1940 to 1949

From Historical Hastings
<<1930 to 1939 : 1950 to 1959>>

Images of Hastings dated between 1940 and 1949[edit]

Events happening in this decade:

  • Air Raids (Air raid hitting Whitefriars Rd, Priory Road and Cricket Ground, 1940)
  • Air Raids (Air Raid - Bexleigh Avenue, 1940)
  • Air Raids (Ecclesbourne Glen hit by german bombs, 1940)
  • Air Raids (Air Raid - The Green/Tower Road area, 1940)
  • Air Raids (Alfred Road hit by enemy bombs, 1940)
  • Air Raids (Air Raid on Linton Crescent and All Saints Street - no bombs exploded, 1940)
  • Air Raids (Air Raid targetting Ore Tunnel & Batchelor's Bump, 1940)
  • Air Raids (Air raid in Alexandra Park/Mount Pleasant area - none of the bombs exploded in the park, 1940)
  • Air Raids (Halton School destroyed by air raid, 1940)
  • Air Raids (St. Leonards targetted in air raid, 1940)
  • Air Raids (upper Queen's Road, Nelson Road, Milward Road & St. Mary's Terrace hit by string of bombs, 1940)
  • Air Raids (Bexhill Road and Seaside Road hit by enemy bombs, 1940)
  • Air Raids (Plaza Cinema hit in air raid - 14 casualties, 1940)
  • Air Raids (Childrens ward at the RESH damaged by air raid hitting White Rock Gardens, 1940)
  • Air Raids (St. Leonards Pier hit by enemy bombs, 1940)
  • Air Raids (Bedford Arms destroyed by air raids which also hit the Cricket Ground, Wallinger's Walk and Wellington Road, 1940)
  • Air Raids (Stockleigh Road hit by enemy bombers, 1940)
  • Air Raids (Air raids targetting Hastings Station and Queen's Road Gas Works, 1940)
  • Air Raids (Kites Farm and Harley Shute Road attacked by German aircraft, 1940)
  • Air Raids (Tilekiln Lane hit by enemy bombers, 1940)
  • Air Raids (Priory Road targetted by German Planes, 1940)
  • Air Raids (Linton Road hit by enemy bombs, 1940)
  • Air Raids (Fairlight, West St. Leonards and Buckshole attacked in three air raids, 1940)
  • Air Raids (Broomgrove Power Station and Burtons St. Leonards hit by enemy bombs, 1940)
  • Air Raids (West Marina Railway Station attacked by German aircraft, 1940)
  • Air Raids (Incendiary bombing of St. Margaret's Road, 1941)
  • Air Raids (Town machine-gunned by German aircraft, 1941)
  • Air Raids (200 incendiary bombs dropped by German Bombers targetting Broomgrove Power Station, 1941)
  • Air Raids (Gensing Road, Clyde Road and Woodland Vale Road hit by 5 German Bombs, 1941)
  • Air Raids (Municipal Hospital and Royal East Sussex attacked with high explosive and incendiary bombs, 1941)
  • Air Raids (Elphinstone Avenue hit by German bomber, 1941)
  • Air Raids (Attack on train approaching Hastings Station, 1942)
  • Air Raids (Town strafed by German Raiders, 1942)
  • Air Raids (Fishing Boat strafed by German aircraft, 1942)
  • Air Raids (Two bombs land on West Hill between George Street and Wellington Road, 1942)
  • Air Raids (Vicarage of Emmanuel Church destroyed, 1942)
  • Operation Bristle (Return of Commandos from the failed operation Bristle, 1942)
  • Air Raids (Bombs hit Boyne Road and Berlin Road, 1942)
  • Air Raids (Marine Court damaged by enemy bombs, 1942)
  • Air Raids (West St. Leonards to Warrior Square hit by string of seven bombs, 1942)
  • Air Raids (St. Columbia's Church and Pevensey Road hit by German bombs, 1942)
  • Air Raids (Fairlight Place attacked by German raiders, 1943)
  • Air Raids (Roofs at Bexhill Road damaged in German attack, 1943)
  • Air Raids (Glyne Gap Gasworks attacked by German bombers, 1943)
  • Air Raids (St. Johns Church, Christ Church (Ore), Moscow and Alfred Road hit by German bombs, 1943)
  • Air Raids (London-bound train attacked, 1943)
  • Air Raids (Aldborough Road hit by German bomb, 1943)
  • Air Raids (Nos 182-186 Bohemia Road (Magdalen Terrace) destroyed by enemy action, 1943)
  • Tip and Run Raid 11 March 43 (1943)
  • Air Raids (Tip and Run raid on Silverhill leads to destruction of St. Matthews School and 38 casualties, 1943)
  • Air Raids (Most destructive air raid occurs on the town with the loss of the Albany and Swan Hotels, 1943)
  • Swan Hotel (Bombing of the Swan Hotel, 1943)
  • Albany Hotel (Destruction of Albany Hotel, 1943)
  • Air Raids (Markwick Terrace targetted with 14 bombs dropped, 1943)
  • Air Raids (V1 explodes at Old Church Road, 1943)
  • Air Raids (Havelock Road, York Buildings and some allotments hit in air raid, 1943)
  • Air Raids (Upper Broomgrove Road hit by bombs, possibly targetting Ore Station/Broomgrove Power Station, 1943)
  • Air Raids (Filsham Road hit in enemy action, 1944)
  • Air Raids (Bomb explodes in Priory Road, killing E. Leslie Badham and his daughter, 1944)
  • Air Raids (Bomb explodes in Filsham Road, 1944)
  • Air Raids (First V1 flying bomb explodes near Bexhill Road, 1944)
  • Air Raids (V1 explodes near Ledsham Avenue, 1944)
  • Air Raids (Shear Barn farmhouse hit by V1 causing last civilian casualty in WW2, 1944)
  • Air Raids (St. Leonards Church destroyed by V1 flying bomb. This is the last damage recorded during WW2, 1944)
  • Pioneer (Fishing Lugger) (Loss of the Pioneer, 1949)
  • 1949 Town Centre Flooding.jpg (Town Centre flooded, 1949)

Images of Hastings and St. Leonards in World War 2 and the period immediately afterwards.

References & Notes

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