Mary Neslin Jermy

A Civilian, Mary died on 26th of May 1941 aged 69. 

Mary was born at Yelverton, Norfolk, on 29 December 1871, a daughter of Henry and Sarah Frost. On 17 March 1872 Mary was baptised at Saint Mary’s Church, Yelverton. In 1881 her family lived at Old Walk, Salhouse, Norfolk. In 1891 Mary was a domestic servant working for the Crowe family at River View, Wroxham. 

On 26 October 1892 Mary married Frederick Edward Jermy at All Saints’ Church, Salhouse. Mary was living at Salhouse and Frederick, a labourer, lived at Wroxham. By 1901 Frederick and Mary had moved to London, where Frederick worked as a gas stoker, and they lived at 35 A Goldsboro’ Road, Lambeth. They moved back to Norfolk and, in 1911, they lived at Norton Subcourse and Frederick was a team man on a farm. By 1921 they had moved to 8 Wood’s Loke and Frederick was a labourer for Lowestoft Corporation. They were still living at 8 Wood’s Loke in 1939.

The cottages at Wood’s Loke were seen as a place of safety and several people from the town moved there. On 26 May 1941 an enemy aircraft, while being harassed by anti-aircraft fire, discarded its bombs in the Wood’s Loke area which damaged the cottages and caused many casualties. 

Mary and Frederick were at their home, 8 Woods Loke, and both died there during the air raid.