Bombing in Oldham, World War II

[uk2003]

Would really like to know what the notes were for these re-interments

[Joyce C]

Hi there

Thank you again to all who have replied to my request.  I have done what research I can, but so far have not found 2 people fitting the description of a mother and her young son, which is the only family info I have. 

Mary Ann Ashton  48 is wife of William, living at Kenworthy Street, and Alan Ashton is son of Ida Ashton of Abbeyhills Road, so presumably not mother and son.

Perhaps mine were some of the unidentified bodies mentioned.

Thanks again to all who have helped -  you info has been very interesting.

Cheers
Joyce

[Joyce C]

Thank you once again to all who helped me with my query.  When I get chance to travel to Oldham Local Studies Centre I shall see if I can unravel any more clues.

Cheers
Joyce

[prince2010]

Hi Joyce, I can't really add anything but my dad was living in Oldham during most of the war. He remembers this incident but did not know your family. He thought it was a V1 (doodle bug) rather than a bomb as confirmed earlier in the thread. Later during the war he stayed with family in Yorkshire and remembers seeing a V1 flying over their town.

[Rjst]

Hi Joyce

Just wondered if you had any luck locating details on your family members? My grandma's house was bombed in this attack and I think a couple of people and 3 children died In the house. Would you be able to share your grandma's name/ surname as I might be able to assist?

Thanks

Jane

[Joyce C]

Hello Jane

I'm afraid I have very little info on the names. My Grandmother was Emma Williams (nee Milner) but I don't know if the family who were killed had the same surname or not.  The little I know is what was passed down in our family, that Grandma's young cousin, whose husband was serving in army abroad, was killed along with her young child.
I know this is not much to go on, but thank you for your interest.

Cheers
Joyce

[heatherjulie]

In case you haven't got this information
Civilian War Deaths reported by Oldham County Borough
ASHTON, ALAN
Date of Death 24/12/1944
Age 2
Additional Information of 139 Abbey Hills Road. Son of Ida Ashton.
Died at 139 Abbey Hills Road.
ASHTON, GEORGE
Date of Death 24/12/1944
Age 12
Additional Information Son of Frank Ashton, of 75 Marlborough Street.
Died at 139 Abbey Hills Road.

ASHTON, MARY ELLEN
Date of Death 24/12/1944
Age 49
Additional Information Wife of William Ashton, of 5 Kenworthy Street.
Died at 139 Abbey Hills Road
BARKER, CLIFFORD STANTON
Date of Death 24/12/1944
Age 9
Additional Information of 136 Abbey Hills Road. Son of Albert and Edith Barker.
Died at Abbey Hills Road.
BARKER, KATHLEEN
Date of Death 24/12/1944
Age 5
Additional Information of 136 Abbey Hills Road. Daughter of Albert and Edith Barker.
Died at Abbey Hills Road.
BRADBURY, SAMUEL WOLFENDEN
Date of Death 25/02/1945
Age 69
Additional Information of 129 Abbey Hills Road. Husband of Hannah Bradbury.
 Died at Cemetery House, Hollinwood.

BROADBENT, LOUISA HOLMES
Date of Death 24/12/1944
Age 47
Additional Information of 145 Abbey Hills Road. Daughter of the late William and Elizabeth Broadbent.
Died at 145 Abbey Hills Road.

COCKER, JOSEPH
Date of Death 27/01/1945
Age 52
Additional Information Husband of Leah Cocker, of 9 Seventeenth Avenue, Abbey Hills. Injured 24 December 1944, at Abbey Hills; died at Boundary Park General Hospital.
COLLS, MAUREEN COLLEEN
Date of Death 24/12/1944
Age 10
Additional Information Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Percy Colls, of 1 Rowton Road, Plumstead, London.
Died at 151 Abbey Hills Road.

HARDWICK, HILARY KATHLEEN
Date of Death 24/12/1944
Age 4
Additional Information Daughter of Herbert Hardwick, of 181 Barrow Hill, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Died at 151 Abbey Hills Road.
HARDY, CLARA
Date of Death 24/12/1944
Age 69
Additional Information of 128 Abbey Hills Road. Daughter of the late Samuel Hardy.
Died at 128 Abbey Hills Road.
HARDY, EMILY
Date of Death 24/12/1944
Age 65
Additional Information of 128 Abbey Hills Road. Daughter of the late Samuel Hardy.
Died at 128 Abbey Hills Road.
HILTON, FLORENCE
Date of Death 24/12/1944
Age 60
Additional Information of 141 Abbey Hills Road. Wife of Percy Hilton.
Died at 141 Abbey Hills Road.
HOLMES, HANNAH MARY
Date of Death 24/12/1944
Age 62
Additional Information of 145 Abbey Hills Road. Daughter of George and Mary Ann Holmes.
Died at 145 Abbey Hills Road.
HOLMES, WILLIAM
Date of Death 24/12/1944
Age 49
Additional Information of 145 Abbey Hills Road. Son of George and Mary Ann Holmes.
Died at 145 Abbey Hills Road.

