The following were the 94 civilian casualties of the Baedeker Raid on York in the early hours of April 29, 1942.
It includes 14 people from the suburbs who were in the Flaxton RDC area. The victims died at or close to their home addresses unless otherwise stated.
Adams, Thomas Cyril, aged 37, 9 Garden Terrace (at 16 Bootham Crescent)
Akers, Betty Audrey, 12, 49 Nunthorpe Road
Atkin, Ernest, 45, 26 Bootham Crescent
Blenkin, Christine E, 11, 39 Bootham Crescent
Blenkin, Pauline Mary, 14, 39 Bootham Crescent
Borley, Florence E, 55, 112 Spalding Avenue
Boyes, Ethel, 46, 45 Nunthorpe Road
Boyes, Noel, 9, 45 Nunthorpe Road
Broadhead, Arthur, 31, 11 Mansfield Street (at Bootham Crescent, National Fire Service)
Butler, Else, 40, 46 Nunthorpe Road (died in hospital)
Button, James William, 39, 35 Amberley Street
Button, Kenneth I, 15, 35 Amberley Street
Button, Audrey, 12, 35 Amberley Street
Button, Gillian Pat, 2, 35 Amberley Street (died in hospital)
Button, Elsie 35, 35 Amberley Street (died in hospital on May 7)
Cammidge, Lilian, 52, 55 Chatsworth Terrace
Campbell, Patricia Ida, 28, 16 Burton Stone Lane
Campbell, Janet, 2, 16 Burton Stone Lane
Chambers, John Edward, 36, 20 Queen Anne’s Road
Cherry, Frances Annie, 79, 18 Westminster Road
Cherry, Emily, 77, 18 Westminster Road
Clayton, Madeleine (Nun), 51, Bar Convent
Colman, George Harold, 56, 19 Bootham Crescent (Civil Defence Warden)
Cooper, Katherine, 47, 6 Pickering Terrace
Copping, Marjorie, 33, 8 Fairway
Dale, Jane, 64, 13 Mansfield St
Davies, Arthur L S, 5, 22 Abbey Yard, Selby (at Pheonix Cottage, Leeman Road)
Dickens, William Thomas, 69, 39 Amberley Street
Dickens, Emma, 65, 39 Amberley Street
Dickens,Gertrude, 40, 39 Amberley Street
Dickinson, Edith Melita, 46, 103 Spalding Avenue
Duncan, James, 2, 110 Spalding Avenue
Duncan, Noelle 22, 110 Spalding Avenue
Emmerson, Albert, 29, 2 Winchester Avenue (at Chatsworth Terrace Civil Defence Warden)
Ezard, James, 50, 53 Chatsworth Terrace
Ezard, Ellen Elizabeth, 44, 53 Chatsworth Terrace
Ezard, Muriel, 9, 53 Chatsworth Terrace
Farrington, Ada, 74, 14 Chatsworth Terrace
Farrington, Sylvan, 50, 14 Chatsworth Terrace
Farrow, Mary Jane, 66, 55 Chatsworth Terrace
Fowler, John Herbert, 34, 4 Winchester Avenue (at Chatsworth Terrace, Civil Defence Warden)
Hall, Rita Amy, 26, 16 Burton Stone Lane
Halliday, Charles Milford, 30, 62 Price Street (died over a year later on May 1, 1943, in Pinderfields Hospital)
Harrison, John William, 77, 68 Garfield Terrace
Helstrip, Florence, 38, 104 Spalding Avenue
Helstrip, Florence Mary, 14, 104 Spalding Avenue
Helstrip, Mildred H, 10months, 104 Spalding Avenue
Holliday, Tom, 42, 26 Nunthorpe Crescent
Hooker, Ada Fanny, 55, 30 Bootham Crescent
Howe, Martha, 61, 80 Rowntree Avenue (died in hospital April 30)
Hyde, Ruby, 30, 110 Spalding Avenue
Hyde, Yvonne, 6, 110 Spalding Avenue
Hyde, Maxwell, 6, 110 Spalding Avenue
Jackson, Ella, 21, 31 Amberley Street
Jackson, Annie, 45, 31 Amberley Street (died May 7, Meanwood Hospital, Leeds)
Jameson, Francis Noel, 36, 12 Livingstone Street
Jordan, Eva (Nun), 53, Bar Convent
Kent, Clifford, 47, 34 Campbell Avenue (in Collingwood Avenue, Civil Defence Warden)
Leeming, Doris Elsie, 38, 4 Pickering Terrace
Leeming, June Doris, 7, 4 Pickering Terrace
Little, Florence, 59, Grey House, Fulford (at 39 Bootham Crescent)
Littlewood, Ellen, 71, 14 Bootham Square
Long, William, 31, 12 Sycamore Terrace
Loveley, William E, 69, 37 Amberley Street
Loveley, Emma, 67, 37 Amberley Street
Maddison, Florence Ada, 49, 38 Lavender Grove
McClorry, Jane (Nun), 65, Bar Convent
McMillan, Mary Isabell, 21, 16 Bootham Crescent
Mercer, Henry, 75, 2 Welwyn House, Queen Anne’s Road
Mercer, Louisa Emily, 69, 2 Welwyn House, Queen Anne’s Road
Milner, William, 42, 19 Fifth Avenue, (at Railway Station)
Mort, Helen, 56, 20 Queen Anne’s Road
Mort, Francis R, 17, 20 Queen Anne’s Road
Munn, Leslie, 25, 20 Queen Anne’s Road
Murphy, Margaret (Nun), 51, Bar Convent
Nutter, Lola, 21, 33 Amberley Street
Nutter, Kenneth Ellis, 2, 33 Amberley Street
O’Connor, Mary Anne, 39, (Nun) Bar Convent
Oakley, Gordon, 37, 6 Fairway
Ord, Halbert, 66, 55 Bootham Crescent (his body was never found and his death was not registered until July 10)
Pearson, Amy, 51, 16 Burton Stone Lane
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