WW2 Local deaths

[kevo2k7]

hi does any1 know of a site that can tell me the local people who died in bombings and where they perished? eg pat and john flemming died in bombing at 112 park street 19th june 1945.

[Octavius]

Not always possible that it will be logged on an internet site, but you could try the local Record Office for the district you are enquiring about. Someone may have collated local deaths as a result of bombing raids in their area of the UK.

[stewey]

Was Britain still being bombed by the Germans in June, 1945?

[MustafaTickl]

On May 7th 1945 all German forces unconditionally surrendered. May 8th was VE (Victory Europe) day.

[stewey]

Thanks, Mustafa. I was thinking that June '45 was a little late for the Germans to still be in action.
Kevo, I'm not implying that those people were not killed in a bombing raid, I was just questioning the date.

[dundurn]

If you have the names of possible victims from whatever source you can check them out on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission site - www.cwgc.org - it lists known civilian casualties as well as those from the armed forces.

You can also search by cemetery - so if you suspect that the majority of local casualties would have gone to one or other cemetery, you can look for the grouped records that way. The cemetery records are alphabetical, so members of the same family dying in a single bombing would be next to each other, but if you're looking for records over a number of houses, you would have to search the entire entry for a particular cemetery to be sure of getting everybody.

As an example East Ham Borough Cemetery has 136 records over 7 pages of civilian casualties.

[kevo2k7]

Cheers Guys Ur Info Wos Much Appreciated An Helpful

[reinganum]

I have access to a library which has some volumes called Civilian deaths in World War 2 (or something very similar). It lists all deaths by local authority area (but you have to know the name the local authority went by during the war).

I have traced one or two deceased relatives that way and have also been able to settle some family arguments (for example a great aunt supposedly killed in the London blitz was actually a victim of a V1 bomb).

If you want to, let me know the names of the people you are interested in, and the area they lived in, and I'll see if I can find anything further. Even partial information would help.

[kevo2k7]

Reinganum thanx 4 ya help an support but i wasnt really lukin 4 any1 in particular,was just really interested out of curiousity but thanx anyway your offer of help is much appreciated.