Author: WW2RollofHonour
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5 to 7 West Hill Road, St Leonards
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. The bombs struck Warrior Square, West Hill Road, Quarry Hill and De Cham Road. The…
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60 St Georges Road, Hastings
On Sunday 17th May 1942 four Messerschmitt 109s did a ‘tip and run’ raid run on Hastings. The attackers fired their machine guns indiscriminately as they swept across town, dropped their bombs and then fled back to their base across the Channel. The four high explosive bombs dropped that day hit Falaise Road, Havelock Road…
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42 Havelock Road, Hastings
On Sunday 17th May 1942 four Messerschmitt 109s did a ‘tip and run’ raid run on Hastings. The attackers fired their machine guns indiscriminately as they swept across town, dropped their bombs and then fled back to their base across the Channel. The four high explosive bombs dropped that day hit Falaise Road, Havelock Road…
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24 The Broadway, Ore, Hastings
On Sunday 3rd May 1942, at 9.05pm, four Messerschmitt 109s swept over the town and dropped high explosive bombs on across Hastings and Ore. Vicarage Road and Emmanuel Road, in Hastings and Barley Lane, Middle Road, The Broadway and Oakfield Road in Ore were all hit. One of these bombs exploded on The Broadway, Ore…
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50 Emmanuel Road, Hastings
On Sunday 3rd May 1942, at 9.05pm, four Messerschmitt 109s swept over the town and dropped high explosive bombs on Vicarage Road and Emmanuel Road, Hastings and Barley Lane, Middle Road, The Broadway and Oakfield Road in Ore. Mary Gamblen was killed when one of the bombs hit 50 Emmanuel Road. Her husband James Gamblen…
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Emmanuel Vicarage, Vicarage Road, Hastings
On Sunday 3rd May 1942, at 9.05pm, four Messerschmitt 109s swept over the town and dropped high explosive bombs on Vicarage Road and Emmanuel Road, Hastings and Barley Lane, Middle Road, The Broadway and Oakfield Road in Ore. Two year old Deidre Battersby was killed as she slept in her cot when one of the…
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28 Linton Road, Hastings
On Tuesday 26th October, whilst an air battle raged overhead, a Dornier dropped 2 bombs on Linton Road. One of these was a direct hit on 28 Linton Road, destroying it completely. House owner William Amiss, a member of the Home Guard, was badly injured and taken to the Royal East Sussex Hospital. He died…
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45 Milward Road, Hastings
On Thursday 10th October 1940, twenty four high explosive bombs were dropped on the town during two separate waves, the first at 6:44am and the second at 12:15pm. The bombs struck Stonefield Road, Milward Road, West Street, the West Hill, Priory Road, High Bank, Alfred Road and Ashburnham Road. One person was killed and two…
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24 Fellows Road, Hastings
On Wednesday 9th October 1940, German planes dropped twenty high explosive bombs across Ore and Hastings. Canute Road, Offa Road, Martineau Lane, Broomgrove Road, Fellows Road and Pine Avenue were all hit. Two people were killed and eleven others injured, three seriously. Emily Marchant, aged 28 died at 24 Fellows Road.
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Upper Broomgrove Road, Hastings
On Wednesday 9th October 1940, German planes dropped twenty high explosive bombs across Ore and Hastings. Canute Road, Offa Road, Martineau Lane, Broomgrove Road, Fellows Road and Pine Avenue were all hit. Two people were killed and eleven others injured, three seriously. Margaret Cleverly, aged 18 was killed in her home at 7 Upper Broomgrove…