Hatfield's
WWII Civilian Casualties
Hatfield's Second World War civilian casualties are commemorated, together with the WWI and WWII forces personnel, on the town's war memorial pictured here. It is on the side of the entrance to Hatfield House, opposite the railway station.
3 October 1940 – de Havilland factory air raid
ALLEN, Horace Frederick George (37)*
ARLIDGE, Frank Joseph
BOWLES, Jack Eric
BUSH, Henry Herbert Stacey
COLLOM, Richard Hockley
DAWSON, Owen Kendall
EASTER, William James Cuffley
FORDHAM, Cecil Harry (34)*
GIBBINS, Alfred Leonard
GIBBS, Frederick William (24)*
HARROD, William Edward
HARTLEY, Frederick (27)*
HENRY, Eric Reginald
NORFOLK, Charles
PARRY, Reginald
PRETTY, Ernest Frederick
SCOTT, Anthony James
SIM, William James Geddes (41)*
SMITH, John Holmes (26)*
TOOP, Lionel Alfred
WADDINGHAM, Alfred Edward
[*Buried in a mass grave in St Luke's Churchyard, Hatfield. Headstone lists Cecil Harry Fordham as Harry Fordham, and William James Geddes Sim as William George Sim]
22 September 1944 – Selwyn Crescent V1 strike
KNIGHT, Irene
KNIGHT, Ruth
WOODCOCK, Ernest
WOODCOCK, Minnie
10 October 1944 – St Audrey's School, College Lane, V1 strike
CURTIS, Dorothy May
CURTIS, Stephen
DODSWORTH, George
HILLS, William
PINDER, Donald William
SAUNDERSON, Henry James
SAUNDERSON, Henry
SKEGGS, Jane
WILLSON, Colin
Rest in Peace