Daughter of Lewis William BARBER (1892-1976) & Fanny née MITCHELL (1890-1973).
Abode (1921): Tew Tree Hall Cottage, Forest Row, Sussex, England.
Abode (1939): The Cottage, Holly Croft, Forest Row, Sussex, England.
Abode (1943): 18 Post Horn Lane, Forest Row, Sussex, England.
Occupation (1939): Dressmaker.
Military 1943: No. W/75120, A.T.S. (Auxiliary Territorial Service)
Died aged 23 years, at the Whitehall Cinema, London Road, East Grinstead.
Cause of death: Killed by Enemy Action. Due to War operations.
Death registered by L. W. BARBER, Father, on 11 July 1943. (Death Certificate)
[On 9th July 1943, ten German aircraft crossed the Sussex coast at Hastings and headed for London. At 5.05 pm the air raid sirens sounded in East Grinstead. At the time 184 people were watching a film featuring Hopalong Cassidy in the Whitehall Cinema. A warning appeared on the screen that a German air raid was taking place but few of the audience, mostly children, took any notice of the message.
At 5.10 PM one pilot became separated from the other planes and decided that he would find another target before he returned home. A few minutes later he saw a train entering East Grinstead Station. He circled the town twice before dropping his bombs on the High Street.
One hit the Whitehall Cinema and others landed on several shops in the High Street and the London Road. As a result of the raid 108 people were killed and 235 were seriously injured. It was the largest loss of life in any air raid in Sussex].
Abode (1921): Tew Tree Hall Cottage, Forest Row, Sussex, England.
Abode (1939): The Cottage, Holly Croft, Forest Row, Sussex, England.
Abode (1943): 18 Post Horn Lane, Forest Row, Sussex, England.
Occupation (1939): Dressmaker.
Military 1943: No. W/75120, A.T.S. (Auxiliary Territorial Service)
Died aged 23 years, at the Whitehall Cinema, London Road, East Grinstead.
Cause of death: Killed by Enemy Action. Due to War operations.
Death registered by L. W. BARBER, Father, on 11 July 1943. (Death Certificate)
[On 9th July 1943, ten German aircraft crossed the Sussex coast at Hastings and headed for London. At 5.05 pm the air raid sirens sounded in East Grinstead. At the time 184 people were watching a film featuring Hopalong Cassidy in the Whitehall Cinema. A warning appeared on the screen that a German air raid was taking place but few of the audience, mostly children, took any notice of the message.
At 5.10 PM one pilot became separated from the other planes and decided that he would find another target before he returned home. A few minutes later he saw a train entering East Grinstead Station. He circled the town twice before dropping his bombs on the High Street.
One hit the Whitehall Cinema and others landed on several shops in the High Street and the London Road. As a result of the raid 108 people were killed and 235 were seriously injured. It was the largest loss of life in any air raid in Sussex].
Daughter of Lewis William BARBER (1892-1976) & Fanny née MITCHELL (1890-1973).
Abode (1921): Tew Tree Hall Cottage, Forest Row, Sussex, England.
Abode (1939): The Cottage, Holly Croft, Forest Row, Sussex, England.
Abode (1943): 18 Post Horn Lane, Forest Row, Sussex, England.
Occupation (1939): Dressmaker.
Military 1943: No. W/75120, A.T.S. (Auxiliary Territorial Service)
Died aged 23 years, at the Whitehall Cinema, London Road, East Grinstead.
Cause of death: Killed by Enemy Action. Due to War operations.
Death registered by L. W. BARBER, Father, on 11 July 1943. (Death Certificate)
[On 9th July 1943, ten German aircraft crossed the Sussex coast at Hastings and headed for London. At 5.05 pm the air raid sirens sounded in East Grinstead. At the time 184 people were watching a film featuring Hopalong Cassidy in the Whitehall Cinema. A warning appeared on the screen that a German air raid was taking place but few of the audience, mostly children, took any notice of the message.
At 5.10 PM one pilot became separated from the other planes and decided that he would find another target before he returned home. A few minutes later he saw a train entering East Grinstead Station. He circled the town twice before dropping his bombs on the High Street.
One hit the Whitehall Cinema and others landed on several shops in the High Street and the London Road. As a result of the raid 108 people were killed and 235 were seriously injured. It was the largest loss of life in any air raid in Sussex].
Abode (1921): Tew Tree Hall Cottage, Forest Row, Sussex, England.
Abode (1939): The Cottage, Holly Croft, Forest Row, Sussex, England.
Abode (1943): 18 Post Horn Lane, Forest Row, Sussex, England.
Occupation (1939): Dressmaker.
Military 1943: No. W/75120, A.T.S. (Auxiliary Territorial Service)
Died aged 23 years, at the Whitehall Cinema, London Road, East Grinstead.
Cause of death: Killed by Enemy Action. Due to War operations.
Death registered by L. W. BARBER, Father, on 11 July 1943. (Death Certificate)
[On 9th July 1943, ten German aircraft crossed the Sussex coast at Hastings and headed for London. At 5.05 pm the air raid sirens sounded in East Grinstead. At the time 184 people were watching a film featuring Hopalong Cassidy in the Whitehall Cinema. A warning appeared on the screen that a German air raid was taking place but few of the audience, mostly children, took any notice of the message.
At 5.10 PM one pilot became separated from the other planes and decided that he would find another target before he returned home. A few minutes later he saw a train entering East Grinstead Station. He circled the town twice before dropping his bombs on the High Street.
One hit the Whitehall Cinema and others landed on several shops in the High Street and the London Road. As a result of the raid 108 people were killed and 235 were seriously injured. It was the largest loss of life in any air raid in Sussex].
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JOAN BARBER, 9 July 1943, age 23.
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