I have discovered that an aunt was killed when the North Middlesex Hospital, Silver Street, Edmonton was hit during a raid. I am trying to obtain a death certificate but need to know a date. So far I’ve been unsuccessful, can anyone help please.
By: Alan Clark - 29th January 2012 at 22:50
You could also try searching the name on here http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl to see if a death was registered.
Most of the bodies which were unidentified were buired in mass graves in some of the larger cemeteries. I’ve seen a couple in London cemeteries when I’ve been looking for aircrew burials.
By: tona - 29th January 2012 at 22:20
Thanks Alan, had checked the CWGC list, not on it. Was told at family history fair today that there was a possibility the body, if recovered, could have been unidentifiable. There were 6 WWII victims who could not be identified, seems likely she was one. Just to be as sure as I ever will be needed a date to confirm. Also have since found out it was hit by 6 HE bombs, the V2 hit across the road. Thanks again for your help.
By: Alan Clark - 29th January 2012 at 21:03
Civilians killed by enemy action are recorded by the CWGC, so as you probably know your aunt’s name, check the CWGC for civilian entries.
Just checked the register, there are 180 civilian listed in the Edmonton borough by CWGC and searching for North Middlesex County Hospital on Geoff’s Search Engine gives 91 who were either killed there or died at that hospital as a result of being injured elsewhere.
16 people died at that hospital on the 19th April 1944, they were from addresses which seem to be fairly widely scattered, and are not listed as being injured elsewhere. Two were female, Christine Kennedy & Mary Josephine Loftus. The date suggests a V-1 rather than an actual raid by aircraft.
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January 29, 2012 at 8:42 pm