Edith Susan Burnham

A Civilian, Edith died on 3rd of July 1940 aged 62. 

Edith was born at Beccles on 17 April 1878, a daughter of Alexander and Sophia Burnham. In 1881 her family lived at Blyburgate Street, Beccles, and in 1891 their address was 42 Blyburgate Street. By 1901 Edith’s father had died and Edith worked as an assistant to her mother, a dressmaker, and her family lived at 121 Ingate Street, Beccles. Edith moved to Somerleyton, and in 1911 she was a house parlour maid at The Rectory. 

In 1939 Edith lived at 50 Roman Road, Lowestoft, and the 1939 Register shows her occupation as ‘unpaid domestic duties’. By July 1940 she was living at 34 Beaconsfield Road. 

On 3 July 1940 Edith was outside the Co-operative Store on Clapham Road when the store was destroyed during an air raid and Edith was killed.