Killed Archives - WW1 Roll Of Honour

Navy

Tomlin, Henry

18th September 2021
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Henry Tomlin

Rank: Able Seaman

Ship: HMS Good Hope

Wife: Mrs Gertrude Alice Tomlin (nee Mayhead)

Address: 30 Horntye Road, Bohemia, St Leonards

Other Info: Henry was born in Hastings in 1881. He was aboard HMS Good Hope when it was sunk with all hands at the Battle of Coronel on 1st November 1914. Additional information from the Lives of the First World War website. He is remembered at Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 2.

Published: Hastings & St Leonards Observer on 5th December 1914

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Army

Montague, Archibald

8th May 20218th May 2021
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Archibald Montague

Rank: Private

Service: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment

Parents: Mr Edward & Mrs Susanna Montague

Home Address: 7 Manor Road, Hastings

Other Info: Archibald Montague died aged 24 on 9th September 1916. He is remembered at the Thiepval Memorial, pier and face 7C. He is also remembered on a family grave at Hastings Cemetery. He is not named on Hastings War Memorial.

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Army

Jinks, Alfred Newman

1st May 2021
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Alfred Newman Jinks

Rank: Gunner

Service: 138th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery

Parents: Mr William N & Mrs Sarah Jinks

Other Info: Alfred Jinks died aged 20 on 29th May 1916. He is buried at Bully-Grenay Communal Cemetery, British Extension, grave reference I.A.2. He is also remembered on a family grave at Hastings Cemetery.

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Army

Creed, Harry

24th April 2021
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Harry Creed

Rank: Sapper

Service: 25 Division, Signal Company, Royal Engineers

Parents: Mr Richard & Harriet Creed

Parents Address: 14 Waterworks Road, Queens Road, Hastings

Other Info: Harry Creed died aged 27 on 17th April 1918. He is buried at Abeele Aerodrome Military Cemetery, grave reference I.D.2. He is also remembered on a family grave at Hastings Cemetery.

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Army

Wynne, Ernest Edgar

10th April 2021
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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

Wynhall, Charles Benjamin

5th April 202110th April 2021
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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

Wood, Harvey Cecil

2nd April 2021
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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.

More information available at Canadian Army Records; search here.

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Army

Willy, James

27th March 2021
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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

Wilkins, Albert Joseph

20th March 2021
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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

Whitehead, George William

13th March 2021
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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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