Navy
Frank Beaton
Rank: Able Seaman
Ship: HMS Royal Arthur
Parents: Mr & Mrs Beaton
Brother: Bert Beaton
Address: 58 Gensing Gardens, St Leonards
Other Info: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves
Published: October 1914
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Army
Bert Beaton
Rank: Private
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs Beaton
Brother: Frank Beaton
Address: 58 Gensing Gardens, St Leonards
Other Info: At the Front
Published: October 1914
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Army
W E Piper
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Sister: Miss A Piper
Brother: J H Piper
Address: 21 Emmanuel Road, West Hill, Hastings
Published: October 1914
Other Info: Maxim Gun Section
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Army
J H Piper
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Sister: Miss A Piper
Brother: W E Piper
Address: 21 Emmanuel Road, West Hill, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front. Wounded at Ypres. Now at hospital in Rouen.
Published: October 1914 & December 1914
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Army
A Burton
Rank: Private / 1st Air Mechanic
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment / Royal Flying Corps
Parents: Mr & Mrs Alfred Burton
Brothers: Nelson J Burton, Arthur William Burton & A J Burton
Brother-in-Law: Sydney Chambers
Address: 18 Horntye Road, St Leonards
Published: October 1914, September 1915 & March 1918
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Navy
Charles Veness
Rank: Able Seaman
Ship: HMS Erne
Father: Mr Thomas Veness
Brother: Spencer Veness
Address: 62 Vicarage Road, Hastings
Published: October 1914
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Navy
Spencer Veness
Regiment: Royal Fleet Reserve
Father: Mr Thomas Veness
Brother: Charles Veness
Address: 62 Vicarage Road, Hastings
Published: October 1914
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Navy
Jack Diton
Rank: Cook’s Mate
Ship: HMS Dominion
Father: Mr Henry Diton
Brother: Harry Diton & Wallace Diton
Address: 13 Woods Passage, All Saints Street, Hastings
Published: October 1914 & April 1917
Other Info: Eldest grandson of Councilor Dighton (sic). *The spelling of the surname ‘Diton’ corresponds with Navy records.
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Army
William Britt
Rank: Private
Parents: Mr & Mrs G Britt
Brothers: Edward W Britt & Alfred G Britt
Address: 48 Old Lane, Hollington
Published: October 1914
Other Info: At the Front
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Army
Joseph (Joe) Herbert Gale
Rank: Corporal
Regiment: Canadian Naval Reserve / 39th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force.
Parents: Mr & Mrs Joseph Gale
Wife: Mrs Ada Mary Ann Gale
Brothers: A Gale , Frank Gale & G Jones
Brothers-in-Law: Frederick John Henry Sargent & William Hewitt
Nephew: Fred Sargent
Parent’s Address: 94 Manor Road, Hastings
Home Address: Albert Street, Cobourg, Ontario
Other Info: Of the old Hastings Navals. Machine Gun Instructor. Killed in action. According to CWGC, Joe died on 11th June 1916 aged 31. He is remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, on panel 24 – 26 – 28 – 30.
You can view Joe’s CEF enlistment papers for free here.
An article in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer dated 1st July 1916 reads:
“Hastings Corporal Killed. We regret to hear that Corporal J. H. Gale, of a Canadian Machine Gun Section has been killed in action.
He was the son of Mr and Mrs Gale of 94 Manor Road, Hastings. He has been Canada for some years, but returned to England. <text unclear> he made a second trip to Canada, and soon after the outbreak of war joined the Colours, going to the Front in January.
His wife is a native of Hastings, and at the present time is residing with the late Corporal’s parents. She is left with three children. Two sons-in-law of Mr & Mrs Gale are on active service, and two sons are undergoing training and another will join up shortly. One grandson is training in Canada.
Mrs Gale received a sympathetic letter from a lieutenant, who says the late Mr Gale was ‘a fine man and a fine soldier. One cannot say any more for a man these days. I am sorry, but it is the fortune of war, and our womenfolk have a hard part to bear in this War. Their task is harder than ours, and it is the way that they keep cheerful under the strain that keeps us going”.
Published: October 1914, March 1916 & October 1916
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