Audrey Heritage
Rank: Nurse
Service: Voluntary Aid Detachment
Parents: Mr & Mrs Heritage
Home Address: The Haven, Sandhurst Lane, Little Common
Other Info: Audrey Heritage died aged 17 on 31st October 1918. She is buried at Hastings Cemetery. The inscription on his grave marker reads “Service and Sacrifice”.
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William Charles Heard
Rank: Petty Officer
Regiment: H. M. Coastguard
Parents: Mr Henry C & Mrs Francis Heard
Wife: Eliza Heard
Home Address: 11 Coastguard Station, Hastings
Other Info: William Heard died aged 47 on 12th February 1920. He is buried at Hastings Cemetery. The inscription on his grave reads “With Christ, which is far better. Philippians 1.23”.
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Frederick (Freddy) Holmes
Rank: Nursing Orderly
Regiment: St John Ambulance
Address: Hastings
Other Info: At Devonport Military Hospital.
Published: October 1914
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F J Wells
Rank: Nursing Orderly / Private
Regiment: St John Ambulance / Royal Army Medical Corps
Address: Hastings
Other Info: At Devonport Military Hospital. The poem below by Private Wells was found in the diary of nurse Daisy Bettison who lived at 5 Clarence Place, North Road, Plymouth:
When the evening sun is setting
and from care your thoughts are free
When of people you are thinking
will you sometimes think of those at M.H.D.
M.H.D. presumably meaning Military Hospital, Devonport.
Published: October 1914
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Arthur Waymark
Rank: Special Constable
Service: Brighton Police
Parents: Mr & Mrs Waymark
Brothers: Alfred G Waymark & William H Waymark
Parent’s Address: 22 Cornfield Terrace, St Leonards
Published: March 1918
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A Stewart-McCulloch
Rank: President
Regiment: Red Cross Detachment
Father: Major C Talbot Davenport
Father’s Address: 7 Grosvenor Crescent, St Leonards
Other Info: The photo shows a group of Red Cross workers at Ho Ho, the Philippine Islands, which belong to the U.S.A.
Published: February 1918
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Maud Mountain
Rank: Nurse
Service: Voluntary Aid Detachment, Sussex 132
Father: Mr William Arthur Mountain
Brother: Edwyn John Mountain
Aunt: Miss E M Rees
Aunt’s Address: The Ivy House, Ore
Other Info: Born in Penally, Wales. On active service in Salonika and was one of the nurses who were on board the SS Transylvania when it was torpedoed on 4th May 1917.
Published: January 1918
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E Glazier
Service: Munitions Worker
Mother: Mrs H Glazier
Father: H Glazier
Brother: Henry Stephen Glazier
Address: 18 Broadway, Ore
Published: January 1918
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F Cruttenden
Rank: Orderly
Regiment: Red Cross Society
Sister: Miss M Cruttenden
Address: Battle
Other Info: At Netley Hospital.
Published: November 1917
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Emily Jane Meredith
Rank: Nurse
Regiment: Territorial Field Nursing Service
Parents: Mr & Mrs John Henry Meredith
Address: 133 Marina, St Leonards
Other Info: She was amongst the ladies recently awarded the Royal Red Cross decoration by the King for valuable service in connection with the War. Miss Meredith has been on active service since the commencement of the War, first at Dyke Road Hospital and since then at the Leicester Military Hospital.
Published: November 1917
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