COUNTY BOROUGH OF LEICESTER

AINSWORTH, George Herbert, age 56; Air Raid Warden. Husband of Agnes Ainsworth, of 17 Macdonald Road. Injured 19 November 1940; died 21 November 1940, at Leicester.

ALDERSON, Bernard Charles, age 33; A.R.P. Telephonist. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Alderson, of Darlington, Co. Durham; husband of Doris Alderson, of 23 Aber Road. Injured 20 November 1940, at Holmfield Avenue; died same day at General Hospital, Gwendolen Road.

ALEXANDER, Annie Caroline, age 49. Wife of J. T. Alexander. 20 November 1940, at 321 Humberstone Road.

ALEXANDER, Thomas Walter, age 13. Son of J. T. Alexander, and of Annie Caroline Alexander. 20 November 1940, at 321 Humberstone Road.

ALEXANDER, Walter Charles, age 32; Home Guard. Son of Walter Joseph Alexander, of 28 Samuel Street, and of the late Gertrude Alexander; husband of Florence May Alexander, of 20 Samuel Street. 20 November 1940, at Southampton Street.

BAKER, Alice, age 65. Wife of H. Baker. 20 November 1940, at 18 Frank Street.

BALL, Irene Edith, age 27; of 29 Naseby Road. Daughter of Frank Barker; wife of Louis Jack Ball. 14 September 1940, at 59 Ireton Road.

BALL, Louis Jack, age 36; of 29 Naseby Road. Husband of Irene Edith Ball. 14 September 1940, at 59 Ireton Road.

BEREZIN, Isaac, age 35; Russian national. Son of Aaron and Esther Berezin, of 80 Arlosorov Street, Tel-Aviv, Palestine; husband of Sinaida Berezin. 20 November 1940, at 28 Highfield Street.

BEREZIN, Sinaida, age 30; Russian national. Wife of Isaac Berezin. 20 November 1940, at 28 Highfield Street.

BIBBY, James, age 66. 19 November 1940, at 70 Knighton Drive.

BLASKEY, Isaac, age 47; of Victoria Hotel, Leicester Road. Injured 18 November 1940; died 22 November 1940, at Royal Infirmary.

BOOTH, Harry, age 28; Air Raid Warden. Husband of Dorothy Booth, of 21 Coventry Street. 4 October 1942, at Wardens’ Post, Leamington Street.

BOWN, Ernest Venables, age 70; Fire Guard Service. Husband of Norah Elizabeth Bown, of 85 Walton Street. Injured 3 April 1944, at Western Road; died 18 April 1944, at Royal Infirmary.

BRAMLEY, Florence Elizabeth, age 57; of 2 Darley Street. Widow of Alfred Bramley. 19 November 1940, at Factory Shelter, Peel Street.

BROWN, Ethel Maud, age 35; of 31 Severn Street, Highfields. Daughter of Eliza Jane Knew, and of the late George Knew; wife of Fredrick Thomas Brown. 20 November 1940, at 31 Severn Street.

BROWN, Frederick Seymour, age 7; of 31 Severn Street, Highfields. Son of Frederick Thomas Brown, and of Ethel Maud Brown. 20 November 1940, at 31 Severn Street.

BUNTING (otherwise KIRBY), Cissie, age 29; of 27 Upper Tichborne Street. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Albert Kirby, of 11 Neale Street. 20 November 1940, at 27 Upper Tichborne Street.

BUNTING (otherwise KIRBY), Pamela Joyce, age 4; of 27 Upper Tichborne Street. Daughter of Cissie Bunting (otherwise Kirby). 20 November 1940, at 27 Upper Tichborne Street.

CHAFER, Annie, age 54; of 8 Saffron Hill Road. Wife of Frederick Chafer. 21 August 1940, at Saffron Hill Road.

CHAFER, Frederick, age 52; of 8 Saffron Hill Road. Son of the late William Thomas and Mary Ann Chafer; husband of Annie Chafer. 21 August 1940, at 8 Saffron Hill Road.

