A WOMAN who was killed when a bomb dropped on the bank she was working at in Wincanton during the Second World War is set to be immortalised through a plaque.

Daphne Grace Spencer, born on April 4 1915, was working in Westminster Bank branch on the night of May 14 1944 when a German bomber, thought to have been returning from a raid over Bristol, jettisoned three bombs over Wincanton.

One of the bombs badly damaged the bank premises and Daphne, who was asleep in the flat upstairs, was killed immediately. She was 29 years old.

Now, a plaque will be installed at the old NatWest building, currently the Got Your Six community hub, honouring her life on November 1 at 11.30am.

It has been organised by Steven D’Arcy, Gordon Robins and Pauline Robins, with the plaque paid for by The Newt in Somerset.

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Daphne was the only daughter of Robert Edmund Spencer, a banker, and his wife Grace Annie.

She had a younger brother, Kenneth. In 1935 Robert was appointed manager of Westminster Bank’s Wincanton branch, and the family went to live in the flat above the branch.

She worked as a shorthand typist before the outbreak of the Second World War as she quickly joined her father at the bank to fill vacancies left by bank men leaving to undertake war service.

Steven said: “A bank colleague later recalled that, ‘her constant cheerfulness and willingness to help in any way endeared her to both the staff and the customers'”.

Two months after Daphne’s tragic death, her brother Kenneth was killed while serving in the RAF.

Daphne’s grave was also restored thanks to support from Wincanton Town Council.