Southwold War memorial - Civilians 1939 to 1945
CIVILIANS KILLED BY
ENEMY ACTION
1939 – 1945
Note: This plaque on the War memorial commemorates those civilians whose death was a result of an air raid on Southwold on 15th May 1943 – Unless stated otherwise all died on 15th May 1943(GWF)
**I am indebted to the work of Chris Harley of the Great War Forum for providing a starting point. Any information taken from that source is marked (GWF)**********
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Southwold in the Second World War.
But the most dangerous attacks Southwold suffered were from low-flying aircraft that swept in from the North Sea below radar cover. The first bombs to hit the town were dropped on 20th August 1940, causing little damage and no casualties. The German Focke-Wulfs returned the next afternoon dropping 1,000lb bombs which demolished three houses in Lorne Road and damaged 100 houses and shops.
The following May during a night raid, bombs damaged houses on Barnaby Green, York Road and the High Street, and later that month more than 500 incendiary bombs were dropped. A bomb hit St Edmund’s Hall, which was burnt out.
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The air raids were stepped up in 1943. In February a lone German bomber dropped one 1,000lb bomb near houses in Pier Avenue destroying one of them, partially demolishing seven others and damaging a further twelve, though no one was killed.
May saw the worst raid of the war. Seven fighter-bombers targeting Lowestoft spotted barrage balloons over the port, turned south and flew at 100 feet above Southwold. One bomb destroyed a building in the grounds of St Felix School. Four more hit the town, blowing out the windows of St Edmund’s Church and destroying nearby houses in Hollyhock Square, killing six people. The Marlborough and Dunwich Hotels were also hit.
There were few other such raids until February 1944 when more than 1000 incendiary bombs were dropped on The Common where anti-aircraft guns were placed. But in October when German flying bombs known as ‘Doodle Bugs’ began passing over the town on their way to London, one was hit by the guns and exploded, damaging more than 600 buildings
www.southwoldmuseum.org/war_worldwar2.htm
LAND C W Charles William Land – aged 39. A.R.P. Ambulance Service; of 8 Church Green. Son of the late Mr. Land, of Barneby; husband of Mildred Laura Land. Died at 8 Church Green. (GWF)
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/3148999/LAND,%2...
LAND A C Alan Land – aged 12. Of 8 Church Green. Son of Charles William and Mildred Laura Land. Died at 8 Church Green. (GWF)
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/3148998/LAND,%2...
LAND M L Mildred Laura Land – aged 38. Of 8 Church Green. Daughter of W. J. Sowter, of The Street, Peasenhall; wife of Charles William Land. At 8 Church Green. (GWF)
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/3149000/LAND,%2...
BARNES E Ernest Barnes – aged 53. Of 9 School Lane, Southwold. Husband of Olive Barnes. Injured May 1943, at Southwold; died at East Suffolk Hospital, Ipswich 16th May 1943 (GWF)
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/3148644/BARNES,...
KETT M C No further information currently. (GWF)
Same forum
I know of a civillian named Kett who was blown up by a mine during the 2nd world war on Dunwich beach would this possibly be the one you have listed? If so i'll attempt to look for the info.
Looking at the inscription and comparing the C’s and G’s used as lettering, then this looks more like an M G Kett.
The death of a Maurice G Kett, aged 27, was recorded in the Blyth District of Suffolk in the July to September 1940 Quarter. Was this possibly related to the August 1940 raids which caused so much damage?
FIELD F Frank Field – aged 50. Special Constable. Husband of Edna Joyce Field, of 64 Pier Avenue, at 64 Pier Avenue. (GWF)
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/3148994/FIELD,%...
MARTIN E Emma Martin – aged 68. of 6 Hollyhock Square, Southwold. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Martin, of Sudbury. Injured 15 May 1943, at Southwold; died at East Suffolk Hospital, Ipswich 27th May 1943. (GWF)
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/3148680/MARTIN,...
PEARCE A Alice Pearce – aged 75. Of 23 Marlborough Road. Widow of H. Pearce. Died at 23 Marlborough Road. (GWF)
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/3149002/PEARCE,...
