Gwendoline Mary Gascoigne was the daughter of Horace Gascoigne and Sarah Ann (nee Kay), of 100 Church Street, Greasbrough.
She was a nurse working at Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital. on the night of 8th-9th April 1941 (during Easter week) it was subject of another large air raid. During this blitz 237 bombers attacked the city dropping 315 high tons of Bombs. Perhaps the most tragic event was the bombing of Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital where many injured civilians had been brought during the raid. The hospital was hit several times during the night. Twenty-one patients, seven nurses, two doctors and three St John Ambulance Brigade stretcher-bearers were killed. Tragically Gwendoline was one of the nurses killed in the raid, aged 32. She is Remembered on the Greasbrough War Memorial in Rotherham.
She was a nurse working at Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital. on the night of 8th-9th April 1941 (during Easter week) it was subject of another large air raid. During this blitz 237 bombers attacked the city dropping 315 high tons of Bombs. Perhaps the most tragic event was the bombing of Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital where many injured civilians had been brought during the raid. The hospital was hit several times during the night. Twenty-one patients, seven nurses, two doctors and three St John Ambulance Brigade stretcher-bearers were killed. Tragically Gwendoline was one of the nurses killed in the raid, aged 32. She is Remembered on the Greasbrough War Memorial in Rotherham.
Gwendoline Mary Gascoigne was the daughter of Horace Gascoigne and Sarah Ann (nee Kay), of 100 Church Street, Greasbrough.
She was a nurse working at Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital. on the night of 8th-9th April 1941 (during Easter week) it was subject of another large air raid. During this blitz 237 bombers attacked the city dropping 315 high tons of Bombs. Perhaps the most tragic event was the bombing of Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital where many injured civilians had been brought during the raid. The hospital was hit several times during the night. Twenty-one patients, seven nurses, two doctors and three St John Ambulance Brigade stretcher-bearers were killed. Tragically Gwendoline was one of the nurses killed in the raid, aged 32. She is Remembered on the Greasbrough War Memorial in Rotherham.
She was a nurse working at Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital. on the night of 8th-9th April 1941 (during Easter week) it was subject of another large air raid. During this blitz 237 bombers attacked the city dropping 315 high tons of Bombs. Perhaps the most tragic event was the bombing of Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital where many injured civilians had been brought during the raid. The hospital was hit several times during the night. Twenty-one patients, seven nurses, two doctors and three St John Ambulance Brigade stretcher-bearers were killed. Tragically Gwendoline was one of the nurses killed in the raid, aged 32. She is Remembered on the Greasbrough War Memorial in Rotherham.
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