January 1940 saw very few civilians killed in the UK. Most were on lightships in the Channel/North Sea. I can't see any civilians killed in Southend before April 1940. Caroline ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Brown" <ask.tony@btinternet.com> To: "'Ros Lumley'" <roslumley@hotmail.com>; <Essex-UK@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 5:26 PM Subject: Re: [Ess] Southend and WWII > Ros > > I am prepared to be shot down in flames but as a long time resident of > Southend I do not think there is a specifically Catholic cemetery in the > town. > > I have a copy of Kelly's directory for 1939 so could check if and where > your > g-grandmother was living in Southend in 1939 if this is any use to you. > Contact me off list if you would like me to see if I can find her then. > > Regards > > Tony > > -----Original Message----- > From: essex-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:essex-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Ros Lumley > Sent: 23 July 2008 03:56 > To: Essex-UK@rootsweb.com > Subject: [Ess] Southend and WWII > > Hi there, > > > > I was wondering if anyone knew where WWII data sources and documents would > be held for Essex? I have recently found out that a g-grandmother was > killed > in a bombing in Jan 1940 but I don't think anyone was bombing England > then. > The family lived in Southend in the 20s so I am presuming they were still > there as the lady in question allegedly refused to be moved to the Isle of > Sheppey because she wanted to sleep in her own bed. I am also looking for > any sources for Catholic cemeteries in the same area. I am based on > Australia so am looking for sources online or available through a FHC. > > > > Many thanks in advance > > > Ros > > > > Researching Booth, Canning, Dale, Doody, Eyles, Freer, Leech, Lumley, > Noel, > Povall, Woodforde > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >