Tag October 1940

On Tuesday 26th October, whilst an air battle raged overhead, a Dornier dropped 2 bombs on Linton Road. One of these was a direct hit on 28 Linton Road, destroying it completely. House owner William Amiss, a member of the…

On Thursday 10th October 1940, twenty four high explosive bombs were dropped on the town during two separate waves, the first at 6:44am and the second at 12:15pm. The bombs struck Stonefield Road, Milward Road, West Street, the West Hill,…

On Wednesday 9th October 1940, German planes dropped twenty high explosive bombs across Ore and Hastings. Canute Road, Offa Road, Martineau Lane, Broomgrove Road, Fellows Road and Pine Avenue were all hit. Two people were killed and eleven others injured,…

On Wednesday 9th October 1940, German planes dropped twenty high explosive bombs across Ore and Hastings. Canute Road, Offa Road, Martineau Lane, Broomgrove Road, Fellows Road and Pine Avenue were all hit. Two people were killed and eleven others injured,…

On Tuesday 8th October 1940, at around 4pm, a lone bomber dropped four high explosive bombs and two oil incendiaries on Havelock Road, Pelham Arcade and York Buildings in Hastings. Three people were killed in the attack with ten others…

On Tuesday 8th October 1940 a lone bomber dropped four high explosive bombs and two oil incendiaries on Havelock Road, Pelham Arcade and York Buildings in Hastings. In Havelock Road, several properties were wrecked including the headquarters of the Women’s…

[soliloquy id=”1192″] The Bedford Arms was established in Queen’s Road, Hastings in 1865. It was both a hotel and public house. At 12pm on Saturday 5th October 1940 the building was directly hit by a high explosive bomb, one of…

On Saturday 5th October 1940 a lone bomber dropped 12 high explosive bombs on Hastings, one of which exploded near to 12 Wellington Road. Three people died as a result of the explosion including Richard Bourn who was killed instantly.…