Fanny Whittingham
60 years old
Birth: 1884
Kent, England Death: Jun. 6, 1944
Gillingham
Kent, England
Burial:
Woodlands Cemetery
Gillingham, Kent, England
Fanny Hardon married Bertie Richard Whittingham in 1907. In 1944 they were living at 61 Corporation Road in Gillingham, Kent, England. In 1932 Bertie's sister, Beatrice passed. Following her death Bertie and Fanny would raise her three year old daughter Joan Beatrice Taylor. Fanny and Bertie had two sons which survived her. Her son Charles was serving abroad at the time of his mother's death.
On the morning of June 6th 1944 the family was asleep in their beds when the home was struck by a B26 bomber which had just suffered a mid air collision with another plane. Both Fanny and Joan perished. Fanny, initially found alive soon succumbed to her injuries.
A large civic funeral was held with many floral tributes. The Mayor of Gilligham attended.
Kent, England Death: Jun. 6, 1944
Gillingham
Kent, England
Burial:
Woodlands Cemetery
Gillingham, Kent, England
Fanny Hardon married Bertie Richard Whittingham in 1907. In 1944 they were living at 61 Corporation Road in Gillingham, Kent, England. In 1932 Bertie's sister, Beatrice passed. Following her death Bertie and Fanny would raise her three year old daughter Joan Beatrice Taylor. Fanny and Bertie had two sons which survived her. Her son Charles was serving abroad at the time of his mother's death.
On the morning of June 6th 1944 the family was asleep in their beds when the home was struck by a B26 bomber which had just suffered a mid air collision with another plane. Both Fanny and Joan perished. Fanny, initially found alive soon succumbed to her injuries.
A large civic funeral was held with many floral tributes. The Mayor of Gilligham attended.
