Navy
Albert Catt
Rank: Able Seaman
Ship: HMS Sutlej
Address: 32 Norman Road, St Leonards
Published: October 1914
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Navy
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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Navy
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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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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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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Navy
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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Navy
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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Navy
Louis Benjamin Funnell
Rank: Seaman
Ship: HM Motor Lighter KT
Parents: Mr & Mrs L Funnell
Address: 19 High Bank, Ore
Other Info: Formerly employed by the Hastings Corporation. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: February 1918
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Navy
F Fellows
Rank: Petty Officer
Regiment: Royal Naval Air Service
Sister-in-Law: Mrs Fellows
Brother’s Address: 2 Laundry Cottages, Bexhill Road, St Leonards
Brothers: E Henry Fellows, G Fellows & J Fellows
Nephew: Ernest Arthur Firrell
Published: February 1918
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Navy
Charles James Waghorn
Service: Royal Navy
Parents: Mr & Mrs Mary A Waghorn
Brothers: William Waghorn, Edward Waghorn & Thomas Henry Waghorn
Nephew: Bert Thacker
Brothers-in-Law: James F Hyland & George F Plaws
Address: 20 Waldegrave Street, Hastings
Other Info: On a minesweeper.
Published: February 1918
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