Dennis Baden Widdowson (2)
Service Number
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Military Unit
Communal Shelter Dakeyne Street Sneinton 9/5/1941
Date of birth
Unknown
Date of Death
Unknown (Age Unknown)
Place of Birth
Nottingham (31/7/1938)
Employment, Education or Hobbies
N/A
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Family History
He was the son of Lavinia and Lance Corporal Archibald Widdowson (4982689) 14th Bn Sherwood Foresters killed at Anzio 11/3/1944. They lived at 70, Upper Eldon Street, Sneinton, Nottingham.
Military History
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.
Extra Information
Grave Reference: Carlton Cemetery
Photographs
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