Category Civilian

A civilian living in or around Hastings and St Leonards during WW2

Prior, Amos

Amos Prior

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…

Payne, Annie

Annie Payne

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…

Martin, George Alfred

Hastings Cemetery

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…

French, Florence Elizabeth

Hastings Cemetery

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,…

Bourn, Richard Reeve

Hastings Cemetery

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,…

Cook, Henry Walter

Hastings Cemetery

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…

Sadler, William George

William George Sadler

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.…

Dutton, Ronald Horace

Ronald Horace Dutton

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…

Hume, Cecil Ronald Kenneth

Cecil Ronald Kenneth Hume

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…

Brown, William Francis

Hastings Cemetery

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…