Born as Katherine Wynne during the March quarter
1901 in the Oldham R.D. - ref: 8d/570, the
daughter of Arthur Gilbert & Eleanor Wynne (nee
Dixon).

1901 Census - 56 Carlton Street, Leeds, Yorkshire.
  Daughter - aged: 4 months - born: Oldham,
Lancashire.    Also - Arthur Gilbert Wynne -
Visitor - Married - aged: 32 - occ: Chief
Instructor of Physical Exercises - born: Toronto,
Canada.    Also - Eleanor Wynne - Wife - aged: 32
- born: Leeds, Yorkshire.  

1911 Census - Delph Mount, Huddersfield Road,
Cross Bank, Waterhead, Oldham, Lancashire.  
Daughter - aged: 10 - born: Oldham.   Head of
household - Arthur Gilbert Wynne - Married - aged:
42 - occ: Chief Instructor of Physical Exercises
with Oldham Education Committee - born: Toronto,
Canada.    Also - Eleanor Wynne - Wife - aged: 42
- born: Leeds, Yorkshire.   plus her younger
sister - Margaret G. Wynne - aged: 7 months -
born: Leeds. 

Married - Gerald  Stott during the September
quarter 1929 in the Oldham R.D. - ref: 8d/2225.

1939 National Registration - Lancaster House Oak
Road, Oldham.   Gerald Stott - Married - born on
the 19th December 1895 - occ: Headmaster at Public
Elementary School, he was also a Part-time member
of the Oldham A.R.P. Control Centre.    Katherine
Stott - Married - born on the 30th November 1900 -
occ: Unpaid Domestic Duties and a Part-time member
of the Oldham A.F.S. 

Her husband - Gerald Stott, suffered from
claustrophobia, he did not want to go down in the
cellar so left the house.   On the night of the
raid, Katherine went down into the cellar with
their dog and both were killed.   

Killed during a German Bombing Raid on Oldham the
night of the 12th/13th October 1941.   Her burial
record lists her address as 41 Corona Avenue,
Oldham.

Commemorated on St. Margaret's P.C. War Memorial,
Hollinwood.

Her husband - Gerald Stott died in 1969 - aged:
75.

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German Bombing Raid on Oldham the night of the
12th/13th October 1941

According to the Ministry of Security's Bomb
Census for the raids of the 12th/13th October
1941, a total of 26 H.E. bombs fell on Oldham that
night.  19 exploded and 7 were U.X.Bs.  There were
no oil bombs dropped nor any incendiary bombs.

Red Warning was sounded at 23.06 hrs on the 12th
and White (all clear) at 00.58 hrs on the 13th.

There was no Balloon Barrage in place over Oldham
that night.  Visibility was 'Fair' and there was
no cloud cover.

15 German aircraft took part in the raid at
heights of 5,400 feet and 16,700 feet.  The
aircraft criss-crossed over the area - at 23.10
hrs on the 12th and at 00.10 hrs on the 13th.

CWGC - W.V.S.; of Lancaster House, Oak Road,
Hollinwood. Daughter of Captain A. G. Wynne, of 41
Corona Avenue; wife of Gerald Stott. Died at
Lancaster House, Oak Road.

A total of 27 civilians were killed in this
bombing raid.

A summary of these 26 bombs can be seen under
"Memorials".