Army
Ernest Edgar Wynne
Rank: Sapper
Service: Signal Depot (Dunstable), Royal Engineers
Wife: Mrs Theresa Wynne
Home Address: 4 Pinders Road, Clive Vale, Hastings
Other Info: Ernest Wynne died aged 31 on 22nd June 1919. He is buried at Hastings Cemetery.
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Army
Charles Benjamin Wynhall
Rank: Private
Service: 1st Garrison Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment
Wife: Mrs Edith Kate Wynhall
Home Address: 6 Hughenden Road, Hastings
Other Info: Charles Wynhall died aged 51 on 10th October 1918. He is buried at Hastings Cemetery. The inscription on his grave says “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven”. Charles is not remembered on Hastings War Memorial.
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Royal Air Force
Harvey Cecil Wood
Rank: Cadet
Regiment: No. 2 Officer’s Technical Training Wing, Royal Air Force, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Parents: Mr George T & Mrs Marion L Wood
Home Address: Stranraer, Saskatchewan, Canada
Other Info: Harvey Wood died of pneumonia aged 21 on 16th July 1918. He is buried at Hastings Cemetery.
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Army
James Willy
Rank: Private
Regiment: 123rd Battalion, Canadian Pioneers, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Parents: Mr Henry & Mrs Sarah Willy
Parent’s Address: Wandsworth, London
Wife: Amelia Willy
Home Address: 1064 Dundas Street, Toronto, Ontario
Other Info: James Willy died aged 45 on 5th September 1917. He is buried at Hastings Cemetery. The inscription on his grave reads “Gone but not forgotten”.
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Army
Albert Joseph Wilkins
Rank: Driver
Service: Heavy Transport, Royal Army Service Corps
Wife: Mrs Daisy Ellen Elizabeth Wilkins
Address: 258 Harold Road, Clive Vale, Hastings
Other Info: Albert Wilkins died aged 34 on 2nd March 1921. He is buried at Hastings Cemetery. His name is not on Hastings War Memorial.
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Army
George William Whitehead
Rank: Gunner
Service: Royal Garrison Artillery
Mother: Mrs Eliza Alice Meikle (formerly Whitehead)
Grandparents: Mrs George Thomas & Mrs Sophia Whitehead
Wife: Mrs Minnie Whitehead (nee Fagg)
Other Info: George Whitehead died aged 31 on 10th February 1921. He is buried at Hastings Cemetery.
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Army
William Henry Weller
Rank: Private
Service: 12th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr Charles & Mrs Mary Ann Weller
Wife: Mrs Mary Jane Weller
Home Address: 54 Susan’s Road, Eastbourne
Other Info: William Weller died aged 43 on 7th March 1920. He is buried at Hastings Cemetery. The inscription on his grave says “At rest with Christ, which is far better. Gone but not forgotten”.
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Army
Leo Waters
Rank: Sergeant
Service: 15th Labour Company, Labour Corps / Lincolnshire Regiment
Parents: Mr John & Mrs Mary Waters
Wife: Mrs D M Waters
Parent’s Address: 14 Bank Street, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent
Home Address: Police Station, Haywards Heath
Other Info: Leo Waters died aged 26 on 16th November 1919. He is buried at Hastings Cemetery. The inscription on his grave says “if we forget them not, shall they not remember us with God”.
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Army
William Wallis
Rank: Rifleman
Regiment: London Regiment
Other Info: William died on 6th April 1920. He is buried at Hastings Cemetery. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
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Army
Robert Ernest Wall
Rank: Private (2nd Class)
Regiment: 6th Squadron, Royal Air Force / Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Other Info: Robert Wall died on 2nd November 1918. He is buried at Hastings Cemetery.
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