Georgina Honor Powell

A Civilian, Georgina died on 10th of August 1941 at the age of 50. 

Georgina was born at Lowestoft, on 2 December 1890, a daughter of George William and Georgina Carr Nobbs. She was baptised at Christchurch, Lowestoft, on 7 January 1891, and her family lived at Searle's Buildings, The Beach, Lowestoft. By 1901 her family were living at 33 Ravenscroft Road, West Ham, but by 1911 they had returned to Lowestoft at lived at 32 Seago Street. 

Georgina married William Henry Powell at Lowestoft in 1915. In 1920 they lived at Brixton Hill, London, and by 1921 they were living at 32 Seago Street, Lowestoft. 

On the night of 9-10 August 1941 an air raid took place at Lowestoft. Georgina and William, their son William, along with Sydney and Jessie Roach, and their son Frank, took shelter in a double Anderson shelter at the end of the garden of 71 Wollaston Road (note that 71 Wollaston Road and 32 Seago Street back on to each other). A high explosive bomb scored a direct hit on the shelter killing everyone inside.