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Buried at Clayhall (or Haslar) Royal Naval Cemetery, Gosport. Their records show Wren Steward Vera Margaret Cowle 8 Dec 1921 - 23 Nov 1940 Plot E 55 17 amongst the others who died that same day. Memorial headstone V.M. Cowle Steward WRNS 7232 H.M.S. DAEDALUS 23rd November 1940

https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2254398/clayhall-naval-cemetery

https://haslarheritagegroup.co.uk/clayhall-cemetery/

Looks like one of those names where people write what they hear rather than checking the spelling.

Vera Margaret Cowell in 1940
Second World War Civilian Casualties In Britain 1940-1945
Mansfield House, 48 Milvil Road, Great Britain
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First name(s) Vera Margaret
Local authority Gosport MB
Last name Cowell
County Hampshire
Birth year 1922
Country England
Age 18 years
Military WRNS-Wre


Vera Margaret Cowell in 1940
Haslar Royal Naval Hospital Burial Register
Haslar, Hampshire, England
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First name(s) Vera Margaret
Residence H M S Daedalus
Last name Cowell
Source Haslar Royal Naval Hospital Burial Register
Birth year 1922
Archive reference ADM 305/111
Age 18
Document type Burials
Death year 1940
Records year range 1938-1954
Burial year 1940
Page 26
Burial date 28 Nov 1940
Archive The National Archives
Type Armed Forces
Record set British Armed Forces And Overseas Deaths And Burials
War -
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Place Haslar
Subcategory Civil Deaths & Burials
County Hampshire
Collections from Great Britain, England
Country England

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COWELL, VERA MARGARET 18
GRO Reference: 1940 D Quarter in GOSPORT Volume 02B Page 1491


Vera Margaret Cowell
in the Web: UK, Burial and Cremation Index, 1576-2024
Name Vera Margaret Cowell
Register Type Burial
Death Date abt 1940
Burial Date 28 Nov 1940
Burial Place Hampshire, England


Vera Margaret Cowle
in the UK, British Army and Navy Birth, Marriage and Death Records, 1730-1960
Name Vera Margaret Cowle
Event Death
Birth Date 8 Dec 1921
Birth Place Isle of Man
Death Date 23 Nov 1940
Death Age 18


Born as Cowell:

Vera Margaret Cowell
in the Isle of Man, UK, Civil Birth Marriage & Death, 1849-2013
Name Vera Margaret Cowell
Record Type Birth
Birth Date 1921
Birth Place Isle of Man
Enumeration District Maughold
Page number 648

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85 years ago today on the 23rd November 1940 a stray anti aircraft shell penetrated the roof of the Mansfield House Hotel which was located on the corner of Milvil Road and Newton Place in Lee. At the time it was being used as accommodation for Wrens and tragically 10 were killed. The hotel building was until recently the Glen Heathers Nursing Home and there is a remembrance plaque on the front wall, see photo below.
The Wrens killed were
Rosa Armstrong (Age 36 years old)
Joyce Bennett (Age 19 years old)
Mona Black (Age 23 years old)
Winnie Blackett (Age 19 years old)
Vera Cowle or Cowell (Age 18 years old)
Nellie Gregory (Age 32 years old
Beryl Northfield (Age 19 years old)
Hilda Pearson (Age 26 years old)
Norah Reynolds (Age 23 years old)
Dorothy Wardell (Age 22 years old)
Eight of the Wrens were buried in Haslar Cemetery but two were buried close to their home, Joyce Bennett at Dorking Cemetery and Winnie Blackett at Rotherham (Moorgate) Cemetery.
Unfortunately there appears to be some confusion over the name of one of the Wrens, Vera Cowle / Cowell. The church service sheet and newspaper reports of the time say Cowell and other sources such as the CWGC, memorial plaque and grave stone say Cowle.