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Mary Jane Close

Key Facts

Occupation/Rank: Housewife

Date of Death: 05 May 1941

Place of Death: 24th London General Hospital, Campbell College

Age: 58

Mary Jane Close was injured at 35 Westbourne Street but died of her wounds at the 24th London General Hospital at Campbell College.

Three huts and the north block, including the officer’s mess at the hospital, were destroyed by high explosives during the Fire Raid. Thirteen service personnel lost their lives.

Her sons Albert and William were also killed at their home on Westbourne Street. Fifteen others were also killed.

She is buried with her sons at Dundonald Cemetery.

Related People

Surname	Forename(s)	Age	Occupation/Rank	Date of Death	Place of Death
Close	Albert	29	Labourer	05 May 1941	35 Westbourne Street	View
Close	William	31	Welder	05 May 1941	21 Westbourne Street	View
Bonnell	Hugh Emrys	35	91409, Major, Royal Army Medical Corps	05 May 1941	24th London General Hospital, Campbell College	View
Brooker	Herbert Montague	23	7364070, Private, Royal Army Medical Corps	05 May 1941	24th London General Hospital, Campbell College	View
Burbage	Montague James	23	7364061, Private, Royal Army Medical Corps	05 May 1941	24th London General Hospital, Campbell College	View
Gay	Herbert	26	3911530, Private, 2nd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment	05 May 1941	24th London General Hospital, Campbell College	View
Jones	Daniel Rees	25	3911581, Private, 2nd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment	05 May 1941	24th London General Hospital, Campbell College	View
Jones	Stephen Henry Francis	52	13010653, Private, 230 Company, Royal Pioneer Corps	05 May 1941	24th London General Hospital, Campbell College	View
McCunnie	John	22	1500864, Private, 4th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers	05 May 1941	24th London General Hospital, Campbell College	View
Rees	Ivor John	45	3950299, Private, 4th Battalion, Welch Regiment	05 May 1941	24th London General Hospital, Campbell College	View
Seaward	Norman Leslie	30	7343236, Staff Sergeant, Royal Army Medical Corps	05 May 1941	24th London General Hospital, Campbell College	View
Stewart	Archibald Herbert Sanderson	36	7520135, Sergeant, Royal Army Medical Corps	05 May 1941	24th London General Hospital, Campbell College	View
Tobin	Joseph	38	4125286, Private, 8th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment	05 May 1941	24th London General Hospital, Campbell College	View
Waddington	Thomas	26	2187282, Private, Royal Pioneer Corps	07 May 1941	24th London General Hospital, Campbell College	View
Ward	Richard Fowler	39	41352, Major, Royal Army Medical Corps	05 May 1941	24th London General Hospital, Campbell College	View
Davidson	Jane	42	Housewife	05 May 1941	Westbourne Street	View
Macauley	Grace	48	Weaver	05 May 1941	Westbourne Street	View
McIlveen	Samuel	59	Labourer	05 May 1941	39 Westbourne Street	View
McIlveen	Eliza Jane	55	Housewife	05 May 1941	39 Westbourne Street	View
McKeown	Thomas	63	Labourer	05 May 1941	Westbourne Street	View
McKeown	Margaret	64	Housewife	05 May 1941	Westbourne Street	View
McKeown	Margery	39	Rope Worker	05 May 1941	Westbourne Street	View
McCullagh	Eliza Jane	25	Housewife	05 May 1941	Westbourne Street Shelter	View
Patience	John	83	Retired	05 May 1941	30 Westbourne Street	View
Patience	Robert	45	Plumber	05 May 1941	30 Westbourne Street	View
Stafford	Margery	68	Housekeeper	05 May 1941	Westbourne Street	View
Thompson	Hugh	62	Driller	05 May 1941	Westbourne Street	View
Thompson	Elizabeth	60	Housewife	05 May 1941	Westbourne Street	View
Thompson	Samuel Alexander	24	Painter	05 May 1941	Westbourne Street	View
Harvey	Thomas Douglas	52	PO/212333, Marine, HMS Royal Arthur (shore establishment)	09 May 1941	Craigavon Hospital	View