Langley Vale Sue
02-11-09, 08:38
I'm sure I should know the answer to this, but I don't :confused:
If someone was killed when their house was bombed in WW2, would their death be registered in the normal way? My mother-in-law had a school friend who was due to visit her in her new married home in late 1939/early 1940 and she never turned up, and was never heard from again. M-i-L says her friend's house was flattened by a bomb and no trace of the inhabitants was found. M-i-L is almost 93 and is a little confused in her memories now. M-i-L's parents lived in the next street in Camberwell, London to her friend and their house suffered some superficial damage, so I'm sure they would have known definitely if the entire family were killed in the bombing.
The family name was Adams, and there is nothing listed on CWGC website for civilian deaths. Is my only option to trawl through BMDs for late 1939/early 1940? Would there be any other records of which houses were bombed and the names of casualties? The problem is, M-i-L isn't sure of the exact date of the bombing and her wartime memories tend to all run together now and there is confusion as to the exact facts.
M-i-L keeps telling me she would love to find out what happened to her friend, her brother & their parents and I would love to be able to finally put her mind at rest.
Any suggestions welcome :)
If someone was killed when their house was bombed in WW2, would their death be registered in the normal way? My mother-in-law had a school friend who was due to visit her in her new married home in late 1939/early 1940 and she never turned up, and was never heard from again. M-i-L says her friend's house was flattened by a bomb and no trace of the inhabitants was found. M-i-L is almost 93 and is a little confused in her memories now. M-i-L's parents lived in the next street in Camberwell, London to her friend and their house suffered some superficial damage, so I'm sure they would have known definitely if the entire family were killed in the bombing.
The family name was Adams, and there is nothing listed on CWGC website for civilian deaths. Is my only option to trawl through BMDs for late 1939/early 1940? Would there be any other records of which houses were bombed and the names of casualties? The problem is, M-i-L isn't sure of the exact date of the bombing and her wartime memories tend to all run together now and there is confusion as to the exact facts.
M-i-L keeps telling me she would love to find out what happened to her friend, her brother & their parents and I would love to be able to finally put her mind at rest.
Any suggestions welcome :)