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Hunt for grave finally ends after 20 years

March 26, 2015 13:21
Janet Foster

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Josh Jackman,

Josh Jackman

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A Jewish Care volunteer has found the unmarked grave of her aunt, killed in a First World War Zeppelin attack, after a 20-year-long search.

Janet Foster, a retired civil servant, plans to place a plaque at the burial site on June 3, the 100th anniversary of Leah Lehrman's death.

Ms Lehrman was 16 when she died in June 1915, on her way to work as a tailor in central London. She was one of the first of 500 victims of Zeppelin attacks during the war.

Mrs Foster said she would never have heard about her aunt or found the grave, at Plashet Cemetery, in east London, if not for her father.