Henry W Duck Rank: Corporal Regiment: ‘B’ Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Address: Robertsbridge Other Info: Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website. Published: October 1914 & January 1915 Please use the comments box below if you can…
Daniel Hodson Ship: HMS Hogue Parents: Mr & Mrs Hodson Address: 22 All Saints Street, Hastings Other Info: According to CWGC, Daniel was aboard HMS Hogue when it was sunk, along with sister ships HMS Aboukir and HMS Cressy, by German submarine U-9 on 22nd…
P F Holliwell Rank: Bandsman Regiment: 5th Royal Sussex Regiment Address: 9 Lennox Street, Halton, Hastings Published: September 1914 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.
Harold Lane Rank: Private / Drummer Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Parents: Charles & Ada Lane Address: 34 Horntye Road, St Leonards Other Info: At the Front. Wounded in 1915. Published: September 1914 Please use the comments box below if you can provide…
Thomas E Noakes Rank: Farrier Corporal Regiment: 20th Hussars Parents: Mr & Mrs W J Noakes Brothers: Horatio Nelson Noakes & C W Noakes Brother-in-Law: J Smith Address: 48 Paynton Road, Silverhill Other Info: While slinging horses one of the animals fell upon him,…
Ernest Spray Regiment: Collingwood Brigade, Royal Naval Division Address: 41 Caves Road, St Leonards Mother: Mrs E Spray Other Info: Came from Canada to fight at the Front. For seven weeks he was training at Walmer in ‘Churchill’s Own’ Collingwood Brigade and left…
Stephen Francis Fairman Rank: Private 10464 Regiment: 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards Parents: Mr Walter John Fairman & Jane Webb Brothers: Percy Gordon Fairman & Leonard Oliver Fairman Brother-in-Law: T Martin Address: Silverster Road, Bexhill Other Info: Stephen was killed in action on the 15th September 1916…
Leonard Oliver Fairman Rank: Bombardier 876630 Regiment: Royal Field Artillery originally with the 6th RFA later the 95th Brigade “D” battery Parents: Mr Walter John Fairman & Jane Webb Brothers: Percy Gordon Fairman & Stephen Francis Fairman Brother-in-Law: T Martin Address: Silverster Road, Bexhill Other…
Percy Gordon Fairman Rank: Lance Corporal Regiment: 12th Battalion (Southdowns), Royal Sussex Regiment Parents: Mr Walter John Fairman & Jane Webb Wife: Mrs Gertrude Julia Fairman (nee Martin) Brothers: Leonard Oliver Fairman & Stephen Francis Fairman Brother-in-Law: T Martin Address: 152 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings Other…
J Ross Ship: HMAC Calyx Parents: Mr & Mrs Ross Address: 4 St Thomas’s Road, West Hill, Hastings Published: January 1915 Other Info: HMAC refers to His Majesty’s Armed Cruiser. HMAC Calyx’s history is as follows: Calypso SS was a 2,876grt British Merchantship…
W Marchant Rank: Driver Regiment: Royal Horse Artillery Parents: Mr & Mrs Lester Marchant Address: Old Lane, Hollington Other Info: At the Front Published: January 1915 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.
W Murray Rank: Private Regiment: National Reserves, 2nd, Royal Sussex Regiment Photo sent in by: Mrs Murray Address: 89 Beaconsfield Road, Hastings Published: January 1915 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.
T W Ashton Rank: Private Regiment: National Reserves, 5th Royal Sussex Address: 99 Athelstan Road, Clive Vale, Hastings Published: January 1915 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.
Arthur Oak Rank: 1st Class Petty Officer Ship: HMS Venerable Other Info: An old Hastings boy Published: January 1915 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.
Edward Ling Rank: Private Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshires Parents: Mr & Mrs George R Ling Address: Abbey Hotel, Battle Other Info: In France. According to CWGC, Private Ling died aged 18 on 26th June 1916. He had achieved the rank of Lance Corporal…
Edward Wagner Rank: Private Regiment: 10th Company, Royal Army Medical Corps Parents: Mr & Mrs Wagner Brothers: A W Wagner & F Wagner Address: 58 Priory Road, Hastings Other Info: Brother of a former member of the Hastings Observer reporting staff. Published: January 1915 & October 1915 Please use the…