Prendergast, Margaret Jane

Prendergast, Margaret Jane (25), Derwent Square, Old Swan, Liverpool, ex nurse for Liverpool doctor, ordered to work as auxiliary nurse but refused  as her faith did not allow any work connected to war, Liverpool Court 31/12/41 fined £3 for non- compliance, Leicester Daily Mail 31/12/41 p8; Christian worker, became FT Jehovah Witness 2 weeks before due to register, MT 20/4/42 FT canteen work for Min of Labour or Liverpool Docks Authority, LEE 20/2/41 p4, LEE p4, LDP 21/4 p3, MEN 20/4/42 p4; MAT 2/7/42 now (25) & Christian worker of Booth Lane, Cledford Bridge, Middlewich, condition varied to canteen or hospital work,made covenant with God but told this did not exempt her from duties to her country, GUA 3/7/42 p8, HNDM 2/7/42 p1, SDN 2/7 p1, Lincs Echo 2/7 p4; Middlewich Petty Sessions 20/10/43 now 26 & at The Caravan, Wallange Bridge, Nantwich Rd, Middlewich, prison 1 month as refused £5 fine for non-compliance with CO order for work, first obligation was to God, previously fined £3 foe same offence at Liverpool City Police Court – she claimed the fine then had been paid without her knowledge, Winsford Chronicle 23/10/43 p5