Army
Joseph Cockram
Rank: Private
Regiment: Medical Corps, Australian Imperial Force
Wife: Mrs A Cockram
Address: 21 Evandale Road, Malvern, Victoria
Other Info: Formerly Tram Inspector at Hastings. Born in Bristol.
You can view Joseph’s AIF service papers for free here.
Published: February 1917
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Army
James Chapman
Rank: Private
Regiment: Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
Parents: Mr & Mrs Chapman
Wife: Mrs Chapman
Parent’s Address: 58 Silverlands Road, Silverhill
Address: 75 Southwater Road, St Leonards
Other Info: On Foreign Service. Wounded, now in hospital in Salonika.
Published: February 1917 & May 1917
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Army
Henry Ernest Blyde
Rank: Rifleman
Regiment: New Zealand Rifle Brigade, New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Parents: Mr & Mrs J Blyde
Brothers: John Newton Blyde & J T Blyde
Brother-in-Law: Joseph J Taylor
Brother’s Address: 30 Bohemia Road, St Leonards
Other Info: Henry’s New Zealand Army enlistment forms can be viewed for free here. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War Website.
Published: February 1917
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J T Blyde
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs)
Parents: Mr & Mrs J Blyde
Brothers: John Newton Blyde & Henry Ernest Blyde
Brother-in-Law: Joseph J Taylor
Address: 30 Bohemia Road, St Leonards
Other Info: Late Postman at St Leonards
Published: February 1917
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William Norman Anderson
Regiment: 1st Canadian Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Parents-in-Law: Mr & Mrs Cruttenden
Wife: Mrs Dorothy May Anderson (nee Cruttenden)
In-Law’s Address: 21 Old Humphrey Avenue, Hastings
Other Info: The marriage ceremony was performed at All Saints’ Church, Hastings in January 1917.
Published: January 1917
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Arthur Cecil Ticehurst
Rank: Major
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Address: Battle
Other Info: Text reads; “…whose name appeared in the list of New Year military honours, he having been awarded the Military Cross. It is a thoroughly merited recognition of hard and continuous work at the Front, where the Major has been in command of a local Company of Engineers for the past two years. Early in the War he raised the Company in Hastings and Bexhill, and proceeded to France towards the end of 1914. His ability as an Engineer Officer was speedily recognised, and he has been placed in charge of important works. He has always show the greatest solicitude for the welfare of his men and this regard has been warmly reciprocated. His many friends in Battle and Hastings are highly delighted at the honour which has been conferred upon him…”
Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: January 1917
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Army
David Noakes
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Fusiliers
Father: Mr D Noakes
Address: 43 St Mary’s Road, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: January 1917
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Army
Arthur W Jardine
Rank: Driver
Regiment: attch to 5th Field Survey Company, Army Service Corps
Parents: Mr Richard & Mrs Mary Ann Jardine
Wife: Frances Charlotte Jardine
Brothers: Charles H Jardine & (probably) Richard J Jardine
Parent’s Address: 17 South Terrace, Hastings
Address: 54 Agnes Road, Acton Vale, London
Other Info: According to CWGC, Charles died aged 32 on 30th October 1918. He is remembered at St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, grave reference S.III.I.2
Published: January 1917
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G F Hutchinson
Rank: Corporal
Regiment: Army Service Corps
Wife: Mrs Hutchinson
Address: 33 Duke Road, Silverhill
Other Info: At the Front.
Published: January 1917
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Army
F T Howe
Rank: Private
Regiment: Devonshire Regiment
Sent by: Miss I Coote
Miss Coote’s Address: 2 Cross Street, St Leonards
Other Info: At the Front.
Published: January 1917
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