Our colleague, Andrew Behan, has researched this young woman: Yvonne Lyn Ruddock was born on 17 January 1965 and died, aged 16 years, on 24 January 1981 as a result of injuries sustained in a fire at party being held at 439 New Cross Road, London, SE14 6TA on 18 January 1981. Her death was registered in Greenwich and she was buried in Lewisham on 11 February 1981.
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Yvonne Ruddock
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New Cross Fire - Fordham Park
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