Name: Trevor Ernest John Gummerson
Died on: Sunday, 23rd May 1943
Died at: Swan Hotel, High Street, Hastings
Additional Information: Trevor Gummerson, aged 3, was killed when a number of fighter bombers dropped 25 HE Bombs on The Albany Hotel, Warrior House Hotel, Swan Hotel, Reeves Antique Shop, Old Town, Warrior Gate, Public House, Norman Road and Gensing Road. One of the worse attacks on the town during the war, 25 other people died and 85 more were injured, 30 seriously.
Trevor was the son of Lance Sergeant John W Gummerson. His mother, Grace Rosina Gummerson, also died in the attack as did his Aunt, Hilda Gummerson.
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