CHANDLER, Margaret, age 50. Wife of J. E. Chandler. 19 November 1940, at 4 Grove Road.

COE, Fred, age 59. Husband of Ada Coe, of 60 Rendell Road. 19 November 1940, at 40 Rutland Street.

COLEMAN, Ada Gertrude, age 48; of 30 Latimer Street, Hinckley Road. Daughter of William Coleman. 15 November 1940, at 30 Latimer Street.

COLEMAN, Gertrude Ada, age 23; of 30 Latimer Street, Hinckley Road. Daughter of Ada Gertrude Coleman. Injured 15 November1940, at 30 Latimer Street; died 16 November1940, at Royal Infirmary.

COPSON, Alice Hilda, age 36; of 47 Peel Street. Wife of Sidney Arthur Copson. 19 November 1940, at Shoe Mercers Shelter, Peel Street.

COPSON, John Barry, age 6; of 47 Peel Street. Son of Sidney Arthur and Alice Hilda Copson. 19 November 1940, at Shoe Mercers Shelter, Peel Street.

COPSON, Sidney Arthur, age 37; of 47 Peel Street. Son of W. J. and M. M. Copson, of 80 Knighton Fields Road East; husband of Alice Hilda Copson. 19 November 1940, at Shoe Mercers Shelter, Peel Street.

COWELL, John Thomas Baden, age 48; N.F.S. Husband of Betsy Lilian Cowell, of 74 Navigation Street. Died 16 December 1947, at 74 Navigation Street, as the result of an illness contracted while on duty in the N.F.S.

COWIE, Lily Isabella, age 37. Daughter of John Clark; wife of Ian Cowie. 20 November 1940, at 28 Highfield Street.

CURTIS, Muriel Edith, age 41; of 31 Severn Street. Daughter of Frances Edith and of the late C. W. Freezor; wife of Arthur Curtis. 20 November 1940, at 31 Severn Street.

FALBER, Jennie, age 33; of 51 Dunstan Road, Golders Green, Middlesex. Daughter of Sara Blumenfeld, of 18 St. John’s Court, Hampstead, London; wife of Albert Falber. 19 November 1940, at 28 Knighton Road.

FALBER, Leah, age 55; of Vic Lee, Chalgrove Gardens, Finchley, Middlesex. Wife of Victor Falber. 19 November 1940, at 28 Knighton Road.

FLEMING, Iris, age 22; of 30 Highfield Street. Daughter of George and Daisy Bailey, of 2A Stein’s Lane, Humberstone; wife of William Alexander Fleming. 20 November 1940, at 30 Highfield Street.

FLEMING, William Alexander, age 37; of 30 Highfield Street. Son of Robert Cunningham Fleming, and Jane Fleming, of Main Street, Queniborough; husband of Iris Fleming. 20 November 1940, at 30 Highfield Street.

(For FOWKES, Frances Lillian, see TAYLOR, Frances Lillian).

FREEZOR, Frances Edith, age 65; of 31 Severn Street. Widow of C. W. Freezor. Injured 20 November 1940, at 31 Severn Street; died 22 November 1940, at Royal Infirmary.

GARRATT, Frederick Charles, age 55. Husband of Hetty Garratt. 20 November 1940, at 17 Saville Street.

GARRATT, Hetty, age 58. Wife of Frederick Charles Garratt. 20 November 1940, at 17 Saville Street.

GELBARD, Samuel, age 30; Polish citizen; of Leiszno 6, Warsaw. Husband of Lucia Gelbard. 20 November 1940, at Lorne Hotel, Highfield Street.

GRIMMITT, Alice, age 71; of 43 Peel Street. Wife of George Grimmitt. 19 November 1940, at Shoe Mercers Shelter, Peel Street.

GRIMMITT, George, age 69; of 43 Peel Street. Husband of Alice Grimmitt. 19 November 1940, at Shoe Mercers Shelter, Peel Street.

