Army
F Burtenshaw
Rank: Sapper
Regiment: 2nd Home Counties Brigade, Royal Engineers
Sent in by Mrs Fitch
Address: 91 Manor Road, Hastings
Published: December 1914
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Navy
James William Benge
Rank: Able Seaman
Regiment: Howe Battalion, Royal Naval Division
Mother: Mrs Lucy E Benge
Address: 26 Sandown Road, Ore
Other Info: Was at Antwerp. Died on transport coming home from the Dardanelles. According to CWGC, James died aged 32 on 8th September 1915. He is remembered at Gibraltar (North Front) Cemetery, grave reference C.3096.
Published: December 1914 & October 1915
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Army
G Gillham
Regiment: 6th Sussex Service Battery, Royal Field Artillery
Sent by: Mrs Gillham
Address: 136 Queen’s Road, Hastings
Published: December 1914
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Navy
W R Swift
Rank: Stoker / Leading Stoker
Ship: HMS Velox / HMS Bristol
Mother: Mrs Golding
Address: 44 Old London Road, Hastings
Published: December 1914 & August 1917
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Navy
F J Standen
Rank: Signalman
Regiment: Royal Navy Volunteer Reserves
Ship: HMS Kent
Father: Mr W Standen
Address: 15 Alpine Road, Hastings
Published: December 1914
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Army
F J Harmer
Rank: Pioneer
Regiment: ‘B’ Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Published: December 1914
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Army
Albert Tester
Rank: Private
Regiment: 8th Battalion, Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs)
Parents: Mr & Mrs J Tester
Wife: Mrs Muriel Tester (nee Parks)
Brothers: William G Tester, John Tester & Leonard Tester
Address: 403 Battle Road, Hollington
Other Info: A Military Wedding reads “On June 5th 1916, at St Paul’s Church, St Leonards, the marriage was solemnised between Corporal Albert Tester … and Miss Muriel Parks. The bridegroom having been at the Front for ten months was home on leave. He returned to duty a week later. … Corporal Tester, before the war, was a motorman in the employ of the Hastings and St Leonards Tramway Company.”
Wounded. Now lying in hospital in France.
Published: December 1914, January 1915, July 1916 & July 1917
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Navy
Albert J Newman
Ship: HMS Minotaur
Brother: F Newman
Address: 7 Southwater Road, St Leonards
Other Info: The text of ‘Three Jolly Sailors’ reads: “Photograph of three local sailors taken in China whilst serving on HMS Minotaur. They travelled 38,750 miles since the commencement of War up to January 1915, when they were sent to different ships.
Published: December 1914 & April 1916
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Navy
James Wilfred Bowden
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Marine Light Infantry
Ship: HMS Chatham
Brother-in-Law: James Whiteman
Address: St Leonards
Published: December 1914
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Army
Albert Sinden
Rank: Private
Regiment: 5th Sussex Service Battery, Royal Field Artillery
Uncle & Aunt: Mr & Mrs Jinks
Address: 4 Oban Road, Silverhill
Published: December 1914
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