Over 5,300 photographs of people in war service from the Hastings and Rother area during WW1
The tag named Navy has been allocated to the individuals featured on this site that served in the Navy during WW1.
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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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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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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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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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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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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S Vidler
Regiment: Royal Naval Air Service
Sent by: Miss Pettitt
Brother: C Vidler
Miss Pettitt’s Address: 15 Calvert Road, Hastings
Published: January 1918
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C Vidler
Regiment: Royal Naval Division
Sent by: Miss Pettitt
Brother: S Vidler
Miss Pettitt’s Address: 15 Calvert Road, Hastings
Other Info: Interned in Holland.
Published: January 1918
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Charles Edward Healey
Regiment: Royal Naval Air Service
Wife: Mrs Healey
Address: 55 St Thomas’ Road, Hastings
Other Info: Now in Scotland, formerly in France. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: January 1918
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James Coleman
Service: Mine Sweeper, Royal Navy
Parents: Mr & Mrs J Coleman
Sister: Nellie Coleman
Brothers: John Coleman, T Coleman & F E Coleman
Address: 25 Tackleway, Hastings
Published: January 1918
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