FRANCIS B Blanche Francis – aged 80. Of York House, Marlborough Road. Died at York House. (GWF)
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/3148995/FRANCIS...
NAPTHINE L M Leslie Myall Napthine CH/X187 Sergeant Royal Marines – aged 37. Son of Samuel and Katie Ann Napthine, of Wrentham; husband of Daisy May Napthine, who died in the same incident. Buried Wrentham Cemetery Sec Q Grave 78. (GWF)
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/2721303/NAPTHIN...
RM School of Signals, Southwold
NAPTHINE, Leslie M, Sergeant, RM, CH/X 187, killed
www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1943-05MAY.htm
NAPTHINE D M Daisy May Napthine – aged 44. A.R.P. Ambulance Attendant; of 6 School Green. Daughter of George and Laura Garrod, of Henstead, Beccles; wife of Sgt. Leslie Myall Napthine, Royal Marines (killed in same incident). Died at 6 School Green. (GWF)
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/3149001/NAPTHIN...
KATINAKIS G D George Demetrius Katinakis – aged 69. Of 23 Marlborough Road. Son of the late Demetrius Michael and Harriet Fanny Katinakis, of 22 Cleveland Gardens, Kensington, London; husband of Eva Mary Katinakis. Died at 23 Marlborough Road. (GWF)
George Demetrius Katinakis (25 July 1873 – 15 May 1943) was an English cricketer. Katinakis was a right-handed batsman.
Katinakis made his first-class debut for Hampshire in 1904. Katinakis represented the club in the 1906 County Championship, playing in three matches, the last of which came against Somerset.
Katinakis died in Southwold, Suffolk on 15 May 1943.
Born Bayswater, London.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Katinakis
Career Statistics
www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/15834.html
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/3148997/KATINAK...
KATINAKIS E M Eva Mary Katinakis – aged 45. Of 23 Marlborough Road. Daughter of the late H. and Alice Pearce; wife of George Demetrius Katinakis. Died at 23 Marlborough Road. See Alice Pearce above who died in the same raid. (GWF)
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/3148996/KATINAK...
Southwold War memorial - Civilians 1939 to 1945
CIVILIANS KILLED BY
ENEMY ACTION
1939 – 1945
Note: This plaque on the War memorial commemorates those civilians whose death was a result of an air raid on Southwold on 15th May 1943 – Unless stated otherwise all died on 15th May 1943(GWF)
**I am indebted to the work of Chris Harley of the Great War Forum for providing a starting point. Any information taken from that source is marked (GWF)**********
1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=60444
Southwold in the Second World War.
But the most dangerous attacks Southwold suffered were from low-flying aircraft that swept in from the North Sea below radar cover. The first bombs to hit the town were dropped on 20th August 1940, causing little damage and no casualties. The German Focke-Wulfs returned the next afternoon dropping 1,000lb bombs which demolished three houses in Lorne Road and damaged 100 houses and shops.
The following May during a night raid, bombs damaged houses on Barnaby Green, York Road and the High Street, and later that month more than 500 incendiary bombs were dropped. A bomb hit St Edmund’s Hall, which was burnt out.
.
The air raids were stepped up in 1943. In February a lone German bomber dropped one 1,000lb bomb near houses in Pier Avenue destroying one of them, partially demolishing seven others and damaging a further twelve, though no one was killed.
May saw the worst raid of the war. Seven fighter-bombers targeting Lowestoft spotted barrage balloons over the port, turned south and flew at 100 feet above Southwold. One bomb destroyed a building in the grounds of St Felix School. Four more hit the town, blowing out the windows of St Edmund’s Church and destroying nearby houses in Hollyhock Square, killing six people. The Marlborough and Dunwich Hotels were also hit.
There were few other such raids until February 1944 when more than 1000 incendiary bombs were dropped on The Common where anti-aircraft guns were placed. But in October when German flying bombs known as ‘Doodle Bugs’ began passing over the town on their way to London, one was hit by the guns and exploded, damaging more than 600 buildings
www.southwoldmuseum.org/war_worldwar2.htm
LAND C W Charles William Land – aged 39. A.R.P. Ambulance Service; of 8 Church Green. Son of the late Mr. Land, of Barneby; husband of Mildred Laura Land. Died at 8 Church Green. (GWF)
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/3148999/LAND,%2...
