Barrow in Furness 14th April 1941

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  1. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    First major Barrow air raid killed 19 on April 14 in 1941
    Civilian dead in the ‘Barrow Blitz’ - Furness Stories Behind the Stones

    What appears to have been a single German bomber destroyed houses, a hotel and church between 3.05am and 4.40am on April 14 in 1941 – leaving 19 people dead.


    014 CARR BM - - 14/04/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
    015 CARR FH - - 14/04/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
    016 CARR EM - - 14/04/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
    027 EDNEY AW - - 14/04/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
    036 HANNAN WJ - - 14/04/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
    037 HANNAN R - - 14/04/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
    038 HANNAN WC - - 14/04/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
    042 HERRON W - - 14/04/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
    055 JENNER AC - - 14/04/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
    066 MARSH ER - - 14/04/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
    067 MARSH JE - - 14/04/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
    081 PEMBERTON M - - 14/04/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
    083 RANKIN E - - 14/04/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
    084 RANKIN J - - 14/04/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
    085 RAVEN E - - 14/04/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
    089 ROGERS MM - - 14/04/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
    090 ROGERS H - - 14/04/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
    091 ROGERS MJ - - 14/04/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
    092 ROGERS A - - 14/04/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
     
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  2. Deacs

    Deacs Well i am from Cumbria.

    Some photos from the Dock museum Barrow-In-Furness.
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  3. allanh53

    allanh53 1st Airlanding anti-tank battery royal artillery

    luftwaffe bombing map.jpg luftwaffe bombing map.jpg 2.jpg cant remember where i got these from, luftwaffe target maps
     
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  4. harkness

    harkness Well-Known Member

    1939 Register

    40 Vernon Street, Barrow-In-Furness, Lancashire
    Name - Birth date - Occupation - Marital status
    Harry Rogers - 05 Jan 1900 - Permanent Way Labourer ? Engineering Maintenance Repair - Married
    Millicent T Rogers - 07 Apr 1900 - Unpaid Domestic Duties - Married
    Mary M Rogers - 22 Feb 1859 - Unpaid Domestic Duties - Widowed
    Audrey Rogers - 11 Jun 1937 - Under School Age

    15 Gloucester Street, Barrow-In-Furness
    Name - Birth date - Occupation - Marital status
    William J Hannan - 04 Apr 1893 - Boiler Cleaner & Sealer - Married
    Rosina Hannan - 12 Jun 1905 - Unpaid Domestic Duties - Married
    William C Hannan - 27 Aug 1915 - Back Hammer & Striker - Single

    (the above were killed at 42 Vernon Street)

    48 Vernon Street, Barrow-In-Furness
    John Rankin - 09 Sep 1883 - Iron Dredder Shipyard - Married
    Elizabeth - Rankin - 12 Nov 1885 - Unpaid Domestic Duties - Married
    James Rankin - 09 Jun 1920 - Apprentice Fitter Shipyard - Single
     
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  5. Deacs

    Deacs Well i am from Cumbria.

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  6. Deacs

    Deacs Well i am from Cumbria.

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