Henry Tate (61)
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Henry Tate was the son of George and Ann Tate and the brother of Enoch, Albert and Edith Tate. In 1891, they lived at 66, Moorgate, Radford, Nottingham where George kept the White Lion public house. By 1901, they had moved to 17, Byfield Street, Nottingham. Henry married Lucy Hallam in 1904 and in 1911 they lived at 108 St Albans Road, Arnold in 1911 and had taken up residence at 6, Sherbrook, Road, Daybrook, in time for the 1921 Census. In 1939 and in 1941, Henry, Lucy and their children Olive, Harry and daughter in law Doreen resided at 41, Byron Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham.
Nottingham’s heaviest loss of life at a single location during May 9th 1941’s air raid occurred within the Co-op Bakery on Meadow Lane where 49 night shift workers perished. The bakery was hit twice; one bomb caused tons of flour stored on upper floors to crash down to ground level. A second device penetrated the bakery’s air raid shelter roof before exploding amongst the assembled work force. Rescue efforts were impeded by blazing fat. For an excellent account of this incident, see David Needham, Battle of the Flames, Nottingham’s Fight for Survival in WWII (2nd Ed. Chesterfield: Banister Publications Ltd, 2020 p.p. 141-142. First Ed. Horizon Press, 2009).
Nottingham Evening Post, Deaths, Wednesday May 14th 1941: TATE – (Harry )– Beloved husband of Lucy, father of Harry and Olive and daughter in law Doreen, at the General Hospital, owing to enemy action, age 61. Funeral Wilford Hill Saturday, 11.45. Nottingham Evening Post, 9/5/1942, Page 2, In Memoriam: TATE (Henry) – In loving memory of our dear husband and father, died May 9th 1941, through enemy action. Ours is to remember while others forget. – Wife and family. TATE – Treasured memories of our dear brother Henry (Harry), died through enemy action May 9th 1941. Also mother February 25th 1937; dad February 18th 1934. – Edith, George, Enoch, Albert. Grave Reference: Wilford Hill: D20/94 Buried May 17th 1941
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