Alfred J Covell
Rank: Private
Regiment: 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents:Mr & Mrs J Covell
Address: 149 Queens Road, Hastings
Other Info: Killed in Action. According to CWGC, Alfred died on 9th April 1917. He is remembered at Gourock Trench Cemetery, Tilloy-Les-Mofflaines, grave reference F.7. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: November 1916 & July 1917
L Cottrell
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: Pioneers, Royal Sussex Regiment
Sent by: His sister
Address: The Black Horse, Battle
Published: November 1916
John Cornwall
Rank: Private
Regiment: 4th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
Parents: Mr James & Mrs Ann Cornwall
Wife: Elizabeth Emma Cornwall
Brother: Charles Cornwall, David Cornwall & George Cornwall
Parent’s Address: 13 Aldborough Road, Bohemia, St Leonards
Home Address: 41 Alma Villas, Silverhill / 74 Willingdon Avenue, Hollington
Other Info: “He was killed in action at the Battle of Arras on 28th April 1917. By his side is the portrait of his daughter, May, found in his pocket on the battlefield. On the right is a photograph of the widow and her six children left to her to bring up. The youngest are twins.
According to CWGC, John died aged 39 on 28th April 1917. He is remembered at the Arras Memorial, Bay 7.
Published: November 1916 & November 1917
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George Cornwall
Rank: Private
Regiment: Northamptonshire Regiment
Parents: Mr James & Mrs Ann Cornwall
Brother: Charles Cornwall, David Cornwall & John Cornwall
Address: 13 Aldborough Road, Bohemia, St Leonards
Other Info: At the Front. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: November 1916
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W Buss
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs Apps
Sent by: Miss Southon
Address: Hollington Park, St Leonards
Published: November 1916
Frank Henry Bumstead
Rank: Private
Regiment: 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr William G Stretten (Stepfather) & Mrs M F Stretton (formerly Bumstead)
Address: Finsbury Grove, Fountain Road, Hull
Other Info: Formerly of Harold Road, Clive Vale, Hastings. Killed in Action on 7th July 1916. According to CWGC, Frank is remembered at the Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 7c.
Published: November 1916
J R Barton
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs G Barton
Sent by: Miss Carpenter
Address: 12 South Terrace, Halton, Hastings
Published: November 1916
H Apps
Rank: Private
Regiment: Machine Gun Corps
Mother: Mrs W Apps
Address: Waldegrave Street, Hastings
Other Info: On Active Service
Published: November 1916
A Rogers
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment
Mother: Mrs C Rogers
Address: 9 Bedford Road, Clive Vale, Hastings
Other Info: On Active Service
Published: November 1916
John H Bumstead
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment
Sent by: Miss Reed
Home Address: 18 Hardwicke Road, Halton, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front. An article published in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer on 20th July reports that ‘Jack’ Bumstead was reported wounded and missing, since notified as taken prisoner on April 5th 1918.
Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: November 1916 & July 1918