A E Hammond
Rank: Private