Army
F Kent
Rank: Rifleman
Regiment: 3rd Royal Rifle Brigade
Parents: Mr & Mrs W Kent
Address: 34 Emmanuel Road, Hastings
Other Info: Wounded. Had a brother on active service.
Published: October 1914
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Army
A Noakes
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Mother: Mrs Noakes
Brothers: Albert Frank Noakes & Percy Noakes
Address: 18 High Bank, Ore
Published: October 1914
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Army
Percy Noakes
Rank: Rifleman
Regiment: Royal Irish Rifles
Mother: Mrs Noakes
Brothers: Albert Frank Noakes & A Noakes
Address: 18 High Bank, Ore
Other Info: Missing, supposed prisoner of war(Oct 1914). Prisoner of War in Germany (June 1916).
Published: October 1914 & June 1916.
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Army
Albert Frank Noakes
Rank: Corporal
Regiment: Royal West Kent Regiment
Parents: Mr George Henry and Mary Ann Noakes
Brothers: Percy Noakes & A Noakes
Address: 18 High Bank, Ore
Other Info: Wounded at Mons. Killed in Action aged 22 on 23rd April 1915. Albert is remembered at the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial on panel 45 and 47.
Published: October 1914
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Army
Charles Stevens
Regiment: 1st Battalion, Leicester Regiment
Father: William Stevens
Uncle: Charles Stevens
Brothers: William Stevens & George Stevens
Cousins: Stephen Stephens & W F Love
Address: 6 St Georges Road, Hastings
Published: October 1914
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Army
George Frederick Stevens
Regiment: 2nd King’s Royal Rifles
Grandfather: Stephen Stevens
Parents: Mr William Stevens & Eliza Stevens
Uncle: Charles Stevens
Brothers: William Stevens & Charles Stevens
Cousins: Stephen Stephens & W F Love
Address: 6 St Georges Road, Hastings
Other Info: Wounded, now with his mother in Hastings (October 1914). Killed in action in France. According to CWGC, George died aged 21 on 25th September 1915, He is remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial on panel 51 and 53.
Published: October 1914 & October 1915.
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Army
William Stevens
Regiment: 2nd King’s Royal Rifles
Father: William Stevens
Uncle: Charles Stevens
Brothers: George Stevens & Charles Stevens
Cousins: Stephen Stephens & W F Love
Address: 6 St Georges Road, Hastings
Other Info: Wounded, now with his mother in Hastings
Published: October 1914
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Army
William Stevens
Rank: Band Sergeant
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Wife: Mrs Eliza Stevens
Brother: Charles Stevens
Sons: William Stevens, George Stevens & Charles Stevens
Nephews: Stephen Stephens & W F Love
Address: 6 St Georges Road, Hastings
Published: October 1914
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Navy
Bertram James Kirkby
Rank: 1st Class Writer
Ship: HMS Hawke
Parents: Mr Charles & Mrs Mary Kirkby
Address: 27 St Georges Road, Hastings
Other Info: Was one of 524 officers and men that went down with HMS Hawke when it was sunk by German submarine U9 on 15th October 1914. He was 27 years old with 12 years service in the Navy. Frederick is remembered at the Chatham Naval Memorial on panel 6.
Bertram appears to be recorded on Hastings War memorial as ‘E T Kirby’ – no one of that name appears on the CWGC website.
Published: October 1914
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Army
H S Stanham
Rank: Captain
Regiment: Royal Horse Artillery
Parents: Mr John Belcher & Ellen Eliza Foster
Address: St Leonards
Other Info: Mentioned in despatches. Captain Stanham was formerly well known as a member of the Rowing Club.
Published: October 1914
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