Edith Lucy Paul

A Civilian, Edith died on 13th of January 1942 aged 27. 

Edith was born at Lowestoft on 31 January 1914, a daughter of Ernest Henry and Emma Beard. Edith was baptised at Saint Margaret’s Church on 22 May 1914 and her family lived at 2 Nelson Road. In 1911 her family lived at 11 Laundry Lane, Lowestoft, and by 1921 they were living at the rear of 74 High Street. In 1939 Edith’s parents lived at 8 Queens Road.

In 1938 Edith married Donald Stephen Paul, this was registered in the Mutford district. By 1939 their home was at 96 Somerton Avenue. 

On 13 January 1942 Edith, her son David Paul, and her mother, Emma Beard, were all killed at London Road North during the Waller Raid.