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Rank: Private
Regiment: 12th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
Sister-in-Law: Miss E Butterfield
Miss Butterfield’s Address: 10 Charles Road, St Leonards
Other Info: At the Front
Published: April 1916
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Albert Wallis Bourne
Rank: Private
Regiment: Motor Transport, Army Service Corps
Father: Mr G Bourne
Address: The Village, Benenden, Kent
Other Info: Formerly with Skinners, Hastings. Additional rank information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: April 1916
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Thomas Frederick Parsons
Rank: Private
Regiment: Medical Corps, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Parents: Mr & Mrs T Parsons
Address: 81 Winchelsea Road, Ore
Other Info: At the Front. You can view Thomas’ CEF enlistment papers for free here.
Published: April 1916
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C F Knowles
Rank: Private
Regiment: I.R.E.S?
Father: Mr F Knowles
Brothers: Gunner Knowles & A Knowles
Address: 1 Warrior Gardens, St Leonards
Other Info: For Active Service. Cannot identify what regiment the acronym refers to.
Published: April 1916
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A Knowles
Rank: Private
Regiment: Motor Transport, Army Service Corps
Father: Mr F Knowles
Brothers: Gunner Knowles & C F Knowles
Address: 1 Warrior Gardens, St Leonards
Other Info: On Active Service
Published: April 1916
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Mr Knowles
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery
Father: Mr F Knowles
Brothers: A Knowles & C F Knowles
Address: 1 Warrior Gardens, St Leonards
Other Info: At the Front
Published: April 1916
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Alfred Samuel Hood
Rank: Driver
Regiment: Motor Transport, Army Service Corps
Parents: Mr & Mrs Charles Hood
Address: Hope House, Braybrook Road, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front
Published: April 1916
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Eric A E Hocking
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment: Home Counties Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Parents: Ex Mayor & Mayoress Alderman A E & Mrs Hocking
Brother: Gunner Hocking
Address: Hastings
Other Info: Received his commission on 4th November 1915.
Published: April 1916
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H Griffiths
Rank: Private
Regiment: 14th Battalion (Southdowns), Royal Sussex Regiment
Mother: Mrs Jane Griffiths
Brothers: William Thomas Griffiths & John James Griffiths
Sister: Mrs S Kent
Address: All Saint’s Street, Hastings / South Lodge, St Leonards
Published: April 1916
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Fred Lorking
Rank: Private
Regiment: Australian Imperial Force
Father: Mr William Lorking, former verger of St Peter’s Church, St Leonards
Sister: Mrs G Chapman
Brother-in-Law: G Chapman
Brother: Charles Henry Lorking
Other Info: Wounded. Now in Worcester hospital.
Freds’ enlistment and service papers can be viewed for free here.
Published: April 1916 & September 1916
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