Ishobel Ross

Ishobel Ross (18 February, 1890 – 1965) was a Scottish nurse and diarist. During World War I she joined the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service after hearing a lecture by Elsie Inglis. Ross spent a year on the Balkan front and kept a diary of her experiences. Her diary was later published as Little Grey Partridge: First World War Diary of Ishobel Ross Who Served with the Scottish Women's Hospitals in Serbia. Ross was born on the Isle of Skye and attended Edinburgh Ladies College.

Early life Ishobel Ross was born on 18 February 1890 on the Isle of Skye.

She attended Edinburgh Ladies College and was later a teacher of cookery at the Atholl Crescent School of Domestic Science. and arrived in Thessaloniki on 22 August 1916. During her time on the front, Ross met Flora Sandes, a British woman who fought with the Serbian army.

Diary Ross kept a diary during her service. The portion of Ross's diary that was published begins with her voyage to Greece and ends with her return to Britain in July 1917. Her 12 September 1916 diary entry, "The bombardment has begun", recorded the events of that day:

Legacy Ross married and had a daughter, Jess Dixon. After Ross died in 1965, her daughter arranged for the diary to be in the public domain