LYNTON & LYNMOUTH - CASUALTY LISTS OF THE 1952 LYNMOUTH FLOOD |
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This listing is at variance with that given by Eric R. Delderfield in his excellent book The Lynmouth Flood Disaster¹ which was published early in 1953. Reproduced below is the list taken from the book with those who also appear on the church memorial marked * |
The memorial inside the church of St. Mary the Virgin, Lynton to the victims of the Lynmouth Flood 15 August 1952 |
NAME |
AGE |
ADDRESS |
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BARWICK* |
Ada |
60 |
Lynmouth |
BOWEN* |
Elsie D |
32 |
Lynton |
BOWEN* |
Ronald |
37 |
Lynton |
BOWEN* |
Kenneth R. F. |
9 |
Lynton |
BREDDY |
Derrick |
11 |
Manchester |
CHERRY* |
Elsie |
56 |
Highgate, London |
COULT* |
Benjamin |
56 |
Durham |
COULT* |
Emma |
52 |
Durham |
DIMMOCK* |
Rodney |
8 |
Lynton |
FLOYDE* |
Mary A. |
64 |
Lynton |
FLOYDE* |
Frederick C. |
27 |
Lynton |
HISCOCK* |
Joyce |
21 |
Australia (on holiday) |
JARVIS* |
Hannah |
77 |
Lynmouth |
LEAWORTHY |
William J. |
60 |
Parracombe |
LITSON* |
Gabriel J. |
78 |
Lynmouth |
LITSON* |
Charles H. |
53 |
Lynmouth |
OXLEY* |
Gwenda |
22 |
Australia (on holiday) |
RICHARDS* |
William N. |
30 |
Lynmouth |
RICHARDS* |
Gwendoline A. |
32 |
Lynmouth |
RICHARDS* |
Bernard G. |
3 |
Lynmouth |
RICHARDS* |
Ernest W. |
3m |
Lynmouth |
RIDD* |
Emily |
54 |
Lynton |
ROBINSON |
Geoffrey |
11 |
Manchester |
SHAW |
Harold |
14 |
Manchester |
SMITH* |
Edwin |
50 |
Lynmouth |
THORNE |
Alys |
46 |
Woking, Surrey |
THORNE |
Roger |
14 |
Woking, Surrey |
WATTS* |
Maud E. |
72 |
Lynmouth |
WATTS* |
William H. |
80 |
Lynmouth |
One lady unidentified |
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MISSING, BELIEVED DROWNED |
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BATES* |
Stella |
40 |
Lynmouth |
BOWEN* |
David T. |
11 |
Lynton |
CANNON* |
Elizabeth |
75 |
Lynmouth |
WHITBREAD* |
Jessie (Jane?) |
48 |
Lynmouth |
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Lynmouth destroyed - August 1952 |
¹This book can still be obtained from R.J.Reeves, 13 Lee Road, Lynton, Devon - (01598) 752275 |
© M.E. Brine. This page last updated
31 July, 2009
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