Gladys Vera Runacres

A Civilian, Gladys died on 12th of May 1941 aged 27. 

Gladys was born at Lowestoft on 22 October 1913, a daughter of John and Mabel Rose Runacres. Gladys was baptised at Saint Margaret’s Church on 14 November 1913, and her family lived at 46 May Road. In 1921 her family lived at 32 Norwich Road and, by 1939, at 18 May Road, and Gladys was a book binder.  

During the night of 11 to 12 May 1941 an air raid took place and houses on May Road were badly damaged. Alfred J. Turner said that there was a crater in the middle of the road with four houses flattened on one side and the houses on the other side of the road were shattered. He said it was the worst damage that he had seen. 

Gladys, her mother and her sister, died at their home, 18 May Road, during the air raid. Her niece, Jean, was also there and died with them.