Joyce Margaret Neport was born on 27 August 1927, the fourth of the six children of James John Neport (1893-1985) and Ellen Martha Neport (1895-1975). Her birth was registered in the 4th quarter of 1927 in the Bethnal Green Registration District, London.
The England and Wales Register that was compiled on 29 September 1939 shows her listed as at school and living at 5 Hassard Street, Hackney Road, Bethnal Green, with her parents and her five siblings: James John Neport (b.1920) - a French polisher; Ellen C. M. Neport (b.1922); Irene Neport (1925-1940) - shown as a tailor's machinist; Samuel William Arthur Neport (1935-1940) - also shown as at school and Derek Neport (1937-1940) - listed as under school age. Her father was described as a timber porter at docks.
She was injured when a German bomb was dropped on the Columbia Market air raid shelter on the night of 7th/8th September 1940 and died on 8 September 1940 at Bethnal Green Hospital, Cambridge Heath Road, Bethnal Green. Her death was registered, aged 13 years, in the 3rd quarter of 1940 in the Bethnal Green Registration District and her on 17 September 1940 in the , Sebert Road, London, E7 0NP.
She is shown as 'NEPORT Joyce 13' on the Columbia Market air raid shelter memorial in the Rose Garden, Old Market Square, Ravenscroft Park, London, E2.
She is also commemorated on the , on the and in that is kept just outside the entrance to St George's Chapel at the west end of Westminster Abbey.
Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.
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