A civilian living in or around Hastings and St Leonards during WW2
Name: Elsie Friend Died on: Thursday, 11th March 1943 Died at: 1 Aldborough Road & 14 Clarence Road, Bohemia, St Leonards Additional Information: Elsie Friend, aged 56, 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 … Read more
Name: Alice Friend Died on: Thursday, 11th March 1943 Died at: 1 Aldborough Road & 14 Clarence Road, Bohemia, St Leonards Additional Information: Alice Friend, aged 62, 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 … Read more
Name: Elizabeth Alice Apps Died on: Thursday, 11th March 1943 Died at: 1 Aldborough Road & 14 Clarence Road, Bohemia, St Leonards Additional Information: Elizabeth Apps, aged 71, 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, … Read more
Name: Ethel Alice Fowler Wounded on: Tuesday, 2nd February 1943 Wounded at: 7 Moscow Road, Clive Vale, Hastings Additional Information: Ethel Fowler, aged 56, was wounded when an unknown number of planes dropped several 2,000lb bombs and 14 HE bombs on St John’s Church, Upper St Leonards, Ashbrook Road, Christ Church, Ore, Moscow Road, Alfred … Read more
Name: Ann Rosemary Watson Died on: Tuesday, 2nd February 1943 Died at: 7 Moscow Road, Clive Vale, Hastings Additional Information: Ann Watson, aged 4, was killed when an unknown number of planes dropped several 2,000lb bombs and 14 HE bombs on St John’s Church, Upper St Leonards, Ashbrook Road, Christ Church, Ore, Moscow Road, Alfred … Read more
Name: Sarah Martin Died on: Tuesday, 2nd February 1943 Died at: 7 Moscow Road, Clive Vale, Hastings Additional Information: Sarah Martin, aged 64, was killed when an unknown number of planes dropped several 2,000lb bombs and 14 HE bombs on St John’s Church, Upper St Leonards, Ashbrook Road, Christ Church, Ore, Moscow Road, Alfred Road … Read more
Name: Joyce Elizabeth Lewry Died on: Monday, 7th December 1942 Died at: Westfield Additional Information: Joyce Lewry, aged 14 months, was wounded when a German plane machine gunned, seemly at random, houses and civilians in and around Westfield. She died later that day at Buchanan hospital. One other person was killed in the attack. Joyce … Read more
Name: Joan Primrose Beeching Died on: Monday, 7th December 1942 Died at: Plumtree Cottages, Sprays Bridge, Westfield Additional Information: Joan Beeching, aged 28, was wounded in her home when a German plane machine gunned, seemly at random, houses and civilians in and around Westfield. She died later that day at Buchanan hospital. One other person … Read more
Name: Beatrice Harriet Walker Died on: Monday, 21st December 1942 Died at: 140 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards Additional Information: Beatrice Walker, was killed when an unknown fighter plane machine gunned Sedlescombe Road North, Marline Avenue, Madeira Drive, St Helen’s Road, Bexhill Road and Bultherhythe Road. Beatrice, the daughter of Edwin and M P Hiscock, … Read more
Name: Edith Ada Wilmshurst Wounded on: Saturday 17th October 1942 Wounded at: 43 Pevensey Road, St Leonards Additional Information: Edith Wilmshurst, aged 65, was wounded when two Fokker Wulf 109s dropped HE bombs on St Columbia’s Church, Warrior Gardens and Pevensey Road. She died on 18th October 1942 at the Buchanan Hospital. One other person … Read more