Service Personnel
Name: Eberhard Weyergang
Rank: Wing Commander
Service: Luftwaffe
Additional Information: Eberhard Weyergang was born on 31st July 1916 and died on 25th September 1940. He was part of a crew flying a Messerschmitt Bf 110 which was shot down by RAF fighters and crashed near Beaulieu Farm, Hastings. Information from Air Crew Remembered here.
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Service Personnel
Name: Gustav Nelson
Rank: Sergeant
Service: Luftwaffe
Additional Information: Gustav Nelson was born on 21st June 1913 and died on 25th September 1940. He was part of a crew flying a Messerschmitt Bf 110 which was shot down by RAF fighters and crashed near Beaulieu Farm, Hastings. Information from Air Crew Remembered here.
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Service Personnel
Name: Joseph Carter White
Rank: Seaman
Service: Royal Naval Patrol Service
Ship: HM Trawler Botanic
Parents: William James & Mary Louisa White
Wife: D White
Address: Hastings
Additional Information: Joseph White died aged 35 on 15th September 1940. The inscription on his grave reads “Time heals, but we still remember son. Mum and Dad.” Information about Joseph White can be read on the Sussex History Forum here.
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Service Personnel
Name: William Horace Richman
Rank: Private
Regiment: 6th Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment
Address: Hastings or St Leonards
Additional Information: William Richman died on 12th September 1940.
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Civilian
Name: George Arthur Lusted
Rank: Private
Regiment: 1st Battalion, Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Address: Lived in the Hastings area.
Additional Information: George Lusted, a Commando, died on 5th September 1940. This webpage has a little more information about George.
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Service Personnel
Name: Alfred Butler
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: 114 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
Parents: Mr Richard & Mrs Annie Butler
Wife: Phillis Roma Alice Butler
Address: Hastings
Additional Information: Alfred Butler died aged 22 on 2nd September 1940. The inscription on the grave marker reads: “Your life was a beautiful memory”.
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Civilian
Name: Henry Walter Cook
Died on: Monday, 30th September 1940
Died at: 484 Bexhill Road, St Leonards
Additional Information: Henry Cook, aged 56, was killed at his home address when a lone bomber dropped an HE bomb on or near 484 Bexhill Road.
Henry was the husband of Elsie Elizabeth Maria Cook. I was unable to locate Henry’s grave marker in the main area of WW2 war graves, so he is likely buried else where on site. I will look to find it when I revisit Hastings Cemetery.
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Civilian
Name: William George Sadler
Wounded on: Monday, 30th September 1940
Wounded at: Cambridge Road, Hastings
Additional Information: William Sadler, aged 39, was wounded when a single bomber dropped one HE bomb that hit the Plaza Cinema on Robertson Street, Hastings. William was in Cambridge Road nearby. He died on 3rd October 1940 at Royal East Sussex Hospital. Thirteen other people were killed and thirty five injured, twelve seriously.
William was married to Lilian Sadler and lived at 59 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings.
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Civilian
Name: Ronald Horace Dutton
Died on: Monday, 30th September 1940
Died at: Plaza Cinema, Robertson Street, Hastings
Additional Information: Ronald Dutton, aged 20, 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.
Frederick was the son of Mrs E L Dutton, and lived at 42 Hughenden Road, Hastings. I was unable to locate Ronald’s grave marker in the main area of WW2 war graves, so he is likely buried else where on site. I will look to find it when I revisit Hastings Cemetery.
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Civilian
Name: Cecil Ronald Kenneth Hume
Wounded on: Monday, 30th September 1940
Wounded at: Mssrs Plummer and Roddis, 1-2 Robertson Street, Hastings
Additional Information: Cecil Hume, aged 29, was wounded when a single bomber dropped one HE bomb that hit the Plaza Cinema on Robertson Street, Hastings. William was working at department store Plummer & Roddis (now Debenhams) nearby. He died on 1st October 1940 at Royal East Sussex Hospital. Thirteen other people were killed and thirty five injured, twelve seriously.
Cecil, married to Mrs K Hume and the son of Mr & Mrs H Hume, lived at 23 Clive Avenue, Hastings. The inscription on his grave marker reads “The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them”.
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