HARPER, Sidney, age 34; of 58 Saxby Street. Son of Annie L. Harper, of 6 Avondale Road, Hoylake, Cheshire, and of the late Walter Harper; husband of Winifred Harper. 20 November 1940, at 58 Saxby Street.

HARRIS, Maud Louisa. Wife of George Richard Harris, of 26 Denys Road, Evington. 10 April 1941, at Evington.

HARRIS, Winifred, age 30; of 8 Tollemache Avenue. Daughter of Eleanor Garner Payne, of 57 Pool Road, and of the late William Kempin Payne; wife of Bernard Harris. 19 November 1940, at 8 Tollemache Avenue.

HAWKES, Brian Mansell, age 26; Detective Constable, Leicester City Police; of 29 Mickleton Drive, Evington. Son of Mrs. F. Hawkes, of Brant Cottage, Osmington Mills, Weymouth, and of the late F. Hawkes; husband of Anne M. Hawkes. Injured 20 November 1940, at Sparkenhoe Street; died same day at Royal Infirmary.

(For HILL, William John, see JAMES, William John.)

HURDELL, Leslie Charles, age 30. Son of Charles Edward and Alice Maud Hurdell, of 127 Greenway Avenue, Walthamstow, Essex. 20 November 1940, at 32 Highfield Street.

JACKSON, Elizabeth Ellen, age 74. Wife of Joseph Thomas Jackson, of 32 Myrtle Road. 15 September 1944, at 10 Dovedale Road.

JAMES, Bryan, age 3. Son of John James, and of Ruth James. 19 November 1940, at 26 Knighton Road.

JAMES, Ruth, age 31. Wife of John James. 19 November 1940, at 26 Knighton Road.

JAMES (otherwise HILL), William John, age 34; of 27 Tichborne Street. Injured 20 November 1940, at Tichborne Street; died 22 November 1940, at Royal Infirmary.

JEWSBURY, Dora, age 50; L.R.A.M.; of 27 Highfield Street. Daughter of Mary Rebecca and of the late Richard Jewsbury. 20 November 1940, at 27 Highfield Street.

JEWSBURY, Mary Rebecca, age 75; of 27 Highfield Street. Widow of Richard Jewsbury. 20 November 1940, at 27 Highfield Street.

JOHNSON, Mary Jane, age 70. Widow of H. Johnson. 20 November 1940, at 53 Evington Street.

(For JOHNSON, William, see TAYLOR, Harry.)

(For KIRBY, Cissie, see BUNTING, Cissie.)

(For KIRBY, Pamela Joyce, see BUNTING, Pamela Joyce.)

KNEW, Eliza Jane, age 76; of 31 Severn Street. Widow of George Knew. 20 November 1940, at 31 Severn Street.

LANKESTER, Janet, age 33; of 26 Knighton Road. Wife of Dr. J. H. Lankester. 19 November 1940, at 26 Knighton Road.

LANKESTER, Robert Allen, age 4; of 26 Knighton Road. Son of Dr. J. H. Lankester, and of Janet Lankester. 19 November 1940, at 26 Knighton Road.

LLOYD, Anthony Frederick, age 11; of 98 Sparkenhoe Street. Son of Frederick James Lloyd. 20 November 1940, at 98 Sparkenhoe Street.

LLOYD, Derek James, age 8; of 98 Sparkenhoe Street. Son of Frederick James Lloyd. Injured 20 November 1940, at 98 Sparkenhoe Street; died 22 November 1940, at General Hospital, Gwendolen Road.

LOCK, Dorothy Eliza, age 37; of 319 Humberstone Road. Wife of Albert C. Lock. 20 November 1940, at 319 Humberstone Road.

LOCK, Harold Anthony, age 7; of 319 Humberstone Road. Son of Albert C. Lock, and of Dorothy Eliza Lock. 20 November 1940, at 319 Humberstone Road.

LOCK, Sylvia, age 6; of 319 Humberstone Road. Daughter of Albert C. Lock, and of Dorothy Eliza Lock. 20 November 1940, at 319 Humberstone Road.

