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Name:

Amy Wilson SAVAGE (nee Aiston)

Casualty No.:

Ranks:

Civilian

Initials:

A W

Service No.:

Date of Birth :

Place of Birth :

Age at Death:

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Former Unit(s):

Place Enlisted:

Place of Residence:

Westminster, London.

Home Address:

57 Lillington Street, Westminster, London.

Previous Address:

Clara Vale, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Civilian Employment:

Believed to be a farm worker before moving to London.

How Died:

As a result of injuries sustained during an enemy bombing raid.

Date of Death:

Friday 18th April 1941

Place of Death:

St. Mary Abbot's Hospital, London.

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Buried:

Kensington, Metropolitan Borough,

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Family Details:

Wife of George Frank Savage, of 57 Lillington Street, Westminster, London. Children; Thomas, aged 9, Patricia Nolan aged 3, Margaret Rose aged 2, Joyce aged 15 months. Brother; T Aiston, of Cambois, Northumberland. Sisters: Dora, Hilda, Margaret, Elizabeth and Ellen. Brother in law; Mr George R. Hunter, of Mount View, Crawcrook, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Notes :

The block of flats where Amy and her husband George were living with their family was totally demolished by direct hits from German bombs during an air raid. Their three year old daughter, Patricia, was also killed in the raid. The youngest daughter, 15 months old Joyce, was rescued after spending eight days entombed in the ruins of the building. George Savage was hospitalised due to injuries he sustained as he was fire fighting in the same raid. Fearing he had lost his daughter Joyce, he was overjoyed when rescuers found her and brought her to the hospital. She was virtually unscathed, with only minor cuts and scratches. Mr G R Hunter (brother in law) and Amy's brother Thomas travelled to London to identify the bodies. Two other children, Thomas and Margaret Rose, had been evacuated from London in January 1941, and were living with their aunt, Mrs Hunter of Crawcrook. Patricia and Joyce had stayed with their mother because they were both nervous children.

Sources Used:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register.(Civilian War Dead). Blaydon Courier, 2nd May 1941.

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