Fanny Eliza Cook^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]}

1891 - 1941  (50 years)

• Name	Fanny Eliza Cook  [1, 2, 7]
  Birth	7 Mar 1891  [3, 6]
  Baptism	14 Oct 1891	Patrixbourne, Kent, England   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Burial	May 1941	Chilham, Kent, England   [9]
  Death	6 May 1941	Chilham, Kent, England   [5, 8]
  		Annie Tanner and Fanny Tanner - deaths 1941 Dover Express Media Date: 16 MAY 1941 Keywords: Newspaper
  		Annie Tanner and Fanny Tanner - deaths 1941 Media Date: 16 MAY 1941 Keywords: Newspaper
  Person ID	I18842	DBH Twigs
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	Frederick Cook
  Mother	Susan Mary Scott,   b. 1870, Antrim, Ireland
  Family ID	F2665	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Daniel Tanner,   b. 31 May 1888, Ferndale, Glamorganshire, Wales d. 1 Jan 1948, Chilham, Kent, England (Age 59 years)  [8, 10]
  Marriage	1916	Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales   [1, 4]
  Children	1. Frederick John Tanner,   b. 1917, Mountain Ash, Rhondda, Wales   2. John Charles Tanner,   b. 3 Jul 1920, Mountain Ash, Rhondda, Wales d. 18 Jan 1977, Aylesham, Kent, England (Age 56 years)   3. Glynis Tanner,   b. 1923, Mountain Ash, Rhondda, Wales
  Family ID	F4415	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2026

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Poppy - War Dead Keywords: Icon
  		Poppy - War Dead Keywords: Icon
  		Fanny Eliza Tanner CWGC Media Date: 6 MAY 1941 Keywords: Picture
  		Fanny Eliza Tanner CWGC Media Date: 6 MAY 1941 Keywords: Picture
  		Fanny and Annie Tanner - memorials Dover Express Media Date: 16 MAY 1941 Keywords: Newspaper
  		Fanny and Annie Tanner - memorials Media Date: 16 MAY 1941 Keywords: Newspaper
  		Annie Tanner and Fanny Tanner - deaths 1941 Dover Express Media Date: 16 MAY 1941 Keywords: Newspaper
  		Annie Tanner and Fanny Tanner - deaths 1941 Media Date: 16 MAY 1941 Keywords: Newspaper
  		Fanny Eliza Tanner - grave 1 Media Date: 1941 Keywords: Picture
  		Fanny Eliza Tanner - grave 1 Media Date: 1941 Keywords: Picture
  		Fanny Eliza Tanner - grave 2 Media Date: 1941 Keywords: Picture
  		Fanny Eliza Tanner - grave 2 Media Date: 1941 Keywords: Picture
  		Chilham - St Mary's Church Keywords: Picture
  		Chilham - St Mary's Church Keywords: Picture

  
  

• Notes

  Fanny Eliza Cook died during a single air raid on our village. She and her daughter in law Annie Frances Tanner (nee Russell) also died in the attack. (They're listed on the commonwealth war graves commision as civilian dead and she is buried at Chilham). Story goes that a single German bomber flew over and the local vicar hadn't put up his black out so the bomber flew over again and dropped bombs. One bounced and landed on my grandfathers new home. Fanny died when the water tank was blown up in the air and fell on her. Annie at 8 months pregnant was blown down the bottom of the garden. Grandad and his dad were doing their home guard rounds (they were excluded from doing service because working down the mines they were exempt from service). They came back to find the house torn apart. Grandad had a dog (one of those big mountain type) and the dog kept going down the garden and they found Annie a couple of days later, if they'd gone down earlier they could have saved her. Grandad went on to marry Annie's best friend and had thirteen children.

  
  

• Sources

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