In the late hours of Monday 14th April/early hours of Tuesday 15th April 1941 (this was the Easter holiday which came to be known as Black Easter) 15 Queen's Road, Portland was demolished by a world war two bomb killing 6 members of the Farwell family and an unborn child of of about 8 months. 

There would have been nine members of this large family at Queen's Road on that night: Archer(Dad), Nellie(Mum), Charles Walter (Babe), his wife Charlotte (Lottie), and five of Archer and Nellie's other children; Violet, Marion (Dinah), Cecil (Albert), Lionel and Peter.

The eldest son Archie was away at sea and served on the Arctic Convoys, whilst elder daughters Doll and Lil were married as was son Les. Arthur (Len) lived at the family home but was attending the Easter dance. The previous week had been Les's wedding.

Les was a Lance Bombardier with 103/522 Coastal Regiment whilst Len served in Africa.

On that fateful evening the three youngest boys, Albert 16, Lionel 11 and Peter 9 were luckily sleeping in the Anderson Shelter in the garden. When the bomb struck they were buried alive for 15 hours whilst people tried to dig them out. Eventually they emerged with fingers raw and bleeding where they had been trying to escape. All of them had perforated ear drums. The question now was where would they live and who with?

At this time Violet was 18 and lived at the family home. She worked at the laundry on Brymers Avenue with her good friend Lottie Smith who was later to become her sister-in-law. She was inside and killed when the house took a direct hit.

She is buried at St George's Reforne on the Island of Portland with her siblings and parents. In death not divided.