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GREAT
YARMOUTH W.R.N.S.
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 2 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Transcription:
Jane Taylor; Research: Lynda Smith 2003
W.R.N.S.
Memorial resides in St. Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth. H.M.S. Midge
was a Coastal Forces Base in Great Yarmouth from 1st January 1941 to
21st July 1945. Responsibility was for Motor Torpedo Boats, Motor Gun
Boats and Mine Layers. On
17th March 1943, there was an air raid which killed 8 Wrens and injured
many more.
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| JAGO-BROWN |
Anne
Elizabeth |
Second
Officer. H.M.S. Midge, Women's Royal Naval Service. Sec. A. (Naval
Reservation). Died Thursday 18 March 1943. Age 33. Lived Linthorpe,
Middlesborough. Buried: GREAT YARMOUTH (CAISTER) CEMETERY, Norfolk,
United Kingdom. Ref. Grave 54. |
| DRUMMOND |
Anne
Archibald |
Leading
Wren 19919. H.M.S. Midge, Women's Royal Naval Service. Sec. A. (Naval
Reservation). Died Thursday 18 March 1943. Age 24. Daughter of James
and Margaret Drummond, of Crieff, Perthshire. Buried: GREAT YARMOUTH
(CAISTER) CEMETERY, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Ref. Grave 69. |
| HUGHES |
Joan
Mary |
Leading
Wren 15809. H.M.S. Midge, Women's Royal Naval Service. Sec. A. (Naval
Reservation). Died Thursday 18 March 1943. Age 20. Daughter of George
Stoaling Hughes, and of Dora Hughes, of Erdington, Birmingham. Buried:
GREAT YARMOUTH (CAISTER) CEMETERY, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Ref.
Grave 59. |
| POWELL |
Violet
Bessie |
Leading
Wren 36051. H.M.S. Midge, Women's Royal Naval Service. Died Thursday
18 March 1943. Age 21. Lived London E10. Buried: WOODGRANGE PARK
CEMETERY, EAST HAM, Essex, United Kingdom. Ref. Square 41. Grave
12033. |
| KILBURN |
Aileen
Mercy |
Wren
42634. H.M.S. Midge, Women's Royal Naval Service. Died Thursday
18 March 1943. Age 19. Daughter of Charles Frederick James Kilburn
and Elsie Emily Kilburn, of Chesham Bois. Buried: CHESHAM BOIS BURIAL
GROUND, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. Sec. U. Grave 1355. |
| RAINTON |
Muriel
Alfreda |
Wren
32115. H.M.S. Midge, Women's Royal Naval Service. Died Thursday
18 March 1943. Age 19. Daughter of Charles Thomas Rainton and Violet
Gertrude Rainton. of Finchley. Buried: SOUTH EALING CEMETERY, Middlesex,
United Kingdom. Ref. Sec. M. Row L. Grave 12. |
| REGAN |
Ellen
Elizabeth |
Wren
36839. H.M.S. Midge, Women's Royal Naval Service. Sec. A. (Naval
Reservation). Died Thursday 18 March 1943. Age 34. Daughter of Mrs.
E. Regan, of Ilford, Essex; sister of Andrew John Regan. Buried:
GREAT YARMOUTH (CAISTER) CEMETERY, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Ref.
Grave 64.
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| TURNER |
Rita
Mary Rose |
Wren
46294. H.M.S. Midge, Women's Royal Naval Service. Died Monday 5
April 1943. Age 19. Daughter of Isaac David and Rosetta Maud Turner,
of Maldon. Buried: MALDON CEMETERY, Essex, United Kingdom. Ref.
Row 47. Grave 79. |
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