Frances Jane Nunn

  General Notes:

From My Uncle Fred Blogspot (Fred French 66 Chestnut Road, Raynes Park, Wimbledon, Arthur and Frances Dimes lived at 76 Chestnut Road).

http://myunclefred.blogspot.com/2014/07/24th-july-1944-fred-and-ciss-bombed.html

24 Mon. Warning at 12.15 a.m. I heard two distant bombs go off then went sound asleep. At 3.45 a.m. Ciss & I in the Anderson shelter were suddenly awakened by a terrific explosion and we knew a flying bomb had fallen very near; actually about 28 yds. Our mouths were filled with dirt which turned to mud. It was with difficulty we were able to convince ourselves we were safe and uninjured, but we were, thank God. There was no screaming or alarm and all those in Anderson shelters were uninjured. An old lady, a father, mother and six children were safe in a shelter next door. Mr and Mrs Dimes (?) were in an indoor Morrison shelter and were buried under a heap of debris once their house. They were extricated after about two hours: Mrs Dimes died on the way to hospital but Mr Dimes, since recovered, had only minor injuries. The bomb fell on a gap formerly occupied by four houses destroyed in a raid on Nov. 16. 1940.

The flying bomb destroyed 22 houses.

Frances married Arthur George Dimes, son of Albert Dimes and Elizabeth Munden, on 3 Oct 1902. (Arthur George Dimes was born on 20 May 1877 in Lambeth, Surrey, England and died on 26 Nov 1957.)