Name: Ethel Mary Ermin Thompson
Died on: Thursday, 11th March 1943
Died at: 25 & 26 Alma Villas, Silverhill, St Leonards
Additional Information: Ethel Thompson, aged 70, 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.
Ethel, the daughter of Captain Edward Hastings and Priscilla Lumley Parker, was married to John Cresswell Thompson. She lived at 37 Sedlescombe Road South.
I was unable to locate Elizabeth’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.
If you can provide more information about this person, please comment below or contact me here.