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Corporal Joan Norah Lewis - A Tragic Loss, Greatly Missed
13/11/2024
Second World War Air Force United Kingdom Women at war
By Sally McGlone

United Kingdom

Corporal Joan Norah Lewis
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Joan Norah ‘Norah’ Lewis Corporal Norah Lewis WAAF was a member of the Women’s Voluntary Service (WVS) before she volunteered to join the WAAF.

Their Name Liveth Forevermore

Corporal Joan Norah Lewis WAAF. 

She was murdered aged 27 by by William James Croft 16 October 1943, in what was later described as a suicide pact gone wrong.

Joan is buried & Commemorated by CWGC Newton Nottage, (St John the Baptist) Church. 

Joan in her pre WAAF, WVS uniform.