[soliloquy id=”1111″] At 1pm on Sunday the 23rd May 1943, German fighter bombers, probably Focke Wulf 190s, swept across Hastings and St Leonards in a ‘tip and run’ raid. They dropped 25 high explosive bombs and sprayed machine gun…
Name: Joseph Carter White Rank: Seaman Service: Royal Naval Patrol Service Ship: HM Trawler Botanic Parents: William James & Mary Louisa White Wife: D White Address: Hastings Additional Information: Joseph White died aged 35 on 15th September 1940. The inscription on…
Name: Albert Alfred Wenman Rank: Trooper Regiment: 4th Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps Address: Hastings Additional Information: Albert Wenman died on 3rd November 1942. More information about Albert can be read on the Sussex History Forum here. If you can provide more information…
Name: Kenneth Charles Albert Watson Rank: Signalman Regiment: Royal Corps of Signals Parents: William Henry & Emma S Watson Address: Hastings Additional Information: Kenneth Watson died aged 19 on 13th January 1942. The inscription on his grave reads “Weep not my…
Name: Thomas F K Stanley Rank: Sergeant Regiment: 17th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) Parents: William and Elizabeth Stanley Address: Hastings Additional Information: Thomas Stanley died aged 28 on 27th October 1942. The inscription on his grave reads “Not…
Name: Alfred William Richardson Rank: Driver Regiment: Royal Army Service Corps Parents: Alfred Henry & Mary Richardson Address: Hastings Additional Information: Alfred Richardson died aged 20 0n 16th June 1940. The inscription on his grave reads “Greater love hath no man…
Name: Rex Proctor Rank: Sapper Regiment: 47 Bomb Disposal Section, Royal Engineers Parents: Alfred Henry & Freda Clare Proctor Address: Hastings Additional Information: Rex Proctor died aged 21 on 13th September 1944. The inscription on his grave reads “Also in memory…
Name: James Phillips Rank: Fisherman Regiment: Fishing Fleet Wife: Catherine Agnes Phillips Address: Hastings Additional Information: Ronald Paine died aged 69 on 1st January 1942. James served in the Royal Sussex Regiment during WW1. The inscription on his grave reads ‘O…
Name: Edward Arthur Marchant Rank: Sergeant Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves Wife: Betty Marjorie Marchant Parents: Edward Arthur & Mercy Merchant Address: Lived in Hastings Additional Information: Edward Marchant died aged 30 on 30th November 1942. The inscription on his…
Name: Frank Koley Rank: Private Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment Wife: Mrs E M Koley Address: Hastings Additional Information: Frank Koley died aged 57 on 29th January 1942. The inscription on the grave marker reads: “In loving memory of my dear husband Frank.…