A civilian living in or around Hastings and St Leonards during WW2
Name: Amos Prior Died on: Saturday, 5th October 1940 Died at: Bedford Arms Hotel (now Santander Bank), Queens Road, Hastings Additional Information: Amos Prior was born at his home address of 59 Priory Road, Halton, Hastings on 25th February 1876 to Mr Henry and Mrs Jane Prior (nee Morris). He had two older brothers, Fred … Read more
Name: Annie Payne Died on: Saturday, 5th October 1940 Died at: Bedford Arms Hotel (now Santander Bank), Queens Road, Hastings Additional Information: Annie Payne, aged 72, was killed when a lone bomber dropped 12 HE bombs on the Bedford Public House, Queens Road, Milward Road, Wellington Road, Cricket Ground, Stonefield Road and Wallinger’s Walk. Eight … Read more
Name: George Alfred Martin Died on: Saturday, 5th October 1940 Wounded near: Bedford Arms Hotel (now Santander Bank), Queens Road, Hastings Additional Information: George Martin, aged 72, was wounded when a lone bomber dropped 12 HE bombs on the Bedford Arms Hotel, Queens Road, Milward Road, Wellington Road, Cricket Ground, Stonefield Road and Wallinger’s Walk. … Read more
Name: Florence Elizabeth French Died on: Saturday, 5th October 1940 Died at: 12 Wellington Road, Hastings Additional Information: Florence French, aged 72, was killed near her home when a lone bomber dropped 12 HE bombs on the Bedford Arms Hotel, Queens Road, Milward Road, Wellington Road, Cricket Ground, Stonefield Road and Wallinger’s Walk. Eight people … Read more
Name: Richard Reeve Bourn Died on: Saturday, 5th October 1940 Died at: Wellington Road, Hastings Additional Information: Richard Bourn, aged 71, was killed when a lone bomber dropped 12 HE bombs on the Bedford Arms Hotel, Queens Road, Milward Road, Wellington Road, Cricket Ground, Stonefield Road and Wallinger’s Walk. Eight people were killed in the … Read more
Name: Henry Walter Cook Died on: Monday, 30th September 1940 Died at: 484 Bexhill Road, St Leonards Additional Information: Henry Cook, aged 56, was killed at his home address when a lone bomber dropped an HE bomb on or near 484 Bexhill Road. Henry was the husband of Elsie Elizabeth Maria Cook. I was unable … Read more
Name: William George Sadler Wounded on: Monday, 30th September 1940 Wounded at: Cambridge Road, Hastings Additional Information: William Sadler, aged 39, was wounded when a single bomber dropped one HE bomb that hit the Plaza Cinema on Robertson Street, Hastings. William was in Cambridge Road nearby. He died on 3rd October 1940 at Royal East … Read more
Name: Ronald Horace Dutton Died on: Monday, 30th September 1940 Died at: Plaza Cinema, Robertson Street, Hastings Additional Information: Ronald Dutton, aged 18, was killed when a single bomber dropped one HE bomb that hit the Plaza Cinema on Robertson Street, Hastings. Thirteen other people were killed and thirty five injured, twelve seriously. Ronald was … Read more
Name: Cecil Ronald Kenneth Hume Wounded on: Monday, 30th September 1940 Wounded at: Mssrs Plummer and Roddis, 1-2 Robertson Street, Hastings Additional Information: Cecil Hume, aged 29, was wounded when a single bomber dropped one HE bomb that hit the Plaza Cinema on Robertson Street, Hastings. William was working at department store Plummer & Roddis … Read more
Name: William Francis Brown Wounded on: Monday, 30th September 1940 Wounded at: Plaza Cinema, Cambridge Road, Hastings Additional Information: William Brown, aged 54, was wounded when a single bomber dropped one HE bomb that hit the Plaza Cinema on Robertson Street, Hastings. William was in Cambridge Road nearby. He died on 1st October 1940 at … Read more