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David Ronald Starkey Service Personnel

Starkey, David Ronald

  • 26th August 2020
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David Ronald Starkey

Name: David Ronald Starkey

Rank: Leading Aircraftman

Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Parents: Henry & Sarah Starkey

Address: Ore

Additional Information: David Starkey died aged 22 on 29th June 1947. The inscription on his grave reads “Free from sorrow, free from pain, your pleasant smile we will see again.”

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Robert Campbell Saddler Service Personnel

Saddler, Robert Campbell

  • 16th August 2020
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Robert Campbell Saddler

Name: Robert Campbell Saddler

Rank: Sergeant

Regiment: 199 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Parents: Archie Campbell & Mabel Gertrude Saddler

Address: Hastings

Additional Information: Robert Saddler died aged 22 on 25th September 1944. The inscription on his grave reads “He passed through the clouds to all that is glorious”.

More information about Robert can be read on the Sussex History Forum here.

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John Herbert Povey Service Personnel

Povey, John Herbert

  • 2nd August 2020
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John Herbert Povey

Name: John Herbert Povey

Rank: Flying Officer

Regiment: Royal Air Force

Parents: Charles Herbert & Elsie Marion Povey

Address: St Leonards-on-Sea

Additional Information: John Povey, a Bomb Aimer, died aged 20 on 24th November 1944. More information about him can be read in the Sussex History Forum here.

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Ernest Neville Pitt Service Personnel

Pitt, Ernest Neville

  • 1st August 2020
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Ernest Neville Pitt

Name: Ernest Neville Pitt

Rank: Aircraftman 1st Class

Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves

Wife: Winifred Esther Pitt

Parents: Ernest Jasper & Charlotte Elizabeth Pitt

Address: Sedlescombe

Additional Information: Ernest Pitt died aged 30 on 16th August 1940. The inscription on his grave reads “With tender love and deep regret, those who love him will never forget “.

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Edward Arthur Marchant Service Personnel

Marchant, Edward Arthur

  • 18th July 2020
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Edward Arthur Marchant

Name: Edward Arthur Marchant

Rank: Sergeant

Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves

Wife: Betty Marjorie Marchant

Parents: Edward Arthur & Mercy Merchant

Address: Lived in Hastings

Additional Information: Edward Marchant died aged 30 on 30th November 1942. The inscription on his grave reads “Gone but not forgotten. Always in our thoughts”. More information about Edward can be read on the Sussex History Forum here.

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Robert Dunn Service Personnel

Dunn, Robert

  • 11th June 2020
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Robert Dunn

Name: Robert Dunn

Rank: Flight Sergeant – Navigator / Bomber

Service: Royal Air Force

Parents: Mr Albert Victor & Jeanette Dunn

Address: Hastings

Additional Information: Robert Dunn died aged 21 on 6th September 1946. The inscription on the grave marker reads: “With a cheery smile and a wave of the hand he has flown into an unknown land”

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Harry Winston Crawshaw Service Personnel

Crawshaw, Harry Winston

  • 30th May 2020
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Harry Winston Crawshaw

Name: Harry Winston Crawshaw

Rank: Leading Aircraftman

Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Parents: Mr Harry & Mrs Ada Crawshaw

Address: Bramhill, Cheshire

Additional Information: Harry Crashaw died aged 19 on 24th September 1942.

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Sidney Burr Service Personnel

Burr, Sidney

  • 23rd May 202030th May 2020
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Sidney Burr

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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Norman Kemp Service Personnel

Kemp, Norman Llewellyn David

  • 14th January 202015th January 2020
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Norman Kemp

Name: Norman Llewellyn David Kemp

Died on: Monday, 30th September 1940

Died at: Plaza Cinema, Robertson Street, Hastings

Rank: Corporal

Service: Royal Air Force

Additional Information: Norman Kemp, was killed when a single bomber dropped one HE bomb that hit the Plaza Cinema on Robertson Street, Hastings. Thirteen other people were killed and thirty five injured, twelve seriously.

Norman, the son of William and Florence Gertrude Elizabeth Kemp, was a Special Constable and lived at 128 Emmanuel Road, Hastings. He was in town for his brother Nelson Kemp‘s funeral, who had been killed in Queens Road, Hastings on 26th September 1940 during an air raid.

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