Emanuel William Harman

A Civilian, Emanuel died on 5th of June 1942 aged 48. 

Emanuel was born at Great Yarmouth on 9 February 1894, a son of Robert George and Minnie Harman. He was baptised at Saint Nicholas’ Church, Great Yarmouth, on 28 February 1894. In 1901 his family lived at 3 Belfort Place, Great Yarmouth, and this was still their home in 1911 when Emanual was a potted fish packer at a fish preserves factory. Later Emanual’s mother lived at Palgrave Road, Great Yarmouth. 

During the First World War Emanual served with the Northamptonshire Regiment. He was transferred to The Queen’s Regiment, service number 41628, and posted to France where he joined the 6th Infantry Labour Company. In 1917 his unit became 114 Company Labour Corps, and Emanuel was transferred to the Labour Corps with service number 68245.  

On 11 October 1916 Emanuel married Ethel May Bland at Saint Nicholas’ Church, Great Yarmouth. Emanual was a solider with the Northamptonshire Regiment and Ethel lived at Great Yarmouth. In 1921 they lived at 2 Frederick Place, Great Yarmouth, and Emanual was an out of work tinsmith who, it appears, had been employed in road making for Great Yarmouth Corporation. Ethel died in late 1921.  

On 27 July 1930 Emanual married Adelaide Edith Jermy at Saint Nicholas’ Church, Great Yarmouth. Emanual was working as a tinsmith and living at Walpole Road and Adelaide lived at Arundel Road. After 1931 Emanuel and Adelaide moved to Lowestoft and by 1939 they were living at 84 Notley Road and Emanual worked as a tin cannister maker and tinsmith. By June 1942 they were living at 103 Kimberley Road.

On 5 June 1942 Emanuel was unwell and suffering from consumption. Around 1 a.m. an air raid took place, and bombs were dropped at Kimberley Road and Waveney Crescent. Emanual and Adelaide had not gone to the air raid shelter because of his illness and the fact that the shelter was very stuffy. They both died at their home during the air raid. 

Both Emanual and Adelaide are buried at Holy Trinity Churchyard, Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk.