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Viola Gladys Jones

A Civilian, Viola died on 17th of May 1941 at the age of 34. 

Viola was born at Lowestoft on 28th March 1907, a daughter of Joseph and Charlotte (Lottie) Corbin. In 1911 her family lived at 29 Sandringham Road. During World War One Viola's brother Alonzo was killed in 1914 and her brother Frederick in 1917.

Viola married Sidney Robert Jones at Saint Margaret's Church, Lowestoft, on 1st October 1927.

In 1939 they lived at Elsie Dene, Higher Drive, Lowestoft, and Sidney worked as a carpenter and joiner. During the war Viola, Sidney, and their children, moved to Nuneaton. 

During the night of 16-17 May 1941 Nuneaton was very heavily bombed with both incendiary and high explosive bombs and 131 people were killed. One high explosive bomb destroyed numbers 12, 14 and 16 Ventnor Street. Viola and her children were at number 14 when the bomb hit and they were all killed. (See the Nuneaton and North Warwickshire Family History Society Journal July 2011 at 2011_07_Jul.pdf (nanwfhs.org.uk)

A photo of the devastation at Ventnor Street is at Collections News: New Donations | Behind the Scenes at Nuneaton Museum (wordpress.com)

Sidney returned to Lowestoft and lived at 165 Saint Peters Street Lowestoft Suffolk. He died in 1991. 

Lived at

Viola Jones
165
St Peters Street
Lowestoft
United Kingdom

52.48263240785, 1.7483830153442

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United Kingdom
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Civilian War Dead
NUNEATON MUNICIPAL BOROUGH

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