Navy
Charles Beartup
Ship: HMS Hogue
Address: 172 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings
Other Info: Charles was formerly in the local postal service. Was one of the men saved from HMS Hogue when it was sunk, along with sister ships HMS Cressy and HMS Aboukir, by German submarine U-9 on 22nd September 1914.
Published: September 1914
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Navy
Daniel Hodson
Ship: HMS Hogue
Parents: Mr & Mrs Hodson
Address: 22 All Saints Street, Hastings
Other Info: According to CWGC, Daniel was aboard HMS Hogue when it was sunk, along with sister ships HMS Aboukir and HMS Cressy, by German submarine U-9 on 22nd September 1914. He was one of 1,459 seamen lost on that day.
Daniel is remembered on the Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 2.
Published: October 1914
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Navy
Arthur William Phillips
Rank: Able Seaman
Ship: HMS Hogue
Father: ‘Old Gent’ Phillips, plasterer of Hastings
Other Info: Saved from HMS Hogue by trawler number 369 after being in the water for upwards of an hour. Mr Phillips has a medal and clasp for the Benin Expedition.
Published: September 1914
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Navy
William Edward Royall
Rank: Chief Carpenter’s Mate
Ship: HMS Hogue
Address: 17a Havelock Road, Hastings
Other Info: According to CWGC, William was aboard HMS Hogue when it was sunk, along with sister ships HMS Aboukir and HMS Cressy, by German submarine U-9 on 22nd September 1914. He was one of 1,459 seamen lost on that day.
The son of Edward and Mary Royall of Woolwich, London he was aged 53 when he died, married to Louisa and living at 42 Milward Crescent, Hastings. William is remembered on the Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 6.
Published: September 1914
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