Suffolk House, Brassey Road, Bexhill-on-Sea
2 January 1943 · Bexhill, East Sussex
View this record on the map →- Date
- 2 January 1943
- Record type
- Historic bombing site
- Bomb type
- HE
- Casualties
- 4
- Location
- Bexhill, East Sussex
- Position accuracy
- Confirmed event, street-derived point
What happened
A tip-and-run raid destroyed Suffolk House in Brassey Road, killing four residents.
Casualty note
Ada Mary Adamson, Jane Charlotte Cana, Edith Lilian Corke and Eleanor May Coventry.
Also worth knowing
53 civilians were killed within Bexhill borough by enemy action during the war — a borough-wide figure. A memorial to them was installed at Marina Court Gardens in 2015.