Roy Alan Johnson (7)
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Roy was the son of Sidney George and Mary Louisa Johnson and the brother of James S G, Donald D and Ursula Brenda Johnson. She also died at Dakeyne Street. They lived at 26, Haywood Street in 1939 but had moved to 58, Walker Street (both Sneinton, Nottingham) by May 1941.
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. Having survived the attack which killed Roy and Ursula, Mary Johnson had to endure the grim, heartbreaking process of identifying her children. Her nine hour ordeal at Nottingham’s Victoria Baths, where the main pool had been drained to create a temporary mortuary, is described by David Needham in his excellent Battle of the Flames, Nottinghamshire’s Fight for Survival in WWII, (Chesterfield: Bannister Publications, 2009 p.171).
Grave Reference: Wilford Hill: J34/37 Buried 16/5/1941
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