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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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Horne, Samuel

30th August 2021
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Samuel Horne

Rank: Shipkeeper

Regiment: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves

Other Info: The text reads: “The photograph on the left shows Mr Samuel Horne and his three sons. He is a member of a remarkable family, a son of Mrs Jane Nelson (see in the picture on the right) of Fore Street, Exmouth, who has received a letter from the King congratulating her on having seven sons in the Navy. She also has three grandsons serving making ten in all from one family. One of the grandsons, now on the ‘Superb’, is shown in the above picture, with his father, Mr Samuel Horne, who was on the ‘Northumberland’ when His Majesty the King was serving on the same ship as Lieutenant. Mr Horne has been Shipkeeper at the RNVR Drill Hall, West St Leonards since its opening, and has been on active service since the war broke out.

Published: May 1915

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Grant, E

19th June 2021
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E Grant

Rank: Steward

Service: Royal Navy

Ship: HMS Duchess of Devonshire

Other Info: The article reads: ‘Officers’ Stewards and cooks on board HMS Duchess of Devonshire, somewhere at sea. The centre figure is the chief steward, MR E Grant, who was the steward of the St Leonards and East Sussex Golf Club, and volunteered his services for the duration of the War.

The Duchess of Devonshire was a passenger vessel that was converted into an armed boarding vessel in 1914. More about her history can be read here.

Published: April 1915

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Catt, Albert

27th February 2021
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Albert Catt

Rank: Able Seaman

Ship: HMS Sutlej

Address: 32 Norman Road, St Leonards

Published: October 1914

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Turk, George Thomas

1st January 20213rd January 2021
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George Thomas Turk

Rank: Signalman

Service: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves

Ship: HMS Seafire

Wife: Elizabeth Turk

Father: James H Turk

Brother in Law: Albert V Crowhurst

Address: 67 Hardwicke Road, Halton, Hastings

Other Info: George Thomas died aged 27 on 17th August 1921. He is buried at Hastings Cemetery. Additional name information from the Hastings & Rother Family History website. The inscription on his grave says “Gone but not forgotten. From his sorrowing wife and children”.

Published: December 1914

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Boon, George William

30th January 2020
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George William Boon

Rank: Deck Hand

Ship: HMS Drifter Recompense

Service: Royal Navy Reserves

Wife: Mrs M E Boon

Home Address: Mutford, Beccles, Suffolk

Other Info: George Boon, aged 45, died on 28th March 1916. He is buried at Hastings Cemetery. The inscription on his grave marker reads ‘Rest in Peace’.

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Baker, Frank

24th January 2020
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Frank Baker

Rank: Stoker 1st Class

Ship: HMS Ariadne

Parents: Mr Henry & Mrs Elizabeth Baker

Wife: Mrs Annie Baker

Address: 16 Clarence Place, Morice Town, Devonport, Devon

Other Info: Frank died aged 22 on 26th July 1917 when HMS Ariadne was sunk off of Beachy Head by German submarine UC-65. He is buried at Hastings Cemetery. The inscription on the grave reads ‘In loving memory of Frank, the darling husband of Annie Baker’.

Information taken from CWGC records.

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Dine, J O

12th September 2018
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J O Dine

Rank: Trimmer

Ship: HMS Balmoral

Grandmother: Mrs M Dine

Brother: William James Dine

Aunt: Mrs White

Uncle: Alfred Henry Pounds

Cousin: Thomas F White

Grandmother’s Address: 321 Harold Road, Clive Vale, Hastings

Published: March 1918

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Hughes, Wilfred Sydney

9th September 20189th September 2018
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Wilfred Sydney Hughes

Rank: Leading Telegraphist

Ship: HMS Racoon

Parents: Mr John & Mrs Annie Hughes

Brothers: John Alfred Hughes, Stuart Arthur Hughes, Edgar Reginald Hughes, Cecil Hughes & Benjamin Howard Hughes

Wife: Constance Fanny Hughes

Sister: Mrs Cutting

Address: Fire Station, Horley, Surrey

Sister’s Address: 10 Vale Road, St Leonards

Other Info: Drowned at sea on 9th January 1918 when HMS Racoon foundered during a snowstorm off the coast of Ireland. According to CWGC, Wilfred is remembered at Chatham Naval Memorial, on panel 28.

Published: March 1918

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Stephenson, J

7th September 2018
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J Stephenson

Rank: Private

Regiment: Royal Marine Light Infantry

Sent by: Miss Todman

Miss Todman’s Address: 32 Tower Road West, St Leonards

Published: February 1918

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