Civilian
Backman, Mary
Name: Mary Backman
Died on: Thursday 28th September 1940
Died at: Carisbrooke Road, St Leonards
Additional Information: Mary Backman was killed by a high explosive bomb during a raid by German planes. The information provided by CWGC state that Mary died aged 74 on the 28th, two days after the raid took place on Thursday 26th September. Other bombs during this incident were dropped on London Road, Alfred Street and Silchester Road. It was the third air attack the town suffered on that day.
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[…] Mary Backman, aged 74, was injured at Carisbrooke Road, St Leonards and died two days later. The image above shows the approximate location, based on the original bomb map featured in the publication ‘Hastings and St Leonards in the Front Line’. Two other people were killed in the raids, and several others injured. […]