Date of Death: 05 May 1941
Place of Death: Avondale Street
Age: 4
Jean Holden was killed when a parachute mine destroyed 2 shelters, 10 houses and a school in the Ravenscroft Avenue and Avondale Street area during the final raid on Belfast.
At least 20 people, including her mother, Charlotte, grandparents William and Agnes, and cousins, Ralph, William, Martha and Agnes, were killed in the incident.
She is buried in Belfast City Cemetery with her mother.
Related People
Surname | Forename(s) | Age | Occupation/Rank | Date of Death | Place of Death | |
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Baird | David | 57 | Painter | 5 May 1941 | 13 Avondale Street | View |
Bingham | Thomas | 16 | Machine Man and ARP Warden | 06 May 1941 | Ravenscroft Avenue | View |
Frizzell | Robert John | 48 | Engineer (Post Office) | 05 May 1941 | 39 Ravenscroft Avenue | View |
Frizzell | Eveline | 46 | Housewife | 05 May 1941 | 39 Ravenscroft Avenue | View |
Frizzell | Eric | 12 | - | 05 May 1941 | 39 Ravenscroft Avenue | View |
Frizzell | Eveline | 16 | - | 06 May 1941 | 39 Ravenscroft Avenue | View |
Malcolm | Dorothy | 22 | Munitions Worker | 05 May 1941 | Avondale Street | View |
Holden | Charlotte | 25 | Housewife | 05 May 1941 | Avondale Street | View |
Lemon | James Dickson | 7 | - | 06 May 1941 | Corner of Avondale Street | View |
Lemon | Grace | 10 | - | 06 May 1941 | Corner of Avondale Street | View |
McCullough | William | 66 | Labourer | 05 May 1941 | 8 Avondale Street | View |
McCullough | Agnes | 64 | Housewife | 05 May 1941 | 8 Avondale Street | View |
McCullough | Martha Neill | 11 | - | 05 May 1941 | 8 Avondale Street | View |
McCullough | William John (Ralph) | 5 | - | 05 May 1941 | 8 Avondale Street | View |
McCullough | Ralph | 13 | - | 05 May 1941 | 8 Avondale Street | View |
McCullough | Agnes | 6 | - | 06 May 1941 | 8 Avondale Street | View |
McGowan | William Thomas | 59 | Labourer | 06 May 1941 | Avondale Street | View |
McGowan | Bertha | 56 | Housekeeper | 06 May 1941 | Royal Victoria Hospital | View |
Neill | Jane | 79 | - | 06 May 1941 | Avondale Street | View |
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