Alice Amelia Smith

A Civilian, Alice died on 9th of April 1941 aged 56.

Alice was born at Deal, Kent, in 1885, a daughter of Thomas and Mary Ann Alice May. She was baptised at Saint Andrew’s Church, Eastry, Kent, on 13 May 1885. In 1891 her family lived at 6 Bridge Road, Deal. 

On 1 September 1908 Alice married Philip Wellington Smith at Saint Andrew’s Church, Deal. Philip was serving in the Royal Navy and they both gave their address as 148 Middle Street, Deal. By 1921 Philip had joined the Coastguard and they lived at 8 Alfred Square, Deal. Alice, Philip, and family, moved to Lowestoft and by 1939 were living at the Coastguard House, East Street. 

Alice, her daughter Kathleen Barnard, her granddaughters, and neighbours, died at 100 Rotterdam Road when their air raid shelter was bombed during an air raid.