Read, Edith

Hastings Cemetery WW2

Name: Edith Read

Died on: Thursday, 11th March 1943

Died at: Silverhill Junction, 5 and 7 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards

Additional Information: Edith Read, aged 45, was killed when several Focke Wulf 190s and Messerschmitt Bf 109s strafed with machine gun fire and dropped 25 HE Bombs on Silverhill Junction, St Matthew’s Schools, Strood Road, Alma Terrace, Alma Villas, Perth Road, Adelaide Road, Battle Road, Aldborough Road, Clarence Road, Salisbury Road, King Edward Avenue, Salisbury Road, Bohemia Road, Springfield Road, Combermere Road, Burry Road, Blomfield Road, Holmesdale Gardens and St Helens Road. One of the worse attacks on the town during the war, 37 other people died and 90 more were injured, 39 seriously.

Edith, the daughter of Mr & Mrs G Lusted, was married to Sidney Read. She lived at 6 Alberta Road, Hollington.

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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