9 Grosvenor Gardens, St Leonards

In the afternoon of Thursday 24th September 1942, seven German fighter bombers with a fighter escort dropped a large number of high explosive bombs across St Leonards. As they flew across the town they also fired their machine guns indiscriminately. The bombs struck Warrior Square, West Hill Road, Quarry Hill and De Cham Road.

At 9 Grosvenor Gardens in St Leonards, 77 Year Old Margaret Redhead was killed during the attack. He death was probably caused by machine gun fire, as there are no bombs recorded as striking nearby.

In a bad day for the town, a total of 23 were killed, and 43 other injured, 21 seriously.

61 Warrior Square, St Leonards

In the afternoon of Thursday 24th September 1942, seven German fighter bombers with a fighter escort dropped a large number of high explosive bombs across St Leonards. As they flew across the town they also fired their machine guns indiscriminately. The bombs struck Warrior Square, West Hill Road, Quarry Hill and De Cham Road.

Warrior Square in St Leonards is a seafront park surrounded by high rise hotels and accommodation. The impact of the bombs collapsed several of these buildings, burying many people under the rubble. The evidence of this devastation can still be seen today. There are several buildings whose architecture is out of place with the majority of Victorian buildings that surround the central gardens. These are the ones that were damaged or demolished by the bombs.

At 61 Warrior Square seven people died;

Annie Harding
Mary Limb
Louis Loup
Mary Loup
Florence Mayer
Ada Miller
Alice Poole

In a bad day for the town, a total of 23 were killed, and 43 other injured, 21 seriously.

Bannow, Quarry Hill, St Leonards

In the afternoon of Thursday 24th September 1942, seven German fighter bombers with a fighter escort dropped a large number of high explosive bombs across St Leonards. As they flew across the town they also fired their machine guns indiscriminately. The bombs struck Warrior Square, West Hill Road, Quarry Hill and De Cham Road.

At the Bannow, a National Institute for the Blind, a bomb struck one of the outer wings of the building. Two residents, Dorothy Dean and Edith Waite were killed there and several others injured.

In a bad day for the town, a total of 23 were killed, and 43 other injured, 21 seriously.

5 to 7 West Hill Road, St Leonards

In the afternoon of Thursday 24th September 1942, seven German fighter bombers with a fighter escort dropped a large number of high explosive bombs across St Leonards. As they flew across the town they also fired their machine guns indiscriminately. The bombs struck Warrior Square, West Hill Road, Quarry Hill and De Cham Road.

The houses at 5 to 7 West Hill Road were badly damaged in the explosions and seven people died there, including three children;

Fanny Bloore aged 60
Cyprian Browning aged 82
Maureen Close aged 7
Barry Coltham aged 4
Elfrida Crauford 59
Gerald Drake aged 60
John Tarrant aged 5

In a bad day for the town, a total of 23 were killed, and 43 other injured, 21 seriously.