James Newington

Regiment: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves

Ship: HMS Neptune

Sister: Mrs Martin

Sister’s Address: 44 All Saints Street, Hastings

Address: 2 Providence Row, All Saints Street, Hastings

Other Info: HMS Excellent was a land based gunnery school based in Portsmouth.

The text for ‘A Winning Crew’ reads: A crew on board HMS Neptune, winners of the RNR and RNVR race at the squadron regatta, 1915. The man on the left, sitting on the ground is James Newington, brother of Mrs Martin…. Another Hastings man, W Larkins, is third from the left in the second row from the back.

Published: October 1914 & March 1916

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