Looking for help on the circumstances of death of Paul Heuduk he was born in Schwerte in Germany 27/1/1896 and served in the German Artillery in WW1, at some point he moved to England and at the start of the war was interned (see 1939 register and Internment cards below) - when released his address is given as c/o D.Napier & Sons Ltd - who were engine makers making the Sabre for Typhoons and Tempests among others - with him being a metal polisher in 1939 I'm assuming he was employed there, so doing his bit for the War Effort. By 1944 he lived at 149 Seymore Avenue, Morden but on 29/7/44 (administration register gives it as 30th) he died, he is noted as "believed killed through War Operations", but not sure where he died so wondering what happened to him
Possible V1 strike states he died at 149 Seymour avenue or could quite easily been injured another time and died at home I have been to a few graveyards in that area where he could possibly be buried but do not have him in my photo collection Possible buried Merton and Sutton cem CIVILIAN PAUL HEUDUK Regiment & Unit/Ship Civilian War Dead Date of Death Died 29 July 1944 Age 48 years old Buried or commemorated at MERTON AND MORDEN, URBAN DISTRICT Civilian War Dead Country of ServiceUnited Kingdom Additional Infoof 149 Seymour Avenue, Morden. Husband of Emily Heuduk. Died at 149 Seymour Avenue.
Forum member Pete Wood might be able to help further Civilians killed and wounded in London - test finished regards Clive
I hadn't noticed the "died at" bit and was just taking that as his home address but that he could have died when out and about - the "believed" bit is confusing - I think his death certificate also has "believed" (I've only seen a not very clear photo so far) - it'd seem like something that would be a bit more definitive
Do try sending a PM to Pete Wood he would be able to help I have seen a few where the person died at their home address but had been injured elsewhere in the day or week before etc
Go on here and click on 'Submit FOI request'. HEUDUK, E; HEUDUK, P Date(s) of birth: 21.08.1909; 27.01.1896 | The National Archives
I'm not sure that would add anything to the circumstances of his death, although it may give a bit of more general background
Worth a try as the file goes up to 1946. If he died whilst his naturalisation application was still going through, his death would certainly be mentioned. It appears that the other person applying for naturalisation at the same time got their naturalisation in 1945, but Paul is not among the actual naturalisation certificate records. Search results: ho 334 heuduk | The National Archives
Its an interesting angle and not one I'd have considered - oddly his wife (Emily) who is the other one on the form was English born but had a German father, as he was living in England with (I think) an English wife its strange that she wasn't already considered British, but then its not an area I really understand. Cheers
Just got some bits in relating to Paul Heuduk, his WW1 German Soldbuch, and interesting notice from the Internment Camp and also death certificate and form relating to his probate - I had hoped they may reveal something about his death, but nothing - odd they are so vague on cause of death. As suggested by Chris I submitted a FOI request so will see if that turns anything up.
Been provided with this which has given a very good clear answer to the question of how he died Also got a little elsewhere that during WW1 he was Awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class and was wounded (notified in list 19/4/18)
This shows Seymour Avenue in the 1946-49 RAF Aerial Survey photos (with the relevant numbered house outlined in yellow). There does seem to be a bit of spoil to the rear of the houses and the street does have a sort of fresh look to it of a new build but I cannot find a pre-war image or map of the area to compare or any reference to a V-1 hitting Seymour Avenue with most mentions being St Helier Estate which is further to the northeast.
Brilliant image, your right about the spoil which stands out compared to all the dark gardens Just found this BULL177.pdf (mertonhistoricalsociety.org.uk) incident 27 on page 13 - it shows 1 killed and 4 houses demolished and that the hit was in the rear
