October 1942 Archives - WW2 Roll Of Honour

Service Personnel

Stanley, Thomas F K

23rd August 2020
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Name: Thomas F K Stanley

Rank: Sergeant

Regiment: 17th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)

Parents: William and Elizabeth Stanley

Address: Hastings

Additional Information: Thomas Stanley died aged 28 on 27th October 1942. The inscription on his grave reads “Not just today, but every day in silence we remember. Some day we will understand.”

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Service Personnel

Burr, Sidney

23rd May 202030th May 2020
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Name: Sidney Burr

Rank: Sergeant

Regiment: 224 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Parents: Mr George & Mrs Annie Burr

Address: Hastings

Additional Information: Sidney Burr died aged 22 on 29th October 1942. The inscription on the grave marker reads: “He flew out of the sunlight into Heaven”.

The Sussex History Forum has a post that provides this information from the Hastings and St Leonards Observer dated Saturday 7th November 1942:

Old Town Bereavement. Flight Sergeant Sydney Burr.
Mr. and Mrs. George Burr, of 17, Hastings Wall, Hastings, have suffered a sad loss by the death of their son, Flight Sergt. Sydney Burr, aged 22. He was a grandson of Mr. G. Burr, formerly a member of the Hastings Town Council.

Sergt. Burr was born in Hastings, and attended Hastings Central School, joining the R.A.F. at the age of 16½. He was a member of the Old Town Junior Club, and a member of the Fishermen’s Church Choir. He had a twin brother, Dvr. George Burr, R.A.O.C., and a sister, L.A.C.W. Edith Burr, aged 19, who is a tailoress in the W.A.A.F. His father is at present serving in the Merchant Navy.

The funeral took place on Thursday at the Borough Cemetery, when the Rev. Dr. James Morgan (Vicar of Christ Church, Blacklands) officiated. Members of the R.A.F. acted as bearers.

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Civilian

Wilmshurst, Edith Ada

9th February 2020
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Name: Edith Ada Wilmshurst

Wounded on: Saturday 17th October 1942

Wounded at: 43 Pevensey Road, St Leonards

Additional Information: Edith Wilmshurst, aged 65, was wounded when two Fokker Wulf 109s dropped HE bombs on St Columbia’s Church, Warrior Gardens and Pevensey Road. She died on 18th October 1942 at the Buchanan Hospital. One other person was killed in the attack, with 16 others injured, 8 seriously.

Edith was married to Frederick Wilmshurst. She lived at 21 Eversfield Mews, Western Road, St Leonards

I was unable to locate Edith’s grave marker in the main area of WW2 war graves, so she is likely buried else where on site. I will look to find it when I revisit Hastings Cemetery.

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Civilian

Cooper, Alice Sophie Paston

9th February 20209th February 2020
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Name: Alice Sophie Paston Cooper

Died on: Saturday 17th October 1942

Died at: 43 Pevensey Road, St Leonards

Additional Information: Alice Cooper, aged 71, was killed when two Fokker Wulf 109s dropped HE bombs on St Columbia’s Church, Warrior Gardens and Pevensey Road. One other person was killed in the attack, with 16 others injured, 8 seriously.

Alice was the daughter of Revd William Astley and Lucy Elizabeth Cooper of Froyle Vicarage, Alton, Hampshire. She lived at 43 Pevensey Road.

I was unable to locate Alice’s grave marker in the main area of WW2 war graves, so she is likely buried else where on site. I will look to find it when I revisit Hastings Cemetery.

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