S. J. Warmington: Difference between revisions

S. J. Warmington was killed at the age of 56 during the Second World War when the [[Nazi Germany|German]] [[Luftwaffe]] intentionally bombed [[residential area]]s in Great Britain. On the evening of 10 May 1941 Warmington was in bed at his home, Number 39, [[Elvaston Place]],<ref name="cwgc">[http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/3132483/WARMINGTON,%20STANLEY%20JAMES] CWGC Casualty Record, Kensington Metropolitan Borough.</ref> in [[Kensington]], London, when his neighbourhood was showered with [[Incendiary device|incendiary bombs]].<ref name=ibdbwarm/><ref name=thetimes/><ref name=ancestrywarm>"Stanley J Warmington, 1941". [www.ancestry.com Ancestry.com]. England & Wales, Death Index: 1916–2005 [database on-line]. Notes that Warmington died in Kensington.</ref> Warmington, a volunteer Fire Guard,<ref name=cwgc /> went out to help extinguish the resulting fires and was amongst those killed, at Number 22,<ref name=cwgc /> when a high-explosive bomb fell. The civilian casualties from the bombing campaign lasting more than a year were high, with tens of thousands killed and injured. Warmington's death received a minor mention in ''[[The Times]]''.<ref name=ibdbwarm/><ref name=thetimes/>