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Emily Martin

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.

Emily Martin
Killed, aged 44, in the Downhills shelter WW2 tragedy, 19 September 1940.

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Emily Martin

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