LOCK, Theresa, age 9; of 319 Humberstone Road. Daughter of Albert C. Lock, and of Dorothy Eliza Lock. 20 November 1940, at 319 Humberstone Road.

MACHIN, Ada Marjorie, age 20. Daughter of Thomas James and Ada Bell, of 104 Windley Road; wife of Pte. Cecil Gordon Machin, The Leicestershire Regiment. 21 August 1940, at 4 Saffron Hill Road.

MAIN, Willim George Vearncombe, age 38; Home Guard. Son of George and Kate Main, of Budleigh Hill, Selworthy, Minehead, Somerset; husband of Olive Main, of St. Cyres, Sparkhayes, Porlock, Somerset. 20 November 1940, at Highfield Street.

MARKS, Iris Queenie, age 25. Wife of Alfred Marks, of 22A Amhurst Parade, Stamford Hill, London. 20 November 1940, at 25 Highfield Street.

MARSDEN, Esther Hilda, age 40; of 25 Highfield Street. Daughter of the late Abraham and Rebecca Steinberg; wife of Nathaniel Marsden. 20 November 1940, at 25 Highfield Street.

MARSDEN, Nathaniel, age 40; of 25 Highfield Street. Husband of Esther Hilda Marsden. 20 November 1940, at 25 Highfield Street.

MARTIN, Susan, age 60. Wife of Percy Herbert Martin, of 27 Sylvan Street. 20 November 1940, at Ingle Street School Shelter.

MASON, Ernest Arthur, age 51; A.R.P. Rescue Service. Husband of Amy Beatrice Mason, of 67 Hill Rise, Birstall. Injured 10 June 1943, at Melton Road; died same day at Royal Infirmary.

MILLER, Lillian Angell, age 40; of Woodville, Knighton Park Road. Daughter of Bertha Caroline Phillips; wife of William Spencer Miller. 20 November 1940, at Woodville, Knighton Park Road.

MOSLEY, Walter, age 73. 20 November 1940, at 321 Humberstone Road.

MOTT, Eliza, age 63; of 62 Conduit Street. Daughter of Robert Mott. 14 July 1941, at 62 Conduit Street.

NEWMAN, Connie Doreen, age 19. 19 November 1940, at 70 Knighton Drive.

NORMAN, Christopher John, age 12; of 27 Highfield Street. Son of Harold John and Gwendolyn Norman. 20 November 1940, at 27 Highfield Street.

NORMAN, Gwendolyn, age 43; of 27 Highfield Street. Daughter of Mary Rebecca and of the late Richard Jewsbury; wife of Harold John Norman. 20 November 1940, at 27 Highfield Street.

NORMAN, Harold, John, age 43; of 27 Highfield Street. Son of Edith Norman, of 73 Knighton Church Road, and of the late John Edward Norman; husband of Gwendolyn Norman. 20 November 1940, at 27 Highfield Street.

NORMAN, Leonard Thomas, age 34; Detective Sgt., Leicester City Police; of 104 Upper Kent Street. Son of William Arthur and Elizabeth Norman; husband of the late Mary Elizabeth Norman. 20 November 1940, at Stoughton Street.

PARDOE, Iris Doreen, age 20. Wife of J. Pardoe. 20 November 1940, at 319 Humberstone Road.

PAYNE, Sarah Ann, age 76; of 73 Cavendish Road. Widow of Benjamin Payne. 21 August 1940, at 73 Cavendish Road.

PEAKE, Frances, age 42; of 23 East Street. Daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. H. Allen, of 41 Ridley Street; widow of Walter Peake. 17 May 1941, at 11 Webster Road.

PERTZIN, Joseph, age 32; of 1 Victoria Terrace. Husband of Hedwig Pertzin. 20 November 1940, at 56 Saxby Street.

PHILLIPS, Bertha Caroline, age 60; of Woodville, Knighton Park Road. 20 November 1940, at Woodville, Knighton Park Road.

PRATT, William Henry, age 65; Air Raid Warden; of 26 Sherrard Road. Husband of Lilian Pratt. 19 November 1940, at Grove Road.

