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General => The Common Room => The Lighter Side => Topic started by: Helina on Thursday 03 April 25 13:18 BST (UK)
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I have a relative who died in 1944 age 17, on ancestry I have found a record saying he was a civilian death. Does that mean he was killed say from the bombing or any deaths during the war was described as a civilian death
helina
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He should appear on the Commonweath War Graves site. Civilian death would normally indicate that it was the result of war.
Do you want to tell us his name
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Thank you Rosie, Found him on the Commonwealth war graves site. His name was James Ernest Kimberley born 1926
helina
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I am sure that there used to be a site where you could see the other people who would have been killed at the same time and place but I can't remember what it was.
Does Ancestry have this information
James Ernest Kimberley
Address Great Eastern Street
Local authority Shoreditch MB
Age 17 years
Death date 24/07/1944
Type of casualty V1
V-weapon code SHOH03
V-weapon time 18:26:00
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Did not see it on ancestry, must of missed it
thanks
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Go to CWGC, find him; then click on Shoreditch - you can bring up the whole list of Shoreditch casualties and then sort by date. Only 3 deaths on that date, but of course these deaths may have been caused earlier - or people injured at the same date may have died some time later.
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There's one other death I can see on the same day related to the same incident in Great Eastern St - Reginald Giles b c1900, from Kentish Town
Looking at images, the entries seem to state if someone is injured and dies later