List of People Who Died In Raid on Ransome & Marles in 1941
This article is a list of the 41 people (29 men and 12 women) who died as a result of the Luftwaffe raid on Ransome and Marle’s Factory, Beacon Hill Newark on 7th March, 1941. For general information about Ransome & Marles, and for accounts of the raid by Coddington people, follow this link.
The information is from the webpage of Laurence Goff, taken from the website of Newark Cemetery - who is trying to raise awareness of the raid and get a proper memorial to its victims:
1, George Harold Henry Adams, aged 45, of 77 Millgate Newark. Buried in Newark Cemetery 14.03.1941 ED307.
2, Wilfred Evelyn Andrews, aged 39 – uncle of current Coddington resident, Maureen Andrews. Lived at 48 Chestnut Avenue Newark. Buried in Newark Cemetery 11.3.1941, ED303.
3, Olive Ash, aged 31, of 14 Portland Street Newark, died after admission to hospital. Buried in Newark Cemetery 14.03.1941, no stone found. EK253
4, Bertie Augustus Ball, aged 18, of 6 Newstead Avenue Newark. Buried in Newark Cemetery 13.03.1941, no stone or marking found. EQ207
5, Ernest Patrick Beale aged 27, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment,Private), of 38 Appletongate Newark, died after admission to hospital. Buried in Newark Cemetery 13.03.1941, no stone or marking found. WG288
6, Edward Beaver, aged 26, of 15 Roseberry Hill Mansfield, died after admission to hospital. No record found of burial.
7, Harold Vincent Brown, aged 44, of 5 Charles Street Newark. Buried in Newark Cemetery 12.03.1941. EQ149
8, Vivian Maud Castle, aged 18, of Elston near Newark. No record found of burial.
9, Enid Winifred Hall Cooper aged 30, of 12 Pinfold Lane Balderton, died after admission to hospital. Buried in St Giles Church Balderton.
10, Edna May Cottam, aged 19, of 27 William Street Newark. Buried in Newark Cemetery 13.03.1941 WT303
11, Gladys Cummings, aged 21, of 42 Welbeck Avenue Newark, died after admission to hospital. Buried in Newark Cemetery 15.03.1941 ED305
12, William Joseph Dixey, aged 62, of 65 Bowbridge Road Newark. Buried in Newark Cemetery 12.03.1941. EO145
13, Frederick Fowler, aged 39, of Long Street Great Gonerby near Grantham, died after admission to hospital. No record of burial.
14, George William Godridge, aged 29, of 28 Lime Grove Newark, died after admission to hospital. Buried in Newark Cemetery 14.03.1941, no stone or marking found. EH247
15, Robert B Grant, aged 47, of 3 Sleaford Road Newark. Buried in Newark Cemetery. EG237. His son Chris was only five when his Father died - he became Newark town mayor 50 years later in 1991-1992.
16, John Henry Green, aged 55, Volunteer Home Guard, 11th Nottinghamshire (Newark), of 9 Marton Road Newark. Buried in Newark Cemetery 11.03.1941. WG308
17, Horace Grocock, aged 47, of 115 Millgate Newark, died after admission to hospital. Buried In Barnby in the Willows. There have been a number of people of this surname living in Coddington.
18, Albert Robert Gyde, aged 42, of 60A Barnbygate Newark, died after admission to hospital. Buried in Newark Cemetery 13.03.1941. WS305
19, Rose Ellen Hall, aged 30, of 19 Long Row Newark, died after admission to hospital. Buried in Newark Cemetery 13.03.1941, no stone or marking found. EI151
20, James Hazelby Hanger, aged 29, of 6 Cedar Avenue Newark. Buried in Newark Cemetery. WR300
21, Thomas McHallam Hardie, aged 26, of 56 Milton Street Newark. Buried in Newark Cemetery 12.03.1941. ED304
22, Sybil Harriet Hayden, aged 34, of Ivy Farm Kirklington, died after admission to hospital. No record of burial.
23, Joyce May Kirton, aged 18, of 21 Guildhall Street Newark. No record of burial.
24, Lily Lambert, aged 22, of 59 Bowbridge Road Newark. Buried in Newark Cemetery 11.03.1941, no stone or marking found. EH249
25, George Felix Lambley, aged 39, of Marton Road Newark. Buried in Newark Cemetery 11.03.1941 WD178
26, Edith Makins, aged 21, of The Green South Collingham near Newark. Buried in South Collingham Church.
27, Frederick William Mann, aged 46, of “Manville” New Balderton, died after admission to hospital. Buried in Newark Cemetery 13.03.1941, no marking or stone. EG238
28, Frederick Markwell, aged 50, of 114 Hawton Lane New Balderton. No record of burial.
29, Claude Ware Hannah Martin, aged 36, of 33 Bowbridge Road Newark. Buried in Newark Cemetery 12.03.1941. WT178
30, Edwin E. Martin, aged 46, 46 Newton Street Newark, buried in Newark Cemetery.
31, Richard Naylor, aged 25, 162 Barnbygate Newark. Buried in Newark Cemetery 11.03.1941, no stone or marking found WC175
32, Frederick William Packwood, aged 52, of 56 Appletongate Newark. Buried in Newark Cemetery 12.03.1941 WS304
33, William Thomas Pepper, aged 18, of 7 Norwell Road Caunton near Newark. No record of burial.
34, Frederick Richards, aged 32, of Beacon Hill Road Newark, died after admission to hospital. Buried in Newark Cemetery 12.03.1941. No stone or marking found WL306. See account of raid by Michael Sellars, Coddington oral history.
35, Alfred Mayfield Ridge, aged 68, 84 Beacon Hill Newark. Buried in Newark Cemetery 13.03.1941. No stone or marking found WF309. See account of raid by Michael Sellars, Coddington oral history.
36, Reginald William Senior, aged 35, died on the 8th March after admission to hospital, of 8 Middleton Road Newark. Buried in Newark Cemetery 12.03.1941. WQ305
37, George Swanwick, aged 38, of 4 Vernon Avenue Newark. Buried in Newark Cemetery 12.03.1941 No stone or marking found EQ252.
38, Norah Trueblood, aged 34, of 42 William Street Newark , died after admission to hospital. Buried in Newark Cemetery 14.03.1941. WP305
39, Esther Evelyn Varney, aged 19, of 9 Wilson Street Newark. Her Body was never found.
40, William Warner, aged 51, of 9 Grove Street New Balderton, died after admission to hospital. Buried in Newark Cemetery 13.03.1941. No stone or marking found WB282
41 Arthur Worrell, aged 31, of Chestnut Cottage Girton. Buried in Newark Cemetery E 305