PRICE, Joseph Ambrose, age 39; N.F.S. Husband of A. S. Price, of 45 Gaul Street, Narborough Road. Injured 15 December 1943, at Nuneaton, Warwick; died 30 January 1945, at 45 Gaul Street.

PULFORD, Charles William, age 79; of 59 Ireton Road. Husband of Emma Pulford. 14 September 1940, at 59 Ireton Road.

PULFORD, Emma, age 79; of 59 Ireton Road. Wife of Charles William Pulford. 14 September 1940, at 59 Ireton Road.

RIPPON, Jeanette, age 25. Wife of P. Rippon. 20 November 1940, at 27 Upper Tichborne Street.

RIPPON, Philip, age 16 months. Son of P. Rippon, and of Jeanette Rippon. 20 November 1940, at 27 Upper Tichborne Street.

SHEEN, Ivy Beatrice, age 40; of 2 Grove Road. Daughter of Herbert and Rose Cooper, of 29 Foundry Street, Horncastle, Lincolnshire; wife of Walter Crowe Sheen. 19 November 1940, at 4 Grove Road.

SHEEN, Joan, age 6; of 2 Grove Road. Daughter of Walter Crowe Sheen, and Ivy Beatrice Sheen. 19 November 1940, at 4 Grove Road.

SIETZ, Lea, age 43. 20 November 1940, at 25 Highfield Street.

SILLS, Edith Nellie, age 56; of 7 Quenby Street. Wife of Edward George Sills. 20 November 1940, at 7 Quenby Street.

SKLAR, Alfred Abraham, age 35; Air Raid Warden. Husband of Judy Sklar, of 178 Holders Hill Road, Finchley, Middlesex. 23 November 1940, at Royal Infirmary.

SMITH, Dorothy, age 32; of 147 Cavendish Road. Wife of Tom Smith. Injured 21 August 1940, at 147 Cavendish Road; died same day at Royal Infirmary.

SMITH, Eliza, age 67; of 319 Humberstone Road. Widow of Charles Smith. 20 November 1940, at 319 Humberstone Road.

SMITH, Irene, age 2; of 147 Cavendish Road. Daughter of Tom Smith, and of Dorothy Smith. 21 August 1940, at 147 Cavendish Road.

SPIRO, Annie Rebecca, age 58; of 31 Queen’s Road, Leytonstone, Essex. Wife of Casper Spiro. 20 November 1940, at 25 Highfield Street.

SPIRO, Gerald, age 2. Son of J. Spiro, of 31 Queen’s Road, Leytonstone, Essex, and of Rose Spiro. 20 November 1940, at 25 Highfield Street.

SPIRO, Gordon Beresford, age 4. Son of J. Spiro, of 31 Queen’s Road, Leytonstone, Essex, and of Rose Spiro. 20 November 1940, at 25 Highfield Street.

SPIRO, Rose, age 35. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Weinstein, of 31 Queen’s Road, Leytonstone, Essex; wife of J. Spiro, of the same address. 20 November 1940, at 25 Highfield Street.

STANDEN, Cecilia May, age 47; of 33 Tennis Court Drive, Humberstone. Daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Standen, of Basingstoke, Hampshire. 20 November 1940, at 6 Bannerman Road.

STANSFIELD, John Cyril, age 28; M.P.S.; Home Guard; of 26 Allandale Road. Son of Lancelot and Minnie Stansfield, of Sevenoaks, Meadow Road, Finchfield, Wolverhampton; husband of Grace Stansfield. 20 November 1940, at 26 Allandale Road.

STEINBERG, Rebecca, age 70; of 25 Highfield Street. Widow of Abraham Steinberg. 20 November 1940, at 25 Highfield Street.

STUBLEY, Clifford, age 28. Son of Edith Rose Stubley, of 28 Frank Street, and of the late Arthur Stubley. 20 November 1940, at 18 Frank Street.

STUBLEY, Elsie, age 28. Daughter of Edith Rose Stubley, of 28 Frank Street, and of the late Arthur Stubley. 20 November 1940, at 18 Frank Street.

