MORRHALL, DOROTHY ISA GRAY Rank: Warrant Officer Class II Trade: C.S.M. Service No: W/6701 Date of Death: 23/10/1943 Age: 24 Regiment/Service: Auxiliary Territorial Service Grave Reference: West portion. Cemetery: LLANLLWCHAIARN (ST. LLWCHAIARN) CHURCHYARD Additional Information: Daughter of George Cowie Gray and Lilian Gray; wife of Edward Geoffrey Morrhall, of Ellesmere, Shropshire.http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2965097/MORRHALL,%20DOROTHY%20ISA%20GRAY
Any further info thank you Birth: 1919 Death: Oct. 23, 1943 In loving memory of Dorothy Morrhall Killed on Salisbury Plain while serving in the A.T.S. on 23rd. October 1943 and her parents Leonard Charles Pailing 1896-1979 Lilian May Pailing 1896-1985 A.T.S. = Auxiliary Territorial Service Warrant Officer, Class II Company Sergeant Major Service Number: W/6701 Wife of Edward Geoffrey Morrhall, of Ellesmere, Shropshire. Note that the records of the Commonwealth War Graves Association give her father as George Cowie Gray, and her mother as Lilian Gray. It is, of course, possible that, for instance, George may have died and Lilian re-married, to Leonard. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=135975220
1558775 WOOD Herbert Bdr Royal Artilley joined in 1938. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2409061/WOOD,%20HERBERT 1567696 McCANN Martin Bdr Royal Artillery joined in 1938. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2428590/McCANN,%20MARTIN Both men were serving with 227 AA Driver Training Regiment Royal Artillery The article reporting Wood's death is from the Yorkshire Evening Post 26th October 1943
Thank you Guy and TD (via pm) for the information.Much appreciated Assume it was a bomb that dropped. regards Clive
CL1 I note that it was even mentioned in Hansard's http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1943/nov/03/accident-salisbury-plain It also appears that there is an FOI request in with the MOD that covers this exact accident: 15-08-2011-114532-009 12/09/2011 Please provide full details of the accident on 23 October 1943 when five members of the ATS were killed following an incident involving a low-flying plane over Salisbury Plain. Link: - https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/16772/reqaug11.csv/preview (about 1/3rd of the way down, might be worth investigating further if you have the time. TD
Hi. My mum was in the ATS and in 1995 at the age of 77 she did an MA in women’s studies. Her dissertation was on “Women in the ATS in the Second World War. I was just flicking through my copy and came across this description from Ruth Pashley, (one of the ladies my mum interviewed for her research) of an incident that I think might be the one your relative was killed in. I thought you might be interested in her thoughts on it, and it’s aftermath. All the best.