Sergeant NORA EILEEN SHERLOCK 440101, Women's Auxiliary Air Force who died age 28 on 12 April 1944 Foster-daughter and niece of Mrs. E. M. Collins, of Kenton, Harrow, Middlesex. Remembered with honour KENSAL GREEN (ST. MARY'S) ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY
Private JOAN MARY BAXTER W/241077, Auxiliary Territorial Service who died age 20 on 01 February 1943 Daughter of Francis Joseph and Ellen Baxter, of St. Pancras. Remembered with honour KENSAL GREEN (ST. MARY'S) ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY
New Casualty on CWGC as advised by Chris Harley She was a victim of Neville Heath Wren DOREEN MARGARET MARSHALL 51177, H.M.S. PRESIDENT , Women's Royal Naval Service who died age 21 on 04 July 1946 Section F6 Grave 54 Remembered with honour HARROW (PINNER) NEW CEMETERY Photos attached taken by myself More info on the incident in the link below Doreen Margaret Marshall (1925 - 1946) - Find A Grave Photos
Section Officer NOOR (Nora) INAYAT-KHAN G C, Mentioned in Despatches 9901, Women's Auxiliary Air Force seconded to W.T.S. (F.A.N.Y.), attd., Special Operations Executive who died on 13 September 1944 (Served as Nora). Daughter of Mrs. O. R. Inayat-Khan, of Oxford. Remembered with honour RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Section Officer CICELY MARGOT LEFORT 9900, Women's Auxiliary Air Force attd., Special Operations Executive who died age 46 on 01 May 1945 Croix de Guerre. Wife of Dr. Alix Lefort, of Paris, France. Remembered with honour RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Flight Officer CLARICE SYBIL ELLIS 497, Women's Auxiliary Air Force who died age 37 on 08 September 1945 Daughter of Clarence I. and Margaret Ellis, of Torquay, Devon. Remembered with honour RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Section Officer DIANA HOPE ROWDEN Mentioned in Despatches 4193, Women's Auxiliary Air Force attd. S.O.E., Special Operations Executive who died age 29 on 06 July 1944 Croix de Guerre. Daughter of Maj. Aldred Clement Rowden, and of Christian Rowden, of Binsted, Hampshire. Remembered with honour RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Leading Aircraftwoman JEAN PENELOPE METHERELL 2069401, 36 Sqdn., Women's Auxiliary Air Force who died age 21 on 08 March 1945 Daughter of John Henry and Esther May Metherell, of Boscastle, Cornwall. Remembered with honour RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Section Officer LILIAN VERNA ROLFE 9907, Women's Auxiliary Air Force attd. S.O.E., Special Operations Executive who died on 05 February 1945 Croix de Guerre and Palme.. Remembered with honour RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Leading Aircraftwoman MARY HARRIET ELWELL 2061918, Women's Auxiliary Air Force who died age 30 on 18 February 1945 Daughter of Thomas Homeshaw Elwell and Mary Elwell, of Stourbridge, Worcestershire. Remembered with honour RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Leading Aircraftwoman MARGARET MARY WALSH 2006225, 271 Sqdn., Women's Auxiliary Air Force who died age 33 on 28 April 1945 Daughter of Maj. Patrick Walsh, R.A.O.C., and of Mary Margaret Walsh, of Hove, Sussex. Remembered with honour RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Section Officer NATALIE CONWY REES-PRICE 6940, Women's Auxiliary Air Force who died on 12 May 1945 Remembered with honour RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Section Officer YOLANDE ELSA MARIA UNTERNAHRER Mentioned in Despatches 9902, Women's Auxiliary Air Force, Special Operations Executive who died age 32 on 13 September 1944 Served as Y.E.M. BEEKMAN. Croix de Guerre. Daughter of Berthe Lydie Unternahrer, of Mill Hill, Middlesex. Native of France. Remembered with honour RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
hello Tony updated the wreath has now been removed Private DOROTHY J. FREEMAN W/295253, Auxiliary Territorial Service attd., Royal Army Service Corps who died age 18 on 28 July 1944 Daughter of Winifred G. Connolly, of Kenton. Remembered with honour HARROW (WEALDSTONE) CEMETERY
Thanks Clive I note it left a dirty mark on the headstone and the jar of flowers also gone. Something else I didn't notice before, her name is Freeman but her father's name is Connolly no indication of a husband? Tony
hello Tony i reported a broken headstone and a number of very worn headstones in the same cemetery and CWGC have visited and assume they removed the wreath. Assume the parents could have been divorced and Mother remarried. She could possibly have been married but was only 18 regards Clive
Aircraftwoman 1st. Class Mary Evans. 471859, Women's Auxillary Airforce. Who Died Age 24. On 12 February 1945. Daughter of Walter and Josephine Evans, of Keswick, Cumberland. Remembered with honour. Keswick (St.John) Churchyard. MARY EVANS age 24 ACW 1st class W.A.A.F 12th June 1945 Daughter of Walter and Josephine Evans, of Keswick. Buried St Johns, Keswick. Based at R.AF Weeton, Mary was a clerk, she died of meningitis in Blackpool Victoria Hospital. I was called up to serve in the WAAF in 1943. My trade was that of telephonist which saw me posted to RAF Weeton in Lancashire where I had two very good friends, one a fellow telephonist was Hilda Brown and the other, a clerk, was Mary Evans from Keswick where her parents had a private hotel. I recall after being at Weeton only a few months, how Mary complained of severe headaches so we advised her to report sick which she did and was admitted to the Sick Quarters for observation and further treatment. From there she was transferred to the Victoria Hospital in Blackpool where she fell into a coma. All this happened very quickly, over a matter of several days with her parents not being informed of the seriousness of her condition by the Service Authorities. In retrospect they were aggrieved at not being informed until it was too late. Both Hilda and I knew Mary was seriously ill but that was all. We learned later that she had contracted meningitis. We were informed of her death by an officer and that Hilda and I, being her closest friends, had to represent the Service at her funeral accompanied by an officer. Her parents wanted no other contact with the WAAF as they were very bitter over the delay in informing them of the seriousness of Mary's condition and we were the only people requested to attend by her parents. I remember the journey from Weeton to the funeral at Keswick very clearly. The three of us, Hilda, I and the officer had each to carry two huge wreaths. The officer travelled first class and we noticed her packed lunch was not the same as ours as it was wrapped in a white napkin and ours was old cheese in thick bread wrapped in greaseproof paper and nothing to drink with it. We tried to eat the sandwiches but eventually gave up on them. It was with great relief that we stopped at Carnforth Station where ladies of the WVS, as it was then, were handing out jam jars of lovely hot tea to Service personnel which was most welcome. I remember thinking at the time, that if my mother, who was only a few miles away in Lancaster, could have seen her well brought up daughter drinking tea from a jam jar on Carnforth Station she would have been most upset!. As the train arrived late we had to run into Keswick from the station still carrying our huge wreaths. I recall as we turned a street corner we bumped into several small boys playing. One turned and looked directly at me and I recognised Mary's little brother who I'd met before, it was a horrible experience. I couldn't control my tears or wipe them away as I was carrying Mary's wreaths. Being late the cortege was leaving the house as we arrived so we joined the rear of the procession until Hilda and I were ordered to 'slow march' each side of our friend's coffin to the graveside. At the burial we had to stand and salute as the coffin was slowly lowered into the grave, a terrible experience I shall never forget as we were all such close friends barely out of our teens. Courtesy of Joan Woodhouse/BBC Peoples War Details from : http://keswick-at-war.yolasite.com/