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Weather In Gosport

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Gosport Weather

Research by Den Budden 2007

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Mrs DORIS MURIEL STACEY and Master IAN WYN     No. 31 Brougham Street, Gosport   Age 32, 2 years 8 months.                 Died 16.1.1941     SEE – Mr GEORGE THOMAS CAMP

Aircraftsman Class 2 ROBERT TERENCE YATES, R.A.F.  919260, Aircraftsman Class 2, Royal Air Force.  Age 21  Died 16.8.1940             SEE – Corporal GEORGE ATKINSON, R.A.F.

Aircraftswoman Class 2 GRACE MARGARET YOUNG, W.A.A.F. 2014942, Aircraftswoman Class 2, Women’s Auxiliary Air Force.  Age 21 Died 1.5.1943

Aircraftswoman GRACE MARGARET YOUNG, Women’s Auxiliary Air Force, was the daughter of Thomas Foster Young and his wife Grace. Her home was at Parham Road, Gosport. She volunteered for service with the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force, during the Second World War. As with all military bases at this time, conditions were hard. And living conditions basic. As with so many others during and after the war she contracted tuberculosis (T.B.), at the tender age of 21 she was taken to Park Pruett Hospital, Basingstoke for treatment and rest, sadly she passed away on the 1st of May 1943 as a result of the illness.

Aircraftswoman GRACE MARGARET YOUNG, was buried on Friday 7th of May 1943, and is laid to rest, Plot 165 Space 45, and is commemorated by a CWG headstone.