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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Civilian
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
Name: Margaret Evelyn Redhead
Died on: Thursday, 24th September 1942
Died at: 9 Grosvenor Gardens, St Leonards
Additional Information: Margaret Redhead, aged 77, was killed when seven fighter bombers swept into St Leonards strafing with machine gun fire and dropping HE bombs on Warrior Square, West Hill, St Leonards, Quarry Hill and De Cham Road. 23 people were killed in the attack, with 43 other wounded, 21 seriously.
The bomb site location map used as a reference doesn’t show a bomb hitting near to Grosvenor Gardens, so she may have been killed by machine gun fire.
Margaret was the daughter of Revd Theodore John and Helen Crane Redhead of Thurnby-cum-Stoughton, Leicester. She lived at Forewood Lodge, Crowhurst.
I was unable to locate Margaret’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
Name: Maud Isabel Evans
Died on: Thursday, 24th September 1942
Wounded at: Warrior Square, St Leonards
Additional Information: Maud Evans, aged 74, was wounded when seven fighter bombers swept into St Leonards strafing with machine gun fire and dropping HE bombs on Warrior Square, West Hill, St Leonards, Quarry Hill and De Cham Road. She died later that day at the Royal East Sussex Hospital. 23 people were killed in the attack, with 43 other wounded, 21 seriously.
Maud lived at 45 West Hill, St Leonards.
I was unable to locate Maud’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.
Maud is not named on Hastings War Memorial.
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Civilian
Name: Amy Fanny Clapham
Died on: Thursday, 24th September 1942
Died at: 69 Warrior Square, St Leonards
Additional Information: Amy Clapham, aged 78, was killed when seven fighter bombers swept into St Leonards strafing with machine gun fire and dropping HE bombs on Warrior Square, West Hill, St Leonards, Quarry Hill and De Cham Road. 23 people were killed in the attack, with 43 other wounded, 21 seriously.
Amy was the widow of Charles George Clapham
I was unable to locate Amy’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
Name: Charlotte Maud Chapman
Died on: Thursday, 24th September 1942
Died at: 71 Warrior Square, St Leonards
Additional Information: Charlotte Chapman, aged 71, was killed when seven fighter bombers swept into St Leonards strafing with machine gun fire and dropping HE bombs on Warrior Square, West Hill, St Leonards, Quarry Hill and De Cham Road. 23 people were killed in the attack, with 43 other wounded, 21 seriously.
Charlotte was the widow of Harry Vaughan Chapman. She lived at 71 Warrior Square.
I was unable to locate Charlotte’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
Name: Jessie Burgess
Died on: Thursday, 24th September 1942
Died at: 15a Warrior Square Mews, St Leonards
Additional Information: Jesssie Burgess, aged 48, was killed when seven fighter bombers swept into St Leonards strafing with machine gun fire and dropping HE bombs on Warrior Square, West Hill, St Leonards, Quarry Hill and De Cham Road. 23 people were killed in the attack, with 43 other wounded, 21 seriously.
Jessie was the daughter of Thomas Jesse and Eliza Elizabeth Burgess. She lived at 15a Warrior Square Mews.
I was unable to locate Jessie’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
Name: Constance Mary Bovenizer
Died on: Thursday, 24th September 1942
Died at: 71 Warrior Square, St Leonards
Additional Information: Constance Bovenizer, aged 74, was killed when seven fighter bombers swept into St Leonards strafing with machine gun fire and dropping HE bombs on Warrior Square, West Hill, St Leonards, Quarry Hill and De Cham Road. 23 people were killed in the attack, with 43 other wounded, 21 seriously.
Constance, a member of the Women’s Voluntary Service, was married to Alfred Bovenizer, who also died in the attack. They lived at Flat 9a, 71 Warrior Square.
I was unable to locate Constance’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
Name: Alfred Bovenizer
Died on: Thursday, 24th September 1942
Died at: 71 Warrior Square, St Leonards
Additional Information: Alfred Bovenizer, aged 74, was killed when seven fighter bombers swept into St Leonards strafing with machine gun fire and dropping HE bombs on Warrior Square, West Hill, St Leonards, Quarry Hill and De Cham Road. 23 people were killed in the attack, with 43 other wounded, 21 seriously.
Alfred was married to Constance Mary Bovenizer, who also died in the attack. They lived at Flat 9a, 71 Warrior Square.
I was unable to locate Alfred’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: Alice Kate Poole
Wounded on: Thursday, 24th September 1942
Wounded at: 61 Warrior Square, St Leonards
Additional Information: Alice Poole, aged 65, was wounded when seven fighter bombers swept into St Leonards strafing with machine gun fire and dropping HE bombs on Warrior Square, West Hill, St Leonards, Quarry Hill and De Cham Road. 23 people were killed in the attack, with 43 other wounded, 21 seriously.
Alice was the daughter of George Poole. The date of death on the grave stone also differs to the date stated on CWGC records, so it is possible she died of wounds on 3rd October 1942.
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