Eleanor Gertrude Redgrave

A Civilian, Eleanor died on 22nd of July 1941 at the age of 60. 

Eleanor was born at Lowestoft on 29 September 1880, a daughter of Edmund and Ann M. Redgrave. In 1881 her family lived at 22 Mariners Street, Lowestoft. By 1891 they were living at Sudbury Cottages, 1 Bevan Street, Lowestoft. By 1901 her family were living at 12 Sandringham Road, Lowestoft. 

In 1911 her family were still at 12 Sandringham Road and Eleanor was a factory hand at a provision exporters. In 1921 Eleanor, and her daughters, lived with her sister, Susanna Draper, and family, at 26 St Leonards Road, and Eleanor worked as a packer at C. E. Morton’s Food Preserving Factory, Belvedere Road, Lowestoft. In 1939 Eleanor, and her daughters, were still living with her sister at 26 St. Leonard’s Road, and Eleanor was a food packer in a canning factory.    

Eleanor, along with her daughters, Lily Redgrave and Beatrice Harvey, died at 26 Saint Leonards Road during an air raid. Her sister Susannah was also with them and died in the raid. 

Eleanor's brother Frederick was killed in action in 1917 whilst serving with the Suffolk Regiment. Her brother James was killed in action in 1918 whilst serving with the Royal West Kent Regiment.