Brenda Goldsbury (1)
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Aged 21 months, she was the daughter of Mr. E. H. Goldsbury of 33 Handel Street and the granddaughter of Elizabeth Cragg with whom she shares a grave at Wilford Hill.
The Dakeyne Street Communal Shelter was located under Black’s lace factory at the junction of Dakeyne Street and Carlton Road, Sneinton, Nottingham. During the raid of May 9th 1941, the shelter sustained a direct hit which killed twenty two people, fifteen of them children.
Nottingham Evening Post, Deaths, Monday May 12th 1941: GOLDSBURY (née Cragg) - Elizabeth and daughter Brenda, beloved sister and niece of Minnie and family. Killed by enemy action, but now enfolded in God’s arms. Nottingham Evening Post, 9/5/1942, Page 2, In Memoriam: GOLDSBURY (née Cragg), In loving memory of Elizabeth Brenda. Too dearly loved to be forgotten. –Andy, sons, family. GOLDSBURY (née Cragg) – In loving memory Elizabeth and Brenda only sister and niece of Minnie, killed by enemy action, May 9th 1941. As each days breaks and each night falls, God knows I miss you most of all. - Family: Grave Reference: Wilford Hill: J35/13 Buried 15/5/1941
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