TATE, Michael Nathaniel, age 7. Son of Reginald and Rachel Tate, of 18 Bulow Road, Fulham, London. 20 November 1940, at 25 Highfield Street.

TAYLOR (otherwise FOWKES), Frances Lillian, age 29; of 56 Saxby Street. Daughter of A. and Lily Fowkes, of Station Terrace, Heather. 20 November 1940, at 56 Saxby Street.

TAYLOR, Harry (otherwise JOHNSON, William), age 48. 20 November 1940, at 56 Saxby Street.

THOMPSON, Susannah, age 73; of 31 Severn Street. Daughter of T. Thompson. 20 November 1940, at 31 Severn Street.

THORP, Frank Henry, age 15. Son of W. H. and G. N. Thorp, of 35 Kedleston Road. Injured 20 November 1940, at Sparkenhoe Street; died same day at General Hospital, Gwendolen Road.

TILLEY, Kathleen May, age 27. Daughter of Percy John and Rebecca Tilley, of Cranoe, Market Harborough. 20 November 1940, at 56 Saxby Street.

TOWNLEY, Yolande Josephine, age 31. Daughter of Mary M. Meredith, of 14 Albion Hill. 20 November 1940, at 4 Bannerman Road.

TRUMP, Edwin George, age 26; Detective Constable, Leicester City Police; of 29 Copland Road, Birstall. Son of Edwin and Frances Trump, of Hazeldene, West Hatch, Taunton, Somerset; husband of Pauline E. Trump. 20 November 1940, at Stoughton Street.

WARNER, Mary Emma, age 65. Daughter of George and Sara Warner, of 127 Astonville Street, Wandsworth, London. 20 November 1940, at 25 Highfield Street.

WATES, Janet Marshall, age 42; W.V.S.; of 48 Shirley Road. Daughter of Catherine M. Wates. 20 November 1940, at 48 Shirley Road.

WILMOTT, Hilda, age 42. Daughter of Eliza and of the late Charles Smith; wife of Charles Wilmott, of 6 Holland Road. 20 November 1940, at 319 Humberstone Road.

WOOD, Arthur Knapman, age 37; Air Raid Warden. Son of Elizabeth Wood, of Bournville Avenue, Stockport, Cheshire, and of the late Ernest Wood; husband of Charlotte Alice Wood, of 289 Higher Heath Lane, King’s Heath, Birmingham. 20 November 1940, at 58 Saxby Street.

WORKER, Eliza, age 86; of 3 Main Street, Kirby Muxloe. Widow of J. Worker. Injured 19 November 1940, at 3 Main Street; died 3 December 1940, at Royal Infirmary.

APPENDIX

The Royal Army Pay Corps: The official Honours List does not include the deaths of 12 soldiers of the Royal Army Pay Corps, who died during the air raid on the night of the 19th November 1940. These soldiers were billeted in the Highfields area of Leicester and their deaths bring the total of fatalities on the night to 120. For a list of the names click here.

RURAL DISTRICT OF ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH

REYNOLDS, Emanuel, age 67; of Sand Cliffe, Donisthorpe. Husband of the late Alice Reynolds. 3 August 1942, at Sand Cliffe.




RURAL DISTRICT OF BLABY

WEST, Fanny, age 56. Wife of Alfred West, of 6 West Street, Enderby. 25 June 1942, at 6 West Street.




RURAL DISTRICT OF CASTLE DONINGTON

BURRELL, Ellen, age 20. Daughter of Charles and Mary E. Burrell, of 10 Broomilees Road, Darnick, Melrose, Roxburghshire. 28 August 1940, at Brook House, Long Whatton, Castle Donington.




URBAN DISTRICT OF HINCKLEY

BEAR, Cecil Alfred, age 34; of 7 Merevale Avenue. Son of Frederick Bear, of 46 Druid Road, Stoke, Coventry; husband of Nora Mary Bear. 17 May 1941, at 7 Merevale Avenue.

