In the morning of Monday 21st December 1942, a single German fighter fired its machine guns as it flew low across St Leonards. Bullets hit Marline Avenue, Sedlescombe Road North, , Madeira Drive, St Helen’s Road, Bexhill Road, Bulverhythe Road. At 140 Sedlescombe Road North, 57 year old Beatrice Walker was killed by this gunfire.
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 a bus. Hearing the plane, she attempted to take cover in a shed, but the … Read more
During the morning of 7th December 1943, a German plane flew over the Westfield parish and fired its machine guns at cottages across the area. At Plumtree Cottages in Spray Lane, Joan Beeching, aged 28 was in her kitchen. She was hit several times by bullets and died later that day at Buchanan Hospital. Her … 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