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Tag Archives: Second World War
Part 5: German Immigrant Families Bombed by the Luftwaffe
AMELIA E BERNING, DIED AUG 29, 1944, 83 YRS, STEPNEY The ninth name on the gravestone is Amelia Caroline Berning. She was born in Yorkshire in 1862 to parents (Ludwig and Caroline Herman) who were recent immigrants from Hannover in … Continue reading
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Tagged evacuees, Llwyngwair, Pembrokeshire, Salvation Army, Second World War
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Part 4: A Royal Connection
MARY MOULAN, DIED JUNE 8, 1944, 86 YRS, STEPNEY Mary Moulan, the seventh name on this headstone in the graveyard at Nevern, proved difficult to find until we realized that the final ‘n’ of her name, as written on the … Continue reading
Part 3: The Landlady
ESTHER A LOH, DIED MAY 4, 1943, 83 YRS PADDINGTON The fifth name on the head stone is that of Esther Anne Loh. She was born Esther Anne Jones, on September 9th 1860 and although her married name might appear … Continue reading
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Tagged Esther Loh, evacuees, Llwyngwair, Salvation Army, Second World War
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Part 2: A Christmas Wedding
SARAH ALLEN, DIED JUNE 16, 1941, 81 YRS STEPNEY The first name on the memorial in Nevern’s Churchyard is that of Sarah Allen who died in 1941, at Llwyngwair. Sarah Jane Lawson was born to James Lawson and Mary Ellerton … Continue reading
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Tagged evacuees, Llwyngwair, Nevern, Sarah Allen, Second World War, St Brynach's Church
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Evacuees remembered
There are plenty of clues that tell of the evacuation of people from the cities to our part of North Pembrokeshire during the early days of the Second World War. We know that our area welcomed young evacuees. They are smiling at … Continue reading
IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR EVACUEES WHO WERE BLITZED DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN 1940
Who were these evacuees with a memorial in Nevern? Up to now I had always thought that evacuees were school children who left the towns for the countryside with their teachers, but this seems to point to something different. The Bowens, … Continue reading
Tegfan, Dinas Cross 