Arthur Mepham
Rank: Private
Service: British Army
Mother: Mrs Mepham
Father: Peter Mepham
Brother: John Mepham
Address: 106 Saxon Road, Clive Vale, Hastings
Published: January 1916
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David Vincent Matingell
Rank: Private
Regiment: 3rd Pioneers, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Address: Born in Caterham, Surrey
Other Info: He has had experience as both soldier and sailor. At the outbreak of the war he was an ex-Navy man, and was in the City Salvage Corps. He voluntarily returned to the Navy at Portsmouth, the week the war started. After several short cruises he joined HMS Kent. He was in the Falkland Island Battle, was on board when the Kent sunk the German cruiser Nurnburg and later took part in the destruction of the German cruiser Dresden off Juan Fernandez Island in the Pacific. The Kent being send to harbour for repairs, he was permitted to leave his ship to go into the Army. He joined the 48th Canadians (now the 3rd Pioneers), who were training at Victoria. He only spent three weeks in Canada, and sailed three days after enlistment. He was four months in France, and was invalided home from the Somme.
David’s CEF enlistment forms can be viewed for free here.
Published: April 1917
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William Hermitage
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: Essex Regiment
Father: Mr S Hermitage
Brother: Edward Hermitage
Address: 66 Victoria Avenue, Ore
Other Info: Wounded on 23rd October 1916. Still in hospital in Liverpool.
Published: April 1917
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Charles Grover
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: Royal West Kent Regiment
Other Info: Now in hospital in Glasgow after serving at the Front, where he fell in a shell hole and sustained injuries. The Sergeant will be remembered as Committee Clerk to the Hastings Corporation.
Published: April 1917
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G Eldred
Rank:Staff Sergeant Major
Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery
Father-in-Law: Mr George Gain
Brothers-in-Law: Arthur Robert Gain & W Gain, George Albert Gain, F Swales, Maurice Biddle, A Cruttenden & W Puxty
Father-in-Law’s Address: Park View, Westfield
Other Info: In India.
Published: April 1917
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W Puxty
Rank: Private
Regiment: Middlesex Regiment
Father-in-Law: Mr George Gain
Brothers-in-Law: Arthur Robert Gain & W Gain, George Albert Gain, F Swales, Maurice Biddle, A Cruttenden & G Eldred
Father-in-Law’s Address: Park View, Westfield
Other Info: On Foreign Service
Published: April 1917
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A Cruttenden
Rank: Private
Regiment: Durham Light Infantry
Father-in-Law: Mr George Gain
Brothers-in-Law: Arthur Robert Gain & W Gain, George Albert Gain, F Swales, Maurice Biddle, W Puxty & G Eldred
Father-in-Law’s Address: Park View, Westfield
Published: April 1917
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Maurice Biddle
Rank: Company Sergeant Major
Regiment: Rifle Brigade
Father-in-Law: Mr George Gain
Brothers-in-Law: Arthur Robert Gain & W Gain, George Albert Gain, F Swales, A Cruttenden, W Puxty & G Eldred
Father-in-Law’s Address: Park View, Westfield
Other Info: At Salonkia. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: April 1917
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F Swales
Rank: Drill Instructor
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Father-in-Law: Mr George Gain
Brothers-in-Law: Arthur Robert Gain & W Gain, George Albert Gain, Maurice Biddle, A Cruttenden, W Puxty & G Eldred
Father-in-Law’s Address: Park View, Westfield
Published: April 1917
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George Albert Gain
Rank: Private
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment / 248th Company, Machine Gun Corps
Father: Mr George Gain
Brothers: Arthur Robert Gain & W Gain
Brothers-in-Law: F Swales, Maurice Biddle, A Cruttenden, W Puxty & G Eldred
Father’s Address: Park View, Westfield
Other Info: According to CWGC, George died on 20th September 1917. He is remembered at the Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 154 to 159 and 163A.
Published: April 1917
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