Over 5,300 photographs of people in war service from the Hastings and Rother area during WW1
William Norman Anderson
Regiment: 1st Canadian Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Parents-in-Law: Mr & Mrs Cruttenden
Wife: Mrs Dorothy May Anderson (nee Cruttenden)
In-Law’s Address: 21 Old Humphrey Avenue, Hastings
Other Info: The marriage ceremony was performed at All Saints’ Church, Hastings in January 1917.
Published: January 1917
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Arthur Cecil Ticehurst
Rank: Major
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Address: Battle
Other Info: Text reads; “…whose name appeared in the list of New Year military honours, he having been awarded the Military Cross. It is a thoroughly merited recognition of hard and continuous work at the Front, where the Major has been in command of a local Company of Engineers for the past two years. Early in the War he raised the Company in Hastings and Bexhill, and proceeded to France towards the end of 1914. His ability as an Engineer Officer was speedily recognised, and he has been placed in charge of important works. He has always show the greatest solicitude for the welfare of his men and this regard has been warmly reciprocated. His many friends in Battle and Hastings are highly delighted at the honour which has been conferred upon him…”
Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: January 1917
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David Noakes
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Fusiliers
Father: Mr D Noakes
Address: 43 St Mary’s Road, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: January 1917
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Arthur W Jardine
Rank: Driver
Regiment: attch to 5th Field Survey Company, Army Service Corps
Parents: Mr Richard & Mrs Mary Ann Jardine
Wife: Frances Charlotte Jardine
Brothers: Charles H Jardine & (probably) Richard J Jardine
Parent’s Address: 17 South Terrace, Hastings
Address: 54 Agnes Road, Acton Vale, London
Other Info: According to CWGC, Charles died aged 32 on 30th October 1918. He is remembered at St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, grave reference S.III.I.2
Published: January 1917
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G F Hutchinson
Rank: Corporal
Regiment: Army Service Corps
Wife: Mrs Hutchinson
Address: 33 Duke Road, Silverhill
Other Info: At the Front.
Published: January 1917
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F T Howe
Rank: Private
Regiment: Devonshire Regiment
Sent by: Miss I Coote
Miss Coote’s Address: 2 Cross Street, St Leonards
Other Info: At the Front.
Published: January 1917
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Frederick Hazelden
Rank: Private
Regiment: 6th Battalion, Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs)
Wife: Mrs Caroline Hazelden
Brothers: C Hazelden, Arthur J Hazelden & Traton Hazelden
Brothers-in-Law: William C Bellchambers, G Anderson, George Edward Pantry & Cecil W Maplesden
Address: 257 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front. According to CWGC, Frederick died aged 37 on 3rd May 1917. He is remembered at the Arras Memorial in Bay 2.
Published: January 1917, July 1917, January 1918 & March 1918
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William Gammon
Rank: Sapper
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Father: Mr J Gammon
Address: 42 Priory Road, Hastings
Published: January 1917
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Charles Edward Flint
Rank: Private
Regiment: Canadian Expeditionary Force
Father: Mr Edward Arthur Flint
Father’s Address: 73 The Downs, Bexhill
Other Info: At the Front.
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Published: January 1917
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Jack Ellis
Rank: Private
Regiment: Middlesex Regiment
Parents: Mr George Berry & Mrs Ellen Ellis
Brother: Thomas Ellis & Jack Ellis
Address: 14 Caves Road, St Leonards
Published: January 1917
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