Person    | Female  Born 15/10/1890  Died 10/9/1940

Nellie Stevens

War dead non-military, WW2 i

Commemorated on a memorial as being a civilian who was killed in WW2. Includes mercantile marines and emergency services personnel.

Nellie Stevens

Nellie Stevens was born as Nellie Cowell on 15 October 1890.

In the 3rd quarter of 1919 she married  William Edward Stevens (1880-1940) in the Southwark registration district and their son, Henry Stevens (1923-2000) was born on 9 February 1923. Electoral registers from 1922 to 1939 show her and her husband listed at 134A Union Street, Borough High Street, Southwark, and this address is confirmed in the 1939 England and Wales Register which shows not only her date of birth but also her occupation that was recorded as 'Domestic'.

She died, aged 49 years, on 10 September 1940, as a result of enemy action when a bomb fell on the Ewer Street air raid shelter. Also killed was her husband and they were buried together at Plaistow Cemetery. Her name can be found on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's website and it is also recorded in The Civilian War Dead Roll of Honour 1939-1945 that is kept just outside the entrance to St George's Chapel at the west end of Westminster Abbey. These incorrectly show that she was aged 50 years and that she and her husband were living at 134D Union Street.

Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.

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