Name: Hetty Rutton Murdock
Died on: Thursday, 11th March 1943
Died at: 59 Springfield Road, St Leonards
Additional Information: Hetty Murdock, aged 74, 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.
Hetty lived at 13 Charles Road, St Leonards. Her surname is spelt ‘Murdoch’ on Hastings War Memorial.
Hetty is buried with her husband John at Teddington Cemetery.
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