Laura Beatrice Bessant

A Leading Wren with H.M.S. Minos, Laura died on 13th of January 1942 at the age of 36. 

Laura was born at Lowestoft on 29 December 1905, a daughter of Robert Frank Bessant and Florence Caroline Bessant. Both the 1911 Census and the 1939 Register show Laura's family living at 263 Raglan Street. 

Before joining the Women's Royal Naval Service Laura has worked as a shop assistant - ladies dresses.  

Laura and two other WRENS, Ivy Creighton, from Kent, and Margaret Thompson, from Holt, were killed when the cafe they were visiting was bombed.

Laura and Ivy are buried at Lowestoft Cemetery (Normanston Drive).

See also: 'Our Sisters also Served' at the Women Engineer's History website