ref: 1650/C41 No's 59, 98 Coroner's papers
- Contributed byÌý
- Plymouth & West Devon Record Office
- People in story:Ìý
- Sub Lieutenant J V Evans, A E Cockerton, Grace Guscott, Poppy Emma Curwood
- Location of story:Ìý
- The Westminster Hotel, The Crescent, Plymouth
- Background to story:Ìý
- Civilian
- Article ID:Ìý
- A4233188
- Contributed on:Ìý
- 21 June 2005
The two girls referred to were Grace Guscott of Coburg Street, Plymouth, assistant porter and Poppy Curwood of Torpoint, Cornwall, chambermaid, both aged 19. They were never found and so, under regulation 30A of the Defence Regulations, 1939, death certificates were issued in June 1941. A. E. Cockerton testified to the coroner: “Poppy Emma Curwood was a chambermaid in my employ at the Hotel.“On the night of 21st March 1941 she was definitely in the hotel. She was seen last on the second floor.“The premises had a direct hit from a H. E. bomb — and were destroyed by fire afterwards. She has never been seen since. I am quite sure that she died there that night.â€
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