Arthur Hankey Rank: Private Regiment: 11th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers Wife: Mrs Susannah Hankey Home Address: 22 Cross Street, Waterloo, Liverpool Other Info: Arthur Hankey died aged 33 on 3rd December 1914. He is buried at Hastings Cemetery. He served…
B C Clark Regiment: 5th Dragoon Guards Father: Mr F R Clark Brother: Ernest James Clark Address: 23 Bexhill Road, St Leonards Other Info: At the Front. An article published in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer dated 12th December 1914 reports: “Mr &…
Henry James Morfee Rank: Private Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Mother: Fanny Hatch, of The Violet Nurseries, St Helens Woods, Hastings Sisters: Mrs Clara Annie Trusler & Miss E Morfee Brothers: William George Morfee & Albert Edward Morfee Brothers-in-Law: Frank George Trusler, Harry Trusler &…
Mr Hill Rank: Corporal Regiment: Coldstream Guards Wife: Mrs Hill Address: 15 Station Road, Hastings Other Info: On active service. An article printed in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer on 5th December 1914 states: “Corporal Hill, of the Coldstream Guards, in a letter from…
William P Stuteley Rank: Private Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Address: 104 Milward Road, Hastings Other Info: Wounded. An article published in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer reads: “Private W. P. Stuteley, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, is now at his…
Charles Rummery Rank: Private Regiment: King’s Own Scottish Borderers Parents: Mr William & Caroline Rummery (nee Blackford) Grandmother: Mrs Rummery Address: 2 Albion Street, Halton, Hastings Other Info: At the Front. According to CWGC, Charles later was promoted to Sergeant and he served in the 12th…
James Lestock Ironside Reid Rank: Lieutenant Regiment: 1st Battalion, Attached to 2nd Battalion, 2nd King’s Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) Parents: Colonel James Henry Erskine Reid & Mrs Reid Address: 52 Sedlescombe Road, St Leonards According to CWGC, James died…
William Robert Launcelot Calrow Rank: Lieutenant Regiment: ‘C’ Company, 1st Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Parents: Mr Gerald Walton & Mrs Mabel Selina Calrow Other Info: Lieutenant Calrow is named on Hastings War Memorial, but it is unclear what his…
Arthur Gilliat-Smith Rank: Lieutenant Regiment: 26th Field Company, Royal Engineers Parents: Mr Harold & Mrs Laura Sybil Gilliat-Smith Parent’s Address: 37 Kenilworth Road, St Leonards Other Info: An article published in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer dated 7th November…
Harry Walter Poole Rank: Private Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Parents: Mr & Mrs H Poole Wife: Mrs Poole Brother: Alfred Poole Address: 4 Duke Road, Silverhill Other Info: He was killed in action on 4th October 1914. His parents lived at 16 Battle Road, St…
Thomas Mepham Rank: Private Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Address: 3 Mann Street, Hastings Other Info: Wounded at the Aisne on 14th September 1914. The first wounded soldier received at East Sussex Hospital. Additional name information from the Lives of the First…
Harold Norman Atter Rank: Private Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment Mother: Mrs Elizabeth Ann Harmer Address: 3 Carlton Terrace, Halton, Hastings Other Info: According to CWGC, Harold died aged 29 on 18th August 1916. He is remembered at the Thiepval Memorial,…