Army
Henry J Weeks
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Fusiliers
Parents: Mr & Mrs Weeks
Address: 164 Old Lane, Hollington
Other Info: At the Front. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: October 1916 & July 1917
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Army
William Randolph Walker
Rank: Private
Regiment: 12th Battalion (Southdowns), Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr James & Mrs Jane Walker
Address: Hastings
Other Info: Missing since 30th June 1916. According to CWGC, William died on 30th Juneand is remembered at Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, grave reference XV.P.34.
Published: October 1916
Army
J Upton
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
Wife: Mrs Upton
Address: 32 or 38 Alma Villas, Silverhill
Other Info: At the Front. Father of nine children who ‘need want some looking after whilst daddy is away’.
Published: October 1916 & September 1917
Army
H Kingsnorth
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
Parents-in-Law: Mr & Mrs G Thompsett
Brothers-in-Law: William A Thompsett, George Thompsett & Alfred E Thompsett
Parents-in-Law’s Address: 27 Duke Street, Silverhill
Other Info: In India.
Published: October 1916
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Army
Alfred E Thompsett
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
Parents: Mr & Mrs G Thompsett
Brothers: William A Thompsett & George Thompsett
Brothers-in-Law: Albert Henry Swain & H Kingsnorth
Address: 27 Duke Street, Silverhill
Other Info: At the Front
Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: October 1916
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Army
George Thompsett
Rank: Private
Regiment: Motor Transport, Army Service Corps
Parents: Mr & Mrs G Thompsett
Brothers: William A Thompsett & Alfred E Thompsett
Brothers-in-Law: Albert Henry Swain & H Kingsnorth
Address: 27 Duke Street, Silverhill
Other Info: At Salonika.
Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: October 1916
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Army
Henry William Shipp
Rank: Private
Regiment: ‘C’ Supply Company, Army Service Corps
Parents: Mr George & Mrs Flora Shipp
Address: 87 Hughenden Road, Hastings
Other Info: According to CWGC, Henry died aged 20 on 7th February 1917. He is remembered at Hastings Cemetery, grave reference L.D.N27. The inscription on his grave reads “A place is vacant in our home which can never be filled”.
Published: October 1916
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Frederick (Fred) Sargent
Rank: Private
Regiment: Signaller, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Mother: Mrs Ada Sargent
Father: Frederick John Henry Sargent
Uncles: Joseph Herbert Gale, A Gale & William Hewitt
Address: Prince George, British Columbia
Other Info: In Training. Born in Hastings.
Frederick’s CEF enlistment papers can be viewed for free here.
Published: October 1916
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Army
Frederick John Henry Sargent
Rank: Private
Regiment: Stretcher Bearer, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Wife: Mrs Ada Sargent
Son: Fred Sargent
Brothers-in-Law: Joseph Herbert Gale, A Gale & William Hewitt
Address: Prince George, British Columbia
Other Info: At the Front. Born in Hastings.
Frederick’s CEF enlistment papers can be viewed for free here.
Published: October 1916
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Army
W Harris
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
Other Info: Formerly of Hastings. Well known as Brooke Bond’s agent.
Published: October 1916 & June 1917