Patricia Jones | Rank: | Civilian | Died: | 23/12/1940 | Age: | 16 | How Died: | Falling Debris | Incident Date: | 23/12/1940 | Incident Address. | 28 Stanley Road, Old Trafford | Died Address: | 28 Stanley Road, Old Trafford | |
C.W.D. No. | 69 | Grave Details: | Comm/437a | Grave Photo: | Yes | Cemetery or Memorial: | Stretford Cemetery | Town Memorial: | Not Listed | Extra Information: | Born in 1924.
CWD Report No. 69. Died as a result of falling
debris at 28 Stanley Road, Old Trafford from where
her body was recovered at 15.45 hrs on 9th January
1941 and taken to the City Road Mortuary, Old
Trafford. Her body was released for burial to the
Council's Undertaker Contractor - R. Pepperdine,
31 Ayres Road, Old Trafford. Employed as a
Laundress.
Killed when a land mine landed on Stanley Road,
Old Trafford. This was the worst single incident
in terms of loss of life in the whole of Greater
Manchester during WW2. In total, thirty three
persons were killed.
Buried 15/01/1941 - Burial No. 17,941.
Her mother Mary McLaughlin (formerly Jones) and
her new step-father Patrick Hugh McLaughlin,
together with her siblings - Catherine Jane Jones,
William Jones and James Jones, were also killed in
the same incident.
CWGC - of 28 Stanley Road, Old Trafford. Daughter
of Mary McLaughlin (formerly Jones), at 28 Stanley
Road.
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District: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Stretford (Trafford MBC) | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Memorials found on: | | | | | | | C.W.G.C. | | Stretford Communal | | | | Stretford WW2 Book | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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