Matilda Violet Bleakley lived at 8 Thorndyke Street, Belfast. She was the wife of Thomas William Bleakley. Matilda died during the Belfast Blitz in 1941.
Moya Woodside
Mass Observation Diarist
Moya Woodside's dealings with working-class families guided her Mass Observation diary entries following the Belfast Blitz of April 1941.
Olive Calder
Civilian
Olive Calder of Belfast worked as a housekeeper in London when she died on 12 October 1940 as a result of the Luftwaffe bombing of the city.
Sara B. Harper
Civilian
Sara B. Harper of Willowholme Street, Belfast was a passenger on S.S. Athenia when it came under attack from U-30 in the Atlantic in 1939.
Sarah Guiney
Civilian
Sarah Guiney and her family hailed from Dromore, Co. Down. She died as a result of the Luftwaffe bombing of Glasgow and Clydebank on 15th March 1941.
Sarah Hughes
Civilian
Civilian Sarah Hughes of 12 Thorndyke Street, Belfast died on 17th April 1941 at the Royal Victoria Hospital following the Luftwaffe's air raid on the city.
Thomas William Bleakley
Civilian
Civilian Thomas William Bleakley was a joiner from Thorndyke Street, East Belfast, Co. Down. He died in an air raid shelter on the night of 15th April 1941.
Trevor Moore
Civilian
Trevor Moore died on 4th September 1941 aged 22 years old of injuries sustained when the Luftwaffe attacked Belfast on 15th April 1941.
William Coyle
Civilian
William Coyle was the son of a family from Derry/Londonderry. He died on 7th May 1941 as the Luftwaffe carried out bombing on the Scottish town of Greenock.