Hilda Florence Upton

A Civilian, Hilda died on 6th of March 1941 aged 44. 

Hilda was born at Lowestoft on 25 March 1896, a daughter of William John and Elizabeth Upton. She was baptised at Saint Margaret’s Church on 19 April 1896 and her family lived at 5 Rant Score. By 1901 they were living at 15 Arnold Street. In 1911 her family lived at 65 Arnold Street and Hilda was a nursemaid. By 1939 Hilda’s mother had died and she lived with her father at 28 Yeovil Road. 

Hilda was at Lowestoft Public Library, Clapham Road, on 6 March 1941. Lowestoft resident Alfred J. Turner gave an account of the air raid in which Hilda died. When the air raid took place, the librarian moved all the people in the library to the air raid shelter. For some reason Hilda did not get into the shelter and was killed, and the library building was destroyed.