TIMELINE TO BOMBINGS DURING 1942

JANUARY 1942

The year starts off with hardly a murmur from the enemy planes until 10th January when a German pilot  is harrassed by British fighter planes and drops his bombs over Liverpool to lighten his aircraft for escape. Stanhope Street and Upper Stanhope Street are hit as a result of his actions.
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Upper Stanhope Street recieve a direct hit. Houses between 111 and 119 take the full force and collapse. At least 13 people die in the bombing, all of whom are sheltering within the houses listed above. The street had a air raid shelter that remained untouched. Sadly those that lost their lives would have survived if they were inside the shelter.

WILLIAM CHARLES ABERNETHY
died 10/01/1942, aged 47.
of 119 Upper Stanhope Street, Princes Street. Husband of Jacqueline Muriel Abernethy. Died at 119 Upper Stanhope Street.

JACQUELINE MURIEL ABERNETHY
died 10/01/1942, aged 43.
of 119 Upper Stanhope Sreet, Princes Road. Daughter of Emily S. A. Munday, of 20 Defoe Crescent, Mile End, Colchester; wife of William Charles Abernethy. Died at 119 Upper Stanhope Street.

GEORGINA AHMED ALI
died 10/01/1942, aged 24.
of 115 Upper Stanhope Street. Daughter of John Arkwright, and of Georgina Arkwright; wife of Ahmed Ali. Died at 115 Upper Stanhope Street.

GEORGINA ARKWRIGHT
died 11/01/1942, aged 56.
of 115 Upper Stanhope Street. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Butterworth; wife of John Arkwright. Injured 10 January 1942, at 115 Upper Stanhope Street; died at Smithdown Road Hospital.

ANN JANE BROWN
died 10/01/1942, aged 76.
A.R.P., S.J.A.B.; of 111 Upper Stanhope Street, Princes Road. Daughter of Colfer Norris; widow of Henry Brown. Died at 111 Upper Stanhope Street.

MARY AGNES COLLIER
died 10/01/1942, aged 25.
of 111 Upper Stanhope Street. Daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Collier. Died at 111 Upper Stanhope Street.

EVELYN ELLIOTT
died 10/01/1942, aged 4 months.
of 115 Upper Stanhope Street. Daughter of Mary Alice and of the late Jonathan Elliott. Died at 115 Stanhope Street.

MARY ALICE ELLIOTT
died 10/01/1942, aged 36.
of 115 Upper Stanhope Street. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arkwright; widow of Jonathan Elliott. Died at 115 Stanhope Street.

WILLIAM ELLIOTT
died 11/01/1942, aged 5.
of 115 Upper Stanhope Street. Son of Mary Alice, and of the late Jonathan Elliott. Injured 10 January 1942, at 115 Stanhope Street; died at Smithdown Road Hospital.

FLORENCE HOUGHTON
died 11/01/1942, aged 13.
of 115 Upper Stanhope Street. Daughter of Mary Alice Elliott (formerly Houghton). Injured 10 January 1942, at 115 Upper Stanhope Street; died at Smithdown Road Hospital.

ANN JACKSON
died 10/01/1942, aged 46.
Daughter of David and Jane Williams, of 118 Oak Terrace, Llangyfelach Street, Swansea, Glamorgan; wife of Frederick Charles Jackson, of 54 Wern Fawr Road, Port Tennant, Swansea. Died at 115 Upper Stanhope Street.

EVANGELOS KALAFATIS
died 10/01/1942, aged 54.
Greek National; of 111 Upper Parliament Street. Husband of Gramato Kalafatis, of Syra, Greece. Died at 119 Upper Stanhope Street.

PETRUS JOHANNES CORNELIS VERHOEVEN
died 11/01/1942, aged 46.
Netherlands Mercantile Marine; of 115 Upper Stanhope Street. Husband of Hendrika Gertruida Verhoeven van Akkeren, of Nieuwe Maasstraat, 93B, Schiedam, Holland. Injured at Stanhope Street; died same day at Smithdown Road Hospital.
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The night of the 10th January saw the last bombing raids of WW2 in Liverpool. Upper Stanhope Street was the last street to be hit and ironically the Luftwaffe managed to hit  Hitler's brother's ( Alois Hitler ) old house at number  102. The house was damaged beyond repair and remained in such a  state for many years before being demolished.
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And so the bombing campaign ended. The war carried on and people had other things to worry about. Life was hard, but at least the threat from the skies was gone.