H Fox
Rank: Pioneer
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Sent by: Mrs Palmer
Mrs Palmer’s Address: 21 Mount Road, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front. Friend of A C T Palmer.
Published: January 1917
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J Fitsell
Rank: Driver
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
Sent by: Miss Bumstead
Miss Bumstead’s Address: 3 Land View Cottages, High Bank, Ore
Published: January 1917
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Albert Arthur Sutton
Rank: Private
Regiment: 90th Winnepeg Rifles, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Parents: Mr & Mrs Richard Sutton
Address: 133 Grove Street, Winnepeg
Other Info: Text reads “… the wedding of Percy Gordon Fairman, of Bexhill, of the Royal Sussex Regiment, and Gertrude Julia Martin, second daughter of Mr & Mrs A W Martin of 152 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings. The marriage was performed at Emmanuel Church on December 25th by the Rev Sholto Newman. The bridegroom was home wounded and has since returned to the Front. The best man was Private A A Sutton, of the 90th Winnepeg Rifles. The bridesmaids are sisters of the bride.
You can view Albert’s CEF enlistment papers for free here.
Published: January 1917
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Percy Gordon Fairman
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: 12th Battalion (Southdowns), Royal Sussex Regiment
Father: Mr W Fairman
Wife: Mrs Gertrude Julia Fairman (nee Martin)
Brother-in-Law: T Martin
Address: 152 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings
Other Info: Text reads “… the marriage was performed at Emmanuel Church on December 25th by the Rev Sholto Newman. The bridegroom was home wounded and has since returned to the Front. The best man was Private A A Sutton, of the 90th Winnepeg Rifles. The bridesmaids are sisters of the bride.
According to CWGC, Percy died on 2nd March 1917. He is remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial on panel 20.
Percy is named on Hastings War Memorial as F G Fairman.
Published: January 1917 & March 1917
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E Chapman
Rank: Private
Regiment: Durham Light Infantry
Wife: Mrs Chapman
Address: 9 Salisbury Road, St Leonards
Published: January 1917
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George Carey
Rank: Private
Regiment: Suffolk Regiment
Wife: Mrs Carey
Address: 2 St Helen’s Cottages, The Ridge, Ore
Other Info: Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: January 1917
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Frederick Bumstead
Rank: Driver
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
Sent by: His Sister
Sister’s Address: 3 Land View Cottages, High Bank, Ore
Other Info: Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: January 1917
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Thomas Edward Abrey
Rank: Signaller
Regiment: Australian Imperial Force
Parents: Mrs Abrey
Address: 30 York Road, Silverhill
Other Info: At the Front. You can view Thomas’ AIF service papers for free here.
Published: January 1917
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William Lovack-Land
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: 59th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Wife: Mrs Ivy E Lovack-Land
Address: 23 London Road, St Leonards
Other Info: According to CWGC, William died aged 32 on 24th March 1918. He is remembered at the Arras Memorial, bay 10.
William is on Hastings War Memorial as W L Land.
Published: January 1917
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W Wright
Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs Wright
Address: 103 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings
Other Info: In hospital with sickness.
Published: January 1917
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