LAND A C Alan Land – aged 12. Of 8 Church Green. Son of Charles William and Mildred Laura Land. Died at 8 Church Green. (GWF)
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/3148998/LAND,%2...
LAND M L Mildred Laura Land – aged 38. Of 8 Church Green. Daughter of W. J. Sowter, of The Street, Peasenhall; wife of Charles William Land. At 8 Church Green. (GWF)
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/3149000/LAND,%2...
BARNES E Ernest Barnes – aged 53. Of 9 School Lane, Southwold. Husband of Olive Barnes. Injured May 1943, at Southwold; died at East Suffolk Hospital, Ipswich 16th May 1943 (GWF)
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/3148644/BARNES,...
KETT M C No further information currently. (GWF)
Same forum
I know of a civillian named Kett who was blown up by a mine during the 2nd world war on Dunwich beach would this possibly be the one you have listed? If so i'll attempt to look for the info.
Looking at the inscription and comparing the C’s and G’s used as lettering, then this looks more like an M G Kett.
The death of a Maurice G Kett, aged 27, was recorded in the Blyth District of Suffolk in the July to September 1940 Quarter. Was this possibly related to the August 1940 raids which caused so much damage?
FIELD F Frank Field – aged 50. Special Constable. Husband of Edna Joyce Field, of 64 Pier Avenue, at 64 Pier Avenue. (GWF)
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/3148994/FIELD,%...
MARTIN E Emma Martin – aged 68. of 6 Hollyhock Square, Southwold. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Martin, of Sudbury. Injured 15 May 1943, at Southwold; died at East Suffolk Hospital, Ipswich 27th May 1943. (GWF)
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/3148680/MARTIN,...
PEARCE A Alice Pearce – aged 75. Of 23 Marlborough Road. Widow of H. Pearce. Died at 23 Marlborough Road. (GWF)
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/3149002/PEARCE,...
FRANCIS B Blanche Francis – aged 80. Of York House, Marlborough Road. Died at York House. (GWF)
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/3148995/FRANCIS...
NAPTHINE L M Leslie Myall Napthine CH/X187 Sergeant Royal Marines – aged 37. Son of Samuel and Katie Ann Napthine, of Wrentham; husband of Daisy May Napthine, who died in the same incident. Buried Wrentham Cemetery Sec Q Grave 78. (GWF)
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/2721303/NAPTHIN...
RM School of Signals, Southwold
NAPTHINE, Leslie M, Sergeant, RM, CH/X 187, killed
www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1943-05MAY.htm
NAPTHINE D M Daisy May Napthine – aged 44. A.R.P. Ambulance Attendant; of 6 School Green. Daughter of George and Laura Garrod, of Henstead, Beccles; wife of Sgt. Leslie Myall Napthine, Royal Marines (killed in same incident). Died at 6 School Green. (GWF)
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/3149001/NAPTHIN...
KATINAKIS G D George Demetrius Katinakis – aged 69. Of 23 Marlborough Road. Son of the late Demetrius Michael and Harriet Fanny Katinakis, of 22 Cleveland Gardens, Kensington, London; husband of Eva Mary Katinakis. Died at 23 Marlborough Road. (GWF)
George Demetrius Katinakis (25 July 1873 – 15 May 1943) was an English cricketer. Katinakis was a right-handed batsman.
Katinakis made his first-class debut for Hampshire in 1904. Katinakis represented the club in the 1906 County Championship, playing in three matches, the last of which came against Somerset.
Katinakis died in Southwold, Suffolk on 15 May 1943.
Born Bayswater, London.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Katinakis
Career Statistics
www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/15834.html
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/3148997/KATINAK...
KATINAKIS E M Eva Mary Katinakis – aged 45. Of 23 Marlborough Road. Daughter of the late H. and Alice Pearce; wife of George Demetrius Katinakis. Died at 23 Marlborough Road. See Alice Pearce above who died in the same raid. (GWF)
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/3148996/KATINAK...