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Lavinia Widdowson (25)

Service Number N/A
Military Unit Communal Shelter, Dakeyne Street, Sneinton, 9/5/1941
Date of birth Unknown
Date of Death Unknown (Age Unknown)
Place of Birth Nottingham (21/11/1915)
Employment, Education or Hobbies Lavinia Widdowson was a hosiery cutter in 1939.
Family History

She was the wife of 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

Nottingham Evening Post, Deaths, Monday May 12th 1941 WIDDOWSON – Lavinia Mary, the beloved wife of Archie, also Christina and Dennis, the beloved daughter and son killed by enemy action. – From their broken hearted husband and daddy. WIDDOWSON (née Powell) – Lavinia Mary, beloved sister of Ben and Emma, also grandchildren killed by enemy action – Broken hearted family and sister in laws. Grave Reference: Carlton Cemetery

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