Civilian
Payne, Annie
Name: Annie Payne
Died on: Saturday, 5th October 1940
Died at: Bedford Arms Hotel (now Santander Bank), Queens Road, Hastings
Additional Information: Annie Payne, aged 72, was killed when a lone bomber dropped 12 HE bombs on the Bedford Public House, Queens Road, Milward Road, Wellington Road, Cricket Ground, Stonefield Road and Wallinger’s Walk. Eight people were killed in the raid with a further nine injured, eight seriously.
Annie was married to George Payne and lived at 232 Priory Road.
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[…] Annie Payne was in the hotel when it was hit and died there. Amos Prior was killed by shrapnel outside. Two other people were killed in Queens Road during the raid; George Martin and Florence Stones. […]