More than two dozen women who lost their lives in a German bombing raid on Great Yarmouth are being remembered this weekend.

The 26 female members of the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) were killed on May 11, 1943, after their accommodation was bombed by a Focke-Wulf 190.

Only one ATS member was pulled alive from the rubble.

The Women's Royal Army Corps (WRAC) Association is holding commemorations in the hometowns of each servicewoman today (Sunday, May 14).

It is the first coordinated event to remember and honour the victims, only half of whom have been remembered on war memorials in their home towns.

Great Yarmouth Mercury: The plaque to the memory of 26 members of the Auxiliary Territorial Service at the Imperial Hotel in Great Yarmouth where the women were killed. The plaque to the memory of 26 members of the Auxiliary Territorial Service at the Imperial Hotel in Great Yarmouth where the women were killed. (Image: Archant)

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The event in Great Yarmouth was due to take place at 2pm at the site of the ATS accommodation.

The raid, involving up to 20 Focke-Wulf planes, also claimed the lives of another 23 civilians and service personnel.

Fourteen bombs were dropped on the seaside town that day, killing 49 people in total.

The deaths of the 26 ATS personnel, mostly in their early 20s, was the biggest loss of British servicewomen in a single event in the Second World War.

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Great Yarmouth Mercury: ATS wireless operators played a vital role in the war effort. ATS wireless operators played a vital role in the war effort. (Image: © IWM (H 15784) © IWM (H 15784))

The women were serving in the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) and lived in a building which housed ATS signallers, part of the 103rd Anti-Aircraft Brigade.

Among the dead was Corp Enid Line, who was 23, and had worked at the Bank of England before joining up in 1942.

Her sister Marjorie Thomson told the BBC: "I had always looked up to Enid and wished I could be more like her, with her cheerful, friendly manner.

"Her sudden, tragic death was a devastating blow."

Last year, a plaque was unveiled and dedicated at the Imperial Hotel on North Drive near the site of the bombing.