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Blitz Victims List

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Elizabeth Smyth

Key Facts

Date of Death: 05 May 1941

Place of Death: 22 Barbour Street

Age: 7

Elizabeth was killed after a parachute mine landed on Barbour Street.

Her mother Ellen, brother Lawrence, sisters Sadie and May and grandmother Eliza Jane along with twenty one others were also killed in the blast.

She is buried in Carnmoney Public Cemetery with her family.

Related People

Surname Forename(s) Age Occupation/Rank Date of Death Place of Death  
Smyth Ellen 34 Housewife 05 May 1941 22 Barbour Street View
Smyth Lawrence 12 - 05 May 1941 22 Barbour Street View
Smyth May 10 - 05 May 1941 22 Barbour Street View
Smyth Sadie 5 - 05 May 1941 22 Barbour Street View
McTernaghan Eliza Jane 55 Housewife 05 May 1941 22 Barbour Street View
Black Annie 57 Housewife 05 May 1941 18 Barbour Street, Greencastle View
Black Hessie 23 Weaver 05 May 1941 18 Barbour Street, Greencastle View
Black Evelyn 14 - 05 May 1941 18 Barbour Street, Greencastle View
Black James 12 - 05 May 1941 18 Barbour Street, Greencastle View
Black Hazel 2 - 05 May 1941 18 Barbour Street, Greencastle View
Black Eva 21 Roving Loom Worker 05 May 1941 Royal Victoria Hospital View
Dowds Annie 31 Housewife 05 May 1941 18 Barbour Street View
Dowds Maureen 6 - 05 May 1941 18 Barbour Street View
Dowds Anne 2 - 05 May 1941 18 Barbour Street View
Hanna Samuel 35 Senior ARP Warden 05 May 1941 20 Barbour Street, Greencastle View
Henderson Agnes (aka Nancy) 68 Housewife 05 May 1941 18 Barbour Street, Greencastle View
Knox Agnes 66 Housewife 05 May 1941 18 Barbour Street View
Maxwell Joseph 72 Labourer 05 May 1941 24 Barbour Street View
McGaughan Sarah Jane 60 - 05 May 1941 27 Barbour Street View
Richardson Charles 69 - 05 May 1941 18 Barbour Street View
Richardson Ellen 63 Housewife 05 May 1941 18 Barbour Street View
Rodgers Jane 36 Spinner 05 May 1941 19 Barbour Street View
Rodgers Robert 10 - 05 May 1941 19 Barbour Street View
Rodgers Phyllis 8 - 05 May 1941 19 Barbour Street View
Rowley Emily 58 Housewife 05 May 1941 19 Barbour Street View
Rowley Charles James 57 - 11 May 1941 Injured 5 May 1941 at 19 Barbour Street and died at Massereene Hospital. View

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