Enid Winifred Hall Cooper

CWGC Additional information: 'Of 12 Pinfold Lane, Balderton. Daughter of the late W. H., and E. A. Cooper. Injured at Ransome and Marles, Beacon Hill; died same day at General Hospital.'

7 March 1941 Ransome & Marles Bearing Works Newark Bombing. 41 killed 160+ injured. Attack by 2 Heinkel He 111's of Kampfgeschwader 4 "General Wever" based in the Netherlands. Enid recovered from the site and taken to Newark General Hospital. Died later that day from internal lacerations, blast injuries (blast lung). Buried St Giles churchyard, Balderton, 12 March 1941.

www.ransomeandmarles.co.uk (extract): ‘Founded in Newark, UK, in 1900, Ransome and Marles, or R & M Bearings as many people know it, soon became the leading British manufacturer of Ball and Roller bearings. Their reputation for quality gained them world-wide acceptance in Aerospace, Defence and precision engineering environments.’

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-35725950 (extract) ‘The 75th anniversary of an air raid on a factory that played an important part in the World War Two effort is being marked.The Ransome & Marles bearings factory in Newark, Nottinghamshire, was so vital it was rebuilt in three weeks. The air raid on 7 March 1941 resulted in the deaths of 41 people and left 165 badly wounded. But many details were censored at the time and have only been uncovered in recent years.’ (6 March 2016)

Newark Advertiser, ‘Deaths’, 12 March 1941: ‘Cooper. On the 7th inst., at Newark Hospital, Winnie, dearly loved daughter of Eliza Anne, and the late WH Cooper, of Balderton, aged 30 years. Funeral Wednesday 3pm.’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

Newark Advertiser, 11 March 1942: ‘Lest We Forget. A sincere Tribute from all Progress Workers to the Memory of William Dixey, Larry Senior, Winifred Cooper and Vivian Castle, who lost their lives through enemy action on Friday March 7th, 1941. We Will Remember Them.’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)