49 Salisbury Road, St Leonards

49 Salisbury Road, St Leonards

Shortly after 3:30pm on Thursday March 11th 1943, an estimated 2o Focke-Wulf 190s attacked the town from inland, having cross the Channel at Fairlight. They attacked at high speed and low altitude, dropping at least 25 high explosive bombs. The…

59 Springfield Road, St Leonards

59 Springfield Road, St Leonards

Shortly after 3:30pm on Thursday March 11th 1943, an estimated 2o Focke-Wulf 190s attacked the town from inland, having cross the Channel at Fairlight. They attacked at high speed and low altitude, dropping at least 25 high explosive bombs. The…

Green, William Charles

Green, William Charles

Name: William Charles Green Rank: Lance Corporal Regiment: Royal Engineers Died on: Monday, 30th September 1940 Died at: Plaza Cinema, Robertson Street, Hastings Parents: Mr Kenneth William and Mrs Ethel Maud Green Home Address: 15 York Road, Bexhill on Sea…

52 Vale Road, St Leonards

52 Vale Road, St Leonards

Shortly after 3:30pm on Thursday March 11th 1943, an estimated 2o Focke-Wulf 190s attacked the town from inland, having cross the Channel at Fairlight. They attacked at high speed and low altitude, dropping at least 25 high explosive bombs. The…

Perth Road, St Leonards

Perth Road, St Leonards

Shortly after 3:30pm on Thursday March 11th 1943, an estimated 2o Focke-Wulf 190s attacked the town from inland, having cross the Channel at Fairlight. They attacked at high speed and low altitude, dropping at least 25 high explosive bombs. The…

Silverhill Junction

Silverhill Junction

Just after 3:30pm on Thursday March 11th 1943, an estimated 2o Focke-Wulf 190s attacked the town from inland, having cross the Channel at Fairlight. They attacked at high speed and low altitude, dropping at least 25 high explosive bombs. The…

1 Aldborough Road, St Leonards

1 Aldborough Road, St Leonards

Just after 3:30pm on Thursday March 11th 1943, an estimated 2o Focke-Wulf 190s attacked the town from inland, having cross the Channel at Fairlight. They attacked at high speed and low altitude, dropping at least 25 high explosive bombs. The…

7 Moscow Road, Ore, Hastings

7 Moscow Road, Ore, Hastings

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…

Brede Hill, Brede

Brede Hill, Brede

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…