Any guesses as to what went on in England between 1939 and 1945?
And did you miss this? "she was moved to numerous care homes across the north-west of England"? It's a technique used in the federal prison system here to break contact between the prisoner and his family as a punitive measure. The slang term is 'diesel therapy'.
I’m not buying. War’s been over 62 years. If they’d been at all motivated, they’d have looked for her, or her grave, and they’d have found her quick enough.