Person    | Female  Born 16/2/1873  Died 18/9/1940

Mrs Edith Emily Appleby

War dead non-military, WW2 i

Commemorated on a memorial as being a civilian who was killed in WW2. Includes mercantile marines and emergency services personnel.

Mrs Edith Emily Appleby

Born as Edith Emily Harrison. Wife of William Charles Appleby married 1900 in Stoke Newington. Mother of Alice, William, Louise, Jack, Edith, Thomas, Alfred, Alexander and Christopher. Lived at Hindle House Arcola Street Hackney. Killed by a high explosive bomb dropped on Hindle House. Buried at Abney Park Cemetery Stoke Newington.

Just 5 months after Edith was killed her son Christoher was killed serving in the Royal Navy.

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Mrs Edith Emily Appleby

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Hindle House Blitz bomb

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1 memorial
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Old Limehouse

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Royal National Institute for Deaf People

Royal National Institute for Deaf People

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