Gladys May Wright

A Civilian, Gladys died on 13th of January 1942 aged 26. 

Gladys was born at Lowestoft on 31 December 1915, a daughter of Herbert Walter and Lilly Maud Bull. Gladys was baptised at Saint Margaret’s Church on 20 January 1916 and her family lived at 66 Crown Street. In 1939 her family lived at 55 Wollaston Road, and Gladys was a shop assistant selling underwear. Later her parents lived at Blackheath Road. 

In 1941 Gladys married Jack Frederick Wright, this was registered in the Lothingland district.

During the Waller Raid, on 13 January 1942 Gladys, who was a warden, was trying to move people to safety at the back of the Marks and Spencer store at London Road North. Gladys was killed at the store during the raid. 

In 2018 staff from the Marks and Spencer store in Lowestoft arranged for a new headstone to mark Gladys’ grave at Lowestoft (Normanston Drive) Cemetery.