Derek Pickering | | Rank: | Civilian | | Died: | 27/06/1942 | Age: | 7 | | Incident Date: | 27/06/1942 | | Incident Address. | 55 Orchard Street, Weston Super Mare | | Died Address: | 55 Orchard Street, Weston Super Mare | |
| Grave Photo: | No | | Cemetery or Memorial: | Not Known | | Town Memorial: | Hollingworth Town War Memorial | | Extra Information: | CWGC - of 10 King Street, Hollingworth,
Manchester. Son of Walter Pickering, and of Nora
Elizabeth Pickering. Died at 55 Orchard Street,
Weston Super Mare.
Death registered at Weston Super Mare.
During the night of the 27th/28th June 1942, a
massive bombing raid on Weston Super Mare killed
51 civilians over a swath of Weston’s
residential areas from the north-east to the
south-west including 16 who were killed in Orchard
Street. |
| District: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Hollingworth (Tameside MBC) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Memorials found on: | | | | | | Hollingworth Town | | | C.W.G.C. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | St. Mary’s, Hollingworth | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Greater Manchester Blitz Victims