Herbert Walter Towndrow | Rank: | Civilian | Died: | 22/12/1940 | Age: | 10 | Incident Date: | 22/12/1940 | Incident Address. | Cornbrook Brewery Shelter | Died Address: | Cornbrook Brewery Shelter | |
Grave Details: | Section 'S' (Consecrated) | Cemetery or Memorial: | Manchester (Southern) Cemetery | Town Memorial: | Not Listed | Extra Information: | Born during the December quarter 1930 in the
Manchester South R.D. - ref: 8d/297, the son of
Herbert & Emily Towndrow - (Nee Hassall).
1939 National Registration - 62 Dover Street,
Manchester. Walter Hassell (spelt with an 'e'
not an 'a') - born on the 8th August 1881 -
Married - occ: Motor Builder. Margaret Hassell
- (ditto spelling) born on the 20th July 1873 -
Married - occ: Unpaid Domestic Duties. Emily
Townbrow (Spelt with a 'B' not a 'd') born on the
30th January 1907 - Married - occ: Presser - Fancy
Bedding. There is only one redacted record at
this address - which will be either Herbert Walter
Towndrow (b.1930), or Jean Emily Towndrow
(b.1933). (But where was the other sibling not
listed?)
CWGC - Son of Emily Towndrow, of 62 Dover Street,
Hulme. Died at Cornbrook Brewery Shelter.
Featured in the M.E.N. (Education Pack) that
stated that a woman had also died in this shelter.
In fact there were two women killed in this
shelter alongside Herbert.
The Shelter was situated on the corner of
Ellesmere Street & Trentham Street, Hulme.
Buried with his maternal grandparents - Walter &
Margaret Hassall.
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