BEAR, Dennis Alfred, age 5; of 7 Merevale Avenue. Son of Cecil Alfred and Nora Mary Bear. 17 May 1941, at 7 Merevale Avenue.

BEAR, Nora Mary, age 32; of 7 Merevale Avenue. Daughter of Harry Faulkner, of 1 The Mill, Wolvey; wife of Cecil Alfred Bear. 17 May 1941, at 7 Merevale Avenue.

PARSONS, Ada Elizabeth, age 30; of 9 Merevale Avenue. Daughter of Charles and Kate Parsons. 17 May 1941, at 9 Merevale Avenue.

PARSONS, Charles, age 65; of 9 Merevale Avenue. Husband of Kate Parsons. 17 May 1941, at 9 Merevale Avenue.

PARSONS, Kate, age 60; of 9 Merevale Avenue. Wife of Charles Parsons. 17 May 1941, at 9 Merevale Avenue.

SLATER, Maurice, age 41; of Elliott House, Abbey Street, Nuneaton. 17 May 1941, at Hinckley and District Hospital.

STEELE, Albert William, age 52; of 14 Merevale Avenue. Husband of Beatrice Lilian Steele. 17 May 1941, at 14 Merevale Avenue.

TATE, Grace, age 27; of 7 Merevale Avenue. Daughter of Alec Thorpe; wife of Albert John Tate (H.M. Forces). 17 May 1941, at 7 Merevale Avenue.

THORPE, Daisy, age 16; of 7 Merevale Avenue. Daughter of Alec Thorpe. 17 May 1941, at 7 Merevale Avenue.

WILLS, Ernest, age 32; of 10 Merevale Avenue. Husband of Kathleen Minnie Wills. 17 May 1941, at 10 Merevale Avenue.

WILLS, Kathleen Minnie, age 32; of 10 Merevale Avenue. Wife of Ernest Wills. 17 May 1941, at 10 Merevale Avenue.




URBAN DISTRICT OF MARKET HARBOROUGH

SHENTON, Andrew, age 53. Husband of Ada Maria Shenton, of 24 Victoria Road. Injured in January 1940, at Report Centre, Narborough; died 13 December 1946, at Whetstone.

TURTON, Ernest Hartley, age 72; Royal Observer Corps. Son of the late William John and Margaret Turton, of St. Helen’s, Lancashire; husband of Elizabeth Alice Turton, of Kelmarsh Road, Clipston. Injured January 1942, at Observer Corps Hut; died 18 May 1943, at Cottage Hospital.




URBAN DISTRICT OF MELTON MOWBRAY

LAXTON, John Edmund, age 66. Son of William and Ann Laxton; husband of Ruth Laxton, of New Street, Asfordby. Injured 23 November 1940, at Asfordby Valley; died same day at War Memorial Hospital.

SMITH, Sidney, age 30; Home Guard. Husband of Mildred Agnes Smith, of 13 Albert Street. 4 November 1940, at Post Office Garage, Thorpe End.




RURAL DISTRICT OF MELTON AND BELVOIR

BISHOP, Fred, age 52; Air Raid Warden; of Raycroft, The Valley, Asfordby. Son of Samuel and Mary Ann Bishop; husband of Harriet Bishop. 23 November 1940, at The Valley, Asfordby.

JONES, Thomas, age 68; of 15 North Street, The Valley, Asfordby. Husband of Beatrice Lily Jones. 23 November 1940, at The Valley, Asfordby.

PERFECT, Iona Joyce, age 2. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. G. Perfect, of 14 Brook Crescent, The Valley, Asfordby. 23 November 1940, at 14 Brook Crescent.

SEYMOUR, George, age 57. Son of Ambrose and Eliza Seymour, of Castle Bytham, Grantham; husband of T. E. G. Seymour, of Main Street, Asfordby. 23 November 1940, at The Valley, Asfordby.

WALKER, Frederick William, age 66. Husband of Annie Elizabeth Walker, of Scarcliffe Lanes, Upper Langwith, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. 11 January 1943, at Saltby, Sproxton.