MOTHER AND SON ARE VICTIMS OF THE BLITZ

An inscription at the base of a cross in Oldham’s Hollingwood Cemetery reveals another wartime tragedy. On the night of October 12/13, 1941, 15 German aircraft dropped 26 high explosive bombs on Oldham. Nineteen exploded and seven failed to detonate. A total of 27 civilians died in the raid. Two of those who died were Amy Hughes [46] and her son John Webster Hughes [13]. They were killed when one of the bombs landed on a house at 6 Incline Road, Hollinwood. Alongside the cross that marks their grave is a memorial flower vase inscribed with the words: To a Loving Mother and Son, Amy & John “Treasured Memories”

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