During the morning of Tuesday 9th February 1943 two German bombers dropped several 2,000lb bombs and 14 high explosive bombs across Hastings and St Leonards. They also sprayed machine gun fire as they flew across the town. Bomb damage was…
In the morning of Monday 21st December 1942, a single German fighter fired its machine guns as it flew low across St Leonards. Bullets hit Marline Avenue, Sedlescombe Road North, , Madeira Drive, St Helen’s Road, Bexhill Road, Bulverhythe Road.…
During the morning of 7th December 1943, a German plane flew over the Brede parish and fired its machine guns at ‘targets’ across the area. At Brede Hill, Brede, Violet Lewry was with her daughter on the way to catch…
During the morning of 7th December 1943, a German plane flew over the Westfield parish and fired its machine guns at cottages across the area. At Plumtree Cottages in Spray Lane, Joan Beeching, aged 28 was in her kitchen. She…
At around twenty past one on Saturday 17th October, two Focke Wulf 190 fighters dropped high explosive bombs across St Leonards. At 43 Pevensey Road, two people were killed when the building was demolished. Alice Cooper, aged 71 was killed…
In the afternoon of Thursday 24th September 1942, seven German fighter bombers with a fighter escort dropped a large number of high explosive bombs across St Leonards. As they flew across the town they also fired their machine guns indiscriminately.…
In the afternoon of Thursday 24th September 1942, seven German fighter bombers with a fighter escort dropped a large number of high explosive bombs across St Leonards. As they flew across the town they also fired their machine guns indiscriminately.…
John Charles Cornford Rank: Corporal Regiment: 1st Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Parents: Mr James Albert Page (Stepfather) & Mrs Rosina Mary Cornford Address: Ore, Hastings Other Info: Charles died aged 28 on 23rd March 1943. He is remembered at Enfidaville…
In the afternoon of Thursday 24th September 1942, seven German fighter bombers with a fighter escort dropped a large number of high explosive bombs across St Leonards. As they flew across the town they also fired their machine guns indiscriminately.…
In the afternoon of Thursday 24th September 1942, seven German fighter bombers with a fighter escort dropped a large number of high explosive bombs across St Leonards. As they flew across the town they also fired their machine guns indiscriminately.…