HUTTON, ERNEST WALTER
Date of Death 29/12/1944
Age 28
Additional Information of 151 Abbey Hills Road. Son of Harry Hutton, of 12 Whittington Lane, Unstone Green, Sheffield, and of the late Annie Hutton; husband of Vera Hutton.
Injured 24 December 1944, at Abbey Hills Road; died at Royal Infirmary.
HUTTON, MALCOLM GRAHAM
Date of Death 24/12/1944
Additional Information Aged 18 months; of 151 Abbey Hills Road. Son of Vera Hutton, and of Ernest Walter Hutton.
Died at 151 Abbey Hills Road.
JACKSON, CHARLES ARTHUR
Date of Death 24/12/1944
Age 51
Additional Informationof 132 Abbey Hills Road. Husband of Eva Jackson.
Died at 132 Abbey Hills Road.
JACKSON, EVA
Date of Death 24/12/1944
Age 52
Additional Information of 132 Abbey Hills Road. Wife of Charles Arthur Jackson.
Died at 132 Abbey Hills Road.

JONES, IRENE
Date of Death24/12/1944
Age 22
Additional Information of 143 Abbey Hills Road. Daughter of Harry and Lizzie Mills, of 109 Pitt Street; wife of Stanley Jones.
Died at Abbey Hills Road.

JONES, STANLEY
Date of Death 24/12/1944
Age 29
Additional Information of 143 Abbey Hills Road. Son of John H. Jones, of 24 Hilton Crescent, Ashton-under-Lyne; husband of Irene Jones.
Died at 143 Abbey Hills Road.
KIRKLAND, DAVID BROWN
Date of Death 24/12/1944
Age 15
Additional Information Son of Ernest Arthur Kirkland, of 7 St. Augustine's Mount, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, and of the late Ann Eliza Kirkland.
Died at 151 Abbey Hills Road.
LUNDY, JOSEPH
Date of Death 24/12/1944
Age 54
Additional Information of 140 Abbey Hills Road. Husband of Edith Lundy.
Died at 140 Abbey Hills Road.
ROE, ALICE
Date of Death 24/12/1944
Age 44
Additional Information of 149 Abbey Hills Road Wife of George Denton Row.
Died at 149 Abbey Hills Road.
ROE, GEORGE DENTON
Date of Death 24/12/1944
Age 51
Additional Information of 149 Abbey Hills Road. Husband of Alice Roe.
Died at 149 Abbey Hills Road.

ROE, NORMAN
Date of Death 24/12/1944
Age 17
Additional Information of 149 Abbey Hills Road. Son of George Denton Roe and Alice Roe.
Died at 149 Abbey Hills Road.
THORNTON, LUCY
Date of Death 24/12/1944
Age 79
Additional Information of 140 Abbey Hills Road. Widow of Tom Thornton.
Died at 140 Abbey Hills Road.
TRAVIS, KEITH PAUL
Date of Death 24/12/1944
Age 17
Additional Information Sea Cadet; of 146 Abbey Hills Road. Son of Paul and Dorothy Annie Travis. Died at 146 Abbey Hills Road.
WILCOCK, EDMUND
Date of Death 08/01/1945
Additional Information A.R.P. Rescue Service. Husband of Beatrice M. Wilcock, of 2 Malton Street. Injured 24 December 1944, at Abbey Hills Road; died at 2 Malton Street.


Heather

[Joyce C]

Hello Heatherjulie

Thank you so much for the list of casualties, I had not seen it before.
At a first look none of the names leap out as being from my family, but I shall do some more investigations to see if I can unravel the puzzle.  As we all know, family stories tend to be a bit like Chinese whispers, changing with every telling, so I can't be sure of the details I have.
Thank you once again for taking the trouble to write.
Cheers
Joyce

[Domt86]

Hello I know this post was a long time ago so I may not get a response.
My nans brother George Ashton died in the bombing in Abbey Hills she always told me about him growing up and Iv randomly just googled and found this link! It would be good to know if anyone is related.