileen O'Shaughnessy was tall and slender, her shoulders rather broad and high.

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Eileen O'Shaughnessy was very close to her elder brother Lawrence O'Shaughnessy, a thoracic surgeon, but even so, in a letter she described her brother as "one of nature's Fascists".

Eileen O'Shaughnessy joined her husband in Spain during the Spanish Civil War.

Eileen O'Shaughnessy volunteered for a post in the office of John McNair, the leader of the Independent Labour Party who coordinated the arrival of British volunteers, and with the help of Georges Kopp paid visits to her husband, bringing him English tea, chocolate, and cigars.

At the start of World War II, Eileen O'Shaughnessy began working in the Censorship Department of the Ministry of Information in London, staying during the week with her family in Greenwich.

Eileen's brother Lawrence O'Shaughnessy had married Gwen Hunton; Gwen had a property called "Greystone" near Carlton, County Durham, that had been left empty on the death of her maiden aunt.

Joyce Pritchard, the O'Shaughnessys' nanny, said that Eileen had visited Greystone frequently between July 1944 and March 1945.

Eileen O'Shaughnessy died on 29 March 1945 in Newcastle upon Tyne under anaesthetic.

Eileen O'Shaughnessy is buried in Saint Andrew's and Jesmond Cemetery, West Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne.