Remembering Today Casualty Details CURRIN, PETER Rank: Gunner Service No: 784449 Date of Death: 01/06/1940 Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery, 24 Field Regt. Panel Reference: Panel 3. Column 1. Memorial: BROOKWOOD 1939-1945 MEMORIAL
784449 Gunner Peter Currin 24th Field Regiment Royal Artillery Born : 1910 Baillieston Glasgow Lanarkshire Enlisted : 17th July 1928 Transferred to Army Reserve : 16th May 1934 DIed of Wounds : 1/6/1940 The tragedy here is that his wife and children were all killed in the same incident, I guess a V2 rocket : All UK, WWII Civilian Deaths, 1939-1945 Violet Currin abt 1908 1 Feb 1945 West Ham, Essex, England Peter Jun Currin abt 1933 1 Feb 1945 West Ham, Essex, England Violet, Peter Joan Currin abt 1935 1 Feb 1945 West Ham, Essex, England Violet, Peter Peter Currin abt 1936 1 Feb 1945 West Ham, Essex, England Violet, Peter Veronica Currin abt 1939 1 Feb 1945 West Ham, Essex, England Violet, Peter TD edited to add: Section under photo in italics
Found the info below on this website - http://fakeologist.com/forums/topic/v1-and-v2-rockets-hoax/page/2/ - I have no idea or comment on this particular site but only reproduced the information I thought relevant, I offer no guarantees as to the accuracy of the report/document/whatever it is In the early years of the Second World War the residents of Barnby Street were the victims of no less than seven air raid attacks, when incendiary (Incend) and high explosive (HE) bombs rained down on the houses in the residential street off West Ham Lane. In the early hours of 1st February 1945 at 3:03 am, Hitler’s last weapon of terror, a V-2 Rocket, left a trail of death and destruction on the [same] sleeping street. 29 people lost their lives and 15 others were seriously injured. Houses were totally destroyed and the surrounding streets were severely bomb blasted. “The missile landed in the road at the rear of West Ham Police Station which was on the corner of West Ham Lane and Barnby Street. Officers on duty, under an inspector, went to the scene and turned the headlights of police cars on the devastated houses. Searchlights were also rushed to the spot and Civil Defence rescue workers, aided by dogs, searched among the debris. The C.D. personnel were able to rescue many buried in the ruins. Some were seriously injured and there were others with slight casualties. Apart from a slight injury to a sergeant there were no casualties among the police.” – Stratford Express Newspaper, February 16, 1945. Later that morning, Ted Carter, the Chief Warden at Waltham Holy Cross, who was the official photographer for Air Raid Precaution/Civil Defence – Group 7 arrived at West Ham The crater was in the middle of the road, with the usual devastation all around. Small houses had vanished in a heap of brick dust and rubble.. CHINNICK James Henry – Fireman NFS at 50 Barnby Street (resident of Dagenham) COPPOLO Thomas 33 48 Barnby Street CROOK Florence 66, 39 Barnby Street CURME Matilda 44 41 Barnby Street CURME Dennis 13 41 Barnby Street CURRIN Violet 37 43 Barnby Street CURRIN June 12 43 Barnby Street CURRIN Joan 10 43 Barnby Street CURRIN Peter 9 43 Barnby Street CURRIN Veronica 6 43 Barnby Street DODKINS John 42 46 Barnby Street DURRANT Evelyn 74 62 Barnby Street DYSON Ena Victoria 36 45 Barnby Street DYSON Jessie Ena 9 45 Barnby Street DYSON David 4 45 Barnby Street DYSON Carole 15m 45 Barnby Street HARDY Elizabeth 51 60 Barnby Street HARDY Frederick 56 60 Barnby Street HOMEWOOD Thomas 63 50 Barnby Street HOMEWOOD Matilda 54 50 Barnby Street HOMEWOOD Victor 25 50 Barnby Street HOMEWOOD Beatrice 23 50 Barnby Street HOMEWOOD Ellen 15 50 Barnby Street HORIGAN Miriam 53 52 Barnby Street MOFFATT Lillian Miriam 48 62 Barnby Street SANDERSON Peter John 12 37 Barnby Street SHARP Alice Sarah 70 57 Barnby Street SHARPEN Frances Ellen 43 58 Barnby Street SHARPEN Florence 16 58 Barnby Street Some reports state that 30 people were killed that night and local legend says that some bodies were never recovered from the ruins, but casualty figures are always tricky. The estimates were made from returns submitted by the Warden for the area. He or she had a list of everyone within his/her designated territory, mostly compiled by simply touring round and knocking on doors and recording what he/she was told. It certainly was the case that the initial report of casualties turned out to be incorrect. Supposedly unaccounted people turned up days’ later. Others reported as ‘with friends or family’ were later found dead in the rubble or simply vanished, presumed dead. TD
CURRIN, VERONICA Civilian 01/02/1945 6 Civilian War Dead United Kingdom WEST HAM, COUNTY BOROUGH CURRIN, VIOLET Civilian 01/02/1945 37 Civilian War Dead United Kingdom WEST HAM, COUNTY BOROUGH CURRIN, JOAN Civilian 01/02/1945 10 Civilian War Dead United Kingdom WEST HAM, COUNTY BOROUGH CURRIN, JUNE Civilian 01/02/1945 12 Civilian War Dead United Kingdom WEST HAM, COUNTY BOROUGH CURRIN, PETER Civilian 01/02/1945 9 Civilian War Dead United Kingdom WEST HAM, COUNTY BOROUGH
Feb. 01, (02.59 hours) - Batt. 3./485 (Art. Reg. 3./902), Den Haag, V-2 rocket fired, impacted West Ham. 29 Dead, 118 injured. (*JP) V2ROCKET.COM - Timeline of V2 Attacks http://www.wrsonline.co.uk/
Just noticed: England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 Name: Peter Currin Birth Date: abt 1910 Date of Registration: Jun 1940 Age at Death: 30 Registration district: Colchester Inferred County: Essex Volume: 4a Page: 1585 TD