FIDDY, CHARLES FREDERICK Rank: Civilian Date of Death: 23/06/1946 Age: 37 Regiment/Service: Civilian War Dead Reporting Authority: STEPNEY, METROPOLITAN BOROUGH Additional Information: Constable, Police War Reserve. Son of Emma Fiddy, of 49 Elsdale Street, Hackney; husband of Florence Beatrice Fiddy, of 28 Wick Road, Homerton. Injured in May 1940, in Hackney; died at London Hospitalhttp://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/3139548/FIDDY,%20CHARLES%20FREDERICK
Hi CL1 Interesting one this: Charles Frederick Fiddy in the UK, WWII Civilian Deaths, 1939-1945 Name: Charles Frederick Fiddy Estimated birth year: abt 1909 Death Date: 23 Jun 1946 Death Place: Stepney, London, England Age at Death: 37 Father: Emma Fiddy Spouse: Florence Beatrice Fiddy Charles F Fiddy in the England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007 Name: Charles F Fiddy Birth Date: abt 1909 Date of Registration: Jun 1946 Age at Death: 37 Registration district: Stepney Inferred County: London Volume: 1c Page: 104 As the info says he was injured May 1940, died June 1946 - think we need someone with newspaper archive access again TD edit: added wrong image now changed to correct one
A little intriguing, as first response is to think of a bombing raid, but there were only 12 Civilian War Dead in the entire month of May 1940, none in Hackney or Homerton. He's not recorded in the Metropolitan Police Book of Remembrance or Roll of Honour (did Hackney come under City of London?) So possibly a traffic accident during the blackout injuring him severely enough to cause his death 6 years later. But to be on CWGC I'd expect it to be related to enemy action to qualify as a CWGC casualty. (The Met Police Book of Remembrance has PC William George Morgan. Killed in a collision with a bus at Sidcup in 1940 whilst cycling to report for duty during the blackout, and he's not a CWGC casualty.)
