Civilian ELIZABETH ANN EVERITT
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Civilian War Dead
Date of Death
Died 27 May 1944
Age 38 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards Albert Medal
- Additional Info of Puddlewharf Farm, Ashdon. Daughter of Elizabeth Ann Moralee, of London Road, Great Chesterford, and of the late Nicholas Moralee; widow of Reginald Everitt. Died at Ashdon.
- Additional Citation note
An extract from The London Gazette dated 21 July 1944, records the following:-"The King has been pleased to approve that the Albert Medal be awarded posthumously to Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Everitt, in recognition of the conspicuous gallantry which she displayed in her efforts to rescue the crew of a burning aircraft which crashed, loaded with bombs, into a field near her home. Two of the bombs subsequently exploded, killing her instantly.".
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