Harold Leah | Rank: | Civilian | Died: | 22/12/1940 | Age: | 6 | Incident Date: | 22/12/1940 | Incident Address. | 5 Tower Street | Died Address: | 5 Tower Street | |
Grave Photo: | No | Cemetery or Memorial: | Hyde Cemetery | Town Memorial: | Not Listed | Extra Information: | CWGC - Son of Thomas and Annie Leah, of 16
Mansfield Road. Died at 5 Tower Street.
When houses in the middle of a row received a
direct hit, two children named Harold Leah, aged 3
and his Brother Thomas Leah aged 5, were buried
amid the debris and their bodies were not
recovered until some hours afterwards. A little
girl who had been in the house playing with them
was uninjured.
Buried on 28/12/1940.
Now the site of the Thornley Medical Centre car
park. |
District: | | | | | | | | | | | Hyde (Tameside MBC) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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