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Edward Beaver

Associated with Ransome & Marles factory, Beacon Hill, Newark 7/3/1941
Address 15 Rosebury Hill, Mansfield
Date of birth 31 May 1915
Date of death 07 Mar 1941 (26 years old)
Place of birth Unknown
Employment, education or hobbies

Worked at Ransome & Marles Bearings in Newark on Trent as an engineer's works grinder. They made ball bearings for aircraft engines.

Family history

Son of Frank and Annie Beaver of 45 North Avenue Rainworth. Frank died in early 1920, his youngest son was born, after his death, in October 1920.
Siblings: Frank (1901), Norah (1907), Evelyn (1909), Thomas (1912), Alfred (1913), Wilfred (1918) and Leonard on 29=0th October 1920.
Married Rose Musgrove in early 1939 and they lived at 15 Rosebury Hill Mansfield. They had no children and Rose remarried in late 1941 to Arthur Stacey

Extra information

The Ransome & Marles Ball-Bearing factory was bombed on Friday 7th March 1941 at about 2pm. 41 died and 165 were injured. The factory was so vital to the war effort that it was re-built in only 3 weeks.

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