Service Personnel
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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Service Personnel
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”.
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Service Personnel
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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Service Personnel
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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Service Personnel
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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Service Personnel
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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Service Personnel
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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Service Personnel
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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Service Personnel
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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