Pledge to name building after Eastbourne war hero is broken

By The Newsroom
Published 7th Apr 2019, 17:20 BST
HOR 240507 Henry Allingham, 110 year old man at Towers Convent, Upper Beeding -photo by steve cobb MAYOAK0003457849HOR 240507 Henry Allingham, 110 year old man at Towers Convent, Upper Beeding -photo by steve cobb MAYOAK0003457849
HOR 240507 Henry Allingham, 110 year old man at Towers Convent, Upper Beeding -photo by steve cobb MAYOAK0003457849
A pledge to name a new building in the town centre after a 113-year-old Eastbourne war hero is now not to be honoured.

Churchill Retirement Homes announced in 2016 its new development on the former Caffyn’s garage site in Upperton Road would be named after Henry Allingham, who was an Eastbourne resident, one of the last surviving British veterans of the First World War, a founder member of the RAF and the last man to have witnessed the Battle of Jutland.

But this week it appears the name was changed to Burlington Lodge and a spokesperson for Churchill Retirement Living said it was due to “circumstances outside their control”.

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