Army
Arthur Durrant
Rank: Corporal
Regiment: East Surrey Regiment
Mother: Mrs Durrant
Address: 9 Humphreys Avenue, Hastings
Other Info: Wounded three times. Now in hospital at Sheffield. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: August 1917
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Army
Benjamin H Catt
Rank: Private
Regiment: Northamptonshire Regiment / Army Labour Corps
Sent by: A St Leonards Friend
Other Info: At the Front. Additional information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: August 1917
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Army
George Bosting
Rank: Private
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards
Parents: Mr & Mrs George Bosting
Wife: Mrs Caroline A Bosting
Address: 11 Battle Road, Silverhill, St Leonards
Parent’s Address: 42 Beresford Road, New Malden
Other Info: Killed on 31st July 1917. According to CWGC, George died aged 37 and is remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial on Panel 11.
Published: August 1917
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Army
Albert Edward Blake
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: 303rd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
Sent by: Miss R Smith
Father: Mr Hedley L Blake
Miss Smith’s Address: 116 Old Church Road, Hollington
Home Address: Plympton, Devon
Other Info: According to CWGC, Albert died aged 27 on 8th August 1917. He is remembered at Dozinghem Military Cemetery, grave reference III.B.6.
Published: August 1917
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Army
James Robert Adams
Rank: Private
Regiment: 9th Battalion, Welsh Regiment
Parents: Mr William & Mrs Catherine Adams
Wife: Mrs Ruth C Adams
Address: 83 Barton Road, Dover
Parent’s Address: 47 St Thomas’s Road, West Hill, Hastings
Other Info: Died of wounds received in action on 13th July 1917. According to CWGC, James died aged 33 and is remembered at Locre Hospice Cemetery, grave reference II.A.1.
Published: August 1917
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Army
Edward Harley
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment: York and Lancaster Regiment
Other Info: “has received the Military Cross for his services in the Battle of Messines. Prior to his enlistment, Mr Harley was an assistant engineer to the Borough Electrical Engineer, Hastings, but joined the Public Schools Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment early in the War, obtaining a commission as a Second Lieutenant in July 1915 and went to France in June 1916. The award was made for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Mr Harley’s captain was killed in the assembly trench, and Second Lieutenant Harley immediately took command of the Company, and led them to their final objective. He set a very fine example to all ranks by the cool manner he went about his work. During the heavy bombardments on out front line Second Lieutenant Harley kept his men well under control by encouraging them, and by his personal contempt for danger. He handled his Lewis Gun teams with great skill when the enemy counter attacked. Mr Harley has held the rank of Acting Captain since the memorable Battle of Messines”.
Published: August 1917
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Army
William Buesden
Rank: Private
Regiment: Motor Transport, Army Transport Service
Sent by: His mother
Address: 59 Bourne Walk, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: August 1917
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Royal Air Force
James White
Regiment: Royal Flying Corps
Mother: Mrs Mitchell
Address: 4 Strongs Passage, All Saint’s Street, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front. Formerly in the Royal Naval Reserves.
Published: August 1917
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Army
R D Baker
Regiment: Clerks’s Section, Army Service Corps
Parents: Mr & Mrs W Adams Baker
Address: Carbrook House, Emmanuel Road, Hastings
Published: August 1917
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Army
R W Catt
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs Catt
Parents Address: 50 The Croft, Hastings
Published: August 1917
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