Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse
Civilian Air Raid Victims 14th/15th March 1941.
During WW2 Leeds was subject to Nine Air Raids by the German Luftwaffe and around 80 Leeds civilians lost their lives many others were left with life changing injuries.
The heaviest raid nicknamed the Quarter blitz being on the evening of Friday the 14th March 1941 and morning of Saturday the 15th March 1941 costing 65 lives. Many parts of Leeds were hit including the City Centre from Marsh Lane to Leeds Town Hall (See Below)
This page remembers those 10 Civilians who lost their lives that night and were Laid to Rest in Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse.
Bloomfield Place Woodhouse Street
Leeds Town Hall
BINNS Bernard Air Raid Warden 15/03/1941 Aged 38.
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1903: Born Leeds 07th January Vol 9b Page 533. Son of John and Ada Hewitt.
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1911: Residence No73 Burley Lodge Terrace at School.
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1920: Employed as a Joiner at Jacksons Branch Road Armley.
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1921: Enlisted 02nd March into Royal Air Force described as being 5 feet 6 half inches tall Blue Eyes Dark Brown Hair.
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1921: Posted to RAF Uxbridge then RAF Manston Kent for 4 years.
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1925: Invalided out of the RAF after being admitted to Hospital RAF Halton.
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1939: Residence Elmwood Street Occupation General Labourer Militia Corps Royal Air Force.
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1941: Bernard was a Firewatcher and was injured during the attack passing away at Leeds General Infirmary.
Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery 14.45 hrs 20th March Grave/Plot No 1132.
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BROOK Joseph Ernest Air Raid Warden 15/03/1941 Aged 52.
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1889:
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1911: Married Emma Jane Buxton Vol 9b Page 1349.
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1915: Enlisted 09th December Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Service Number 26919.
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1917: Discharged 18th September due to Wounds received in action.
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1941: Killed whilst Warden at the Pillbox in Cross Union Street Near Leeds Market. Residence No 27 Temple View Grove
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1941: CWGC Incorrectly stated Henry Not Ernest.
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1942: At Wakefield 7th January £14.00 left to wife Emma Jane.
Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery 15.00 hrs 20th March Grave/Plot No 1132.
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CHRISTMAS Charles Isaac 15/03/1941 Aged 54.
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1886: Born Crowland Lincolnshire Vol 3b Page 265. Son of Isaac and Lucy Cooper Married Crowland 1875 Vol 3b Page 371.
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1913: Husband of Elizabeth Georgina Gregory Married 12th June All Souls Leeds Occupation Barman.
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1941: Killed during the Air Raid opposite Marsh Lane Railway Station alongside Ernest James Cargill. Residence No 23 Birchett Place Hyde Park.
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1949: Passing of Wife Elizabeth Aged 56 26th May Laid to Rest alongside Isaac.
Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery 15.30 hrs 20th March Grave/Plot No 12489.
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COLLINSON Elizabeth 15/03/1941 Aged 49. (Maiden Name Scholes)
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1892: Born Leeds 22nd December Vol 9b Page 465. Daughter of William Daniel Scholes and Ada Cussans Married 1890 St Marks Woodhouse.
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1911: Residence No 4 Holborn Street Woodhouse Occupation in an Engineering Factory.
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1915: Wife of Joseph Albin Married 25th December St Marks Woodhouse.
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1917: Birth of Daughter Winnie.
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1917: Husband Serjeant Joseph Albin Killed in Action Aged 25 18th April serving with 2nd Staffordshire Regiment. CLICK HERE
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1921: Residing with parents at No 4 Holborn Street Woodhouse.
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1941: Killed during Air Raid at No 4 Holborn Street Woodhouse alongside her Daughter Winnie Daniel.
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1941: Laid to Rest Alongside her daughter Winnie.
Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery 15.30 hrs 20th March Grave/Plot No 12348.
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DANIEL Winnie 15/03/1941 Aged 23. (Daughter of Elizabeth Remembered above)
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1917: Born Leeds 16th April two days before her father Joseph was Killed in Action. Vol 9b Page 476.
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1917: Father Serjeant Joseph Albin Killed in Action Aged 25 18th April serving with 2nd Staffordshire Regiment. CLICK HERE
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1939: Husband of Raymond Married St Marks Woodhouse. Vol 9b Page 1004.
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1941: Killed during Air Raid at No 4 Holborn Street Woodhouse alongside her Mother Elizabeth Collinson. Her Husband Raymond was serving in the royal Army Service corps.
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1941: Laid to Rest Alongside her Mother Elizabeth.
Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery 15.30 hrs 20th March Grave/Plot No 12348.
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DUNN Florence Rebecca 15/03/1941 Aged 47. (Maiden Name Bray)
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1893: Born Leeds Daughter of Ernest and Mary Bradley 1941 Residence No 104 Foundry Mill Street Seacroft.
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1893: Baptised 30th December St Thomas Leeds.
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1912: Wife of Bertie Married Leeds Registry Office.
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1939: Residence No 33 Metacalf Street Kirkstall Husband Bertie Occupation Bricklayer.
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1941: Killed at No 29 Metcalf Street
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The following is a piece from The West Leeds Dispatch by Mark Stephenson
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“This is a story related to me by Mum as Florence was the Mum of two friends (sisters) of my Mum. The sisters had survived the raid and were left very badly injured.
In fact, each lost a leg (as they had been sitting in front of the fire with their Mum when the bomb hit the house)… what was ironic my Mum said was the fact that only weeks prior to this the Dunn family had moved into number 29 from across the street… .the reason for the move? No 29 was in much better condition than the house they were living in (the house that they had vacated which was opposite did not have a scratch on it).
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“One of the sisters from what my Mum also said went on to marry a young Sailor (who had lost both his legs in action). If I remember correctly this lady was called Norah and she met her future husband at the hospital (Artificial Limb Hospital in Leeds at that time) whilst receiving treatment for her injuries.
Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery 14.00 hrs 19th March Grave/Plot No 1132.
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JOBBINGS William Ballance Air Raid Warden 15/03/1941 Aged 57.
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1884: Born 07th August York Son of George James and Mary Ann Perkin.
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1884: Baptised 09th September Saint Lawrence York.
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1911: ResidenceNo 33 Airey Terrace Gateshead Occupation Grocery Manager in sisters Ethel Annie grocery store.
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1921: As above.
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1941: Killed whilst warden at the Pillbox near Union Street Baths these were behind the old Millgarth Police Station. CLICK HERE
Residence time of death No 24 Vernon Road.
Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery 14.30 hrs 19th March Grave/Plot No 1132.
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WHITEHOUSE FAMILY
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Father Sydney Mother Mabel Daughter Noreen Ethel all Killed at No 9 Institution Street Hyde Park.
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One surviving Son Alan Born 1939 passed away Leeds in 2017.
WHITEHOUSE Sydney 15/03/1941 Aged 34.
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1906: Born Leeds 18th August Son of Albert and Ethel
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1911: Residence No 66 Baker Street.
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1929: Married Mabel Cooke Wortley Vol 9c Page 758.
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1939: Residence No 3 North West Street Little London. Occupation Bus Driver Leeds City Transport.
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1941: Probate and Will at Wakefield effects of £231. 5 Shillings 2 pence to Hilda and Herbert Senior.
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WHITEHOUSE Mabel 15/03/1941 Aged 33. (Maiden name Cooke)
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1908: Born Ecclesfield Sheffield Daughter of Walter and Francis Alice Athey.
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1941: Probate and Will Reported Mabel was found on the 19th March. She left £3342.00 to Hilda and Herbert Senior.
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WHITEHOUSE Noreen Ethel 15/03/1941 Aged 9.
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1939: Born Leeds Vol 9b Page 367.
All Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery 15.15 hrs 21st March Grave/Plot No 10067c.
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