Trafford

Born c1877 at Broadheath, the eldest daughter of Thomas & Margaret Cockram.
  No trace of her birth or the marriage of her parents.

1911 Census - 24 Huxley Street, Altrincham.   Daughter - Unmarried - aged:
33 - born: Broadheath, Cheshire.    Head of household - Thomas Cockram -
Widower - aged: 62 - occ: Labourer - Canal Bankside - born: Dunham Massey,
Cheshire.

1939 National Registration - 24 Huxley Street, Altrincham.   Jemima Cockram
- Single - born: 28th July 1877 - occ: Daily Help.

Killed by a landmine at 24 Huxley Street, Broadheath.

CWD Ref No. 18 - Buried by Masonry - Body (fully dressed) found at
20.45hrs, 25/10/1941 - Taken to A.B. Brookes & Son's Mortuary, Stamford New
Road, Altrincham - Identified by John William Roberts, 31 St. George's
Crescent, Timperley.

Buried 29/10/1941 - Burial No. 11,101.

Four people are mentioned on the gravestone but no dates are given, so it
is not possible from that to determine who is who.   The other three names
are Richard Robinson Cockram, Elizabeth (Jemima's brother and his wife) -
Jemima and Joseph Rawlins.

CWGC - of 24 Huxley Street. Died at 24 Huxley Street.

German Bombing Raid on Altrincham on the night of the 25th/26th October
1941

This raid comprised a high level attack on the Broadheath area of
Altrincham in which 8 aircraft took part, flying at a height of 13,000 ft.
The raiders were heading in the direction of north Wales and most stayed
over the Liverpool area.

Red Warning was given at 20.35 hrs.   White Warning at 22.15 hrs.   There
was no Barrage Balloon cover at the time, but the local Ack-Ack Battery was
deployed.

Wind speed at 15,000 ft: 30 ft per second.  At 20,000 ft: 34 ft per second.
  Visibility was 4 to 5 miles.  Cloud base was between 5,000-10,000 ft 
Cloud density: 8/10th.

Two Parachute Mines fell simultaneously, causing damage to 11 factories, a
railway station, a school and some shops.  Nine houses were totally
destroyed and 655 others sustained varying degrees of damage.

Bombs landed 2,725 ft and 3,290 ft away from a 40 person 35 ft x 10 ft x 6
ft high steel "Anderson" style shelter where 24 persons were taking cover. 
 There were no casualties at this shelter.

There were two domestic "Anderson" shelters some 40 ft away from No.1
crater, but were not affected by the mines.

The destroyed houses were "old" cottage style houses converted into shops,
approximately 50 years old.  The area of damage was half a mile radius.   
Several small fires developed.

For more information of this raid - see GMBV website - "Altrincham Raid -
October 1940" under "Memorials".