Army
George Povey
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment
Sent by: Miss Hayler
Miss Hayler’s Address: 17 Brook Street, Hastings
Other Info: Twice wounded, now back at the Front. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: April 1917
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Navy
James Oak
Rank: Able Seaman
Regiment: Royal Naval Division
Father: Mr James Oak
Address: 35 St Mary’s Terrace, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front.
Published: April 1917
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Army
Charles Henry Richens
Rank: Driver
Regiment: Canadian Field Artillery, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Sent By: Mrs Richens
Mrs Richen’s Address: 22 Linton Crescent, Hastings
Other Info: In France. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
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Published: April 1917
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Army
Tom Mitchell
Rank: Driver
Regiment: Canadian Field Artillery, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Other Info: In France.
Published: April 1917
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Army
Reginald G Kite
Rank: Private
Regiment: Sussex Yeomanry
Address: Filsham Farm Diary, St Leonards
Other Info: At Canterbury. Additional name from the Lives of the First World War Website.
Published: September 1914
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Army
George C Broocks
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: Sussex Yeomanry
Address: St Leonards
Other Info: At Canterbury. Additional name from the Lives of the First World War Website.
Published: September 1914
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Navy
William Felton Smith
Rank: Chief Petty Officer
Regiment: Howe Battalion, Royal Naval Division
Wife: Mrs Annie E Felton-Smith
Address: 20a Milward Road, Hastings
Other Info: Councillor for St. Clements Ward, Hastings. Member of Education Committee, Lifeboat Committee, and Shipwrecked Mariners. According to CWGC, William died aged 51 on 20th February 1915. He is remembered at Hastings Cemetery, grave reference M.B.04.
Published: September 1914
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Navy
James Ernest Bishop
Rank: Able Seaman
Ship: HMS Pathfinder
Parents: Mr William & Mrs Annie Bishop
Brother: Thomas Edmund Bishop & William Bishop
Address: 6 Bourne Walk, Hastings
Other Info: Lost his life on HMS Pathfinder on 5th September 1914. According to CWGC, James was aged 27 when he died. HMS Pathfinder was torpedoed by German submarine U-21 and sank with the loss of 259 men. Albert is remembered at Chatham Naval Memorial on panel 2.
Published: September 1914 & November 1918
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Army
Arthur Mepham
Rank: Private
Service: British Army
Mother: Mrs Mepham
Father: Peter Mepham
Brother: John Mepham
Address: 106 Saxon Road, Clive Vale, Hastings
Published: January 1916
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Army
David Vincent Matingell
Rank: Private
Regiment: 3rd Pioneers, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Address: Born in Caterham, Surrey
Other Info: He has had experience as both soldier and sailor. At the outbreak of the war he was an ex-Navy man, and was in the City Salvage Corps. He voluntarily returned to the Navy at Portsmouth, the week the war started. After several short cruises he joined HMS Kent. He was in the Falkland Island Battle, was on board when the Kent sunk the German cruiser Nurnburg and later took part in the destruction of the German cruiser Dresden off Juan Fernandez Island in the Pacific. The Kent being send to harbour for repairs, he was permitted to leave his ship to go into the Army. He joined the 48th Canadians (now the 3rd Pioneers), who were training at Victoria. He only spent three weeks in Canada, and sailed three days after enlistment. He was four months in France, and was invalided home from the Somme.
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Published: April 1917
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