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Reginald Robert William Barber

Birth
Death
9 May 1941 (aged 32–33)
Burial
West Bridgford, Rushcliffe Borough, Nottinghamshire, England Add to Map
Plot
Section H 33 Grave 86
Memorial ID
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Civilian War Deaths

On the night of 8th and morning of the 9th May, 1941 the German Luftwaffe targeted Nottingham City with more than 100 bombers dropping over 1,100 high explosive bombs killing 159 people.
The areas of Sneinton, Carlton, Colwick and West Bridgford were most affected,
a direct hit to the Co-op bakery on Meadow Lane killed 48 employees and one member of the Home Guard.

Civilian War Dead
REGINALD ROBERT WILLIAM BARBER
Died 09 May 1941
Age 33 years old

Additional Info
Son of the late Joseph and Annie Barber, of Stowe Lane, Stowe-by-Chartley, Staffordshire; husband of Gladys Barber, of 34 Westwood Road. Injured at Westwood Road; died same day at General Hospital.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Civilian War Deaths

On the night of 8th and morning of the 9th May, 1941 the German Luftwaffe targeted Nottingham City with more than 100 bombers dropping over 1,100 high explosive bombs killing 159 people.
The areas of Sneinton, Carlton, Colwick and West Bridgford were most affected,
a direct hit to the Co-op bakery on Meadow Lane killed 48 employees and one member of the Home Guard.

Civilian War Dead
REGINALD ROBERT WILLIAM BARBER
Died 09 May 1941
Age 33 years old

Additional Info
Son of the late Joseph and Annie Barber, of Stowe Lane, Stowe-by-Chartley, Staffordshire; husband of Gladys Barber, of 34 Westwood Road. Injured at Westwood Road; died same day at General Hospital.

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