Memorial for Ada Crow

this is our 9th Scarborough Bombardment Memorial plaque , this one for Ada Crow .
Ada was 28 years old and worked as a maid for Mary Moorhouse at 124 Falsgrave Road when killed that morning ..
Ada was due to marry earlier that year but the outbreak of the war postponed it , her Fiancè a Sergeant Sturdy was in the Indian Army ( Meirut Division ) ..
they had not seen each other for over 8 years due to circumstances..
Sergeant Sturdy arrived in Scarborough that afternoon to be told the sad news , he was distraught in grief ...
He paid for Adas headstone ..
in a cruel twist of fate , ada was laid to rest on Saturday 19th December , the day the couple were supposed to be married ...
Adas body was identified by her mother Mercy Crow 37 Harcourt Avenue, it is on this house Adas plaque will go on in remembrance and recognition of her life ...