ROLL OF HONOUR
of those who died in raids on the Borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed

June 3rd,1941
Eva Drysdale (26), 42 Sunnyside Crescent
John Drysdale (40), 42 Sunnyside Crescent
Robert Drysdale (42), 42 Sunnyside Crescent
David Moodie (44), 40 Sunnyside Crescent
Fanny Moodie (85), 40 Sunnyside Crescent
Isabella Purvis (62), 42 Sunnyside Crescent
Ann Hately (13), 40 Sunnyside Crescent
Fanny Hately (51), 40 Sunnyside Crescent
Daniel Laidlaw (58), 9 Sunnyside Crescent
Mary Laidlaw (56), 9 Sunnyside Crescent
Thomas Laidlaw (61), 9 Sunnyside Crescent
August 4th, 1941
Elleanor Dixon (74), 9a Main Street
Margaret Rollo (36), 9 Main Street
Douglas Whitlie (12), 7a Main Street
John Wilkie (76), 7 Main Street
Annie Wilson (75) 9 Main Street
Henry Wilson (76), 9 Main Street
August 8th, 1941
Margaret Lough (14), 1 Askew Crescent
January 4th, 1942
George Harvey (36), 2 Station Cottages
Gladys Wallace (25), 2 Station Cottages
Gladys Younger (52), 2 Station Cottages
William Younger (53), 2 Station Cottages
January 20th, 1942
Margaret Brown (73), 20 Sandstell Road
Catherine Robertson (27), 20 Sandstell Road
John Roughead (62), 22 Sandstell Road

Berwick-upon-Tweed was subjected to eleven air-raids, the last of which took place on February 10th, 1942. These resulted in the loss of 25 lives, 47 people receiving injuries, 25 houses being demolished and 1000 houses being damaged.

Berwick at War: the experience of a North-East coastal town 1939-45, D.G. Sharman,1995, page 19.

N.B.: The Roll of Honour is as it appears in the book. The underlying text is a summary of the author’s narrative.