What is recorded here
This green commemorative plaque records: Carrow Hill Near this place on 9-7-1940 five employees of J & J Colman Ltd were killed by German bombs. Maud Balaam (40) Maud Burrell (37) Bertha Playford (19) Gladys Samson (18) and Bessie Upton (36) were the first civilians victims of Norwich to die from enemy action during WWII.
Maud Balaam, Maud Burrell, Bertha Playford, Gladys Samson, and Bessie Upton were employees of J & J Colman Ltd who became the first civilian casualties in Norwich due to enemy action during World War II when they were killed by German bombs on July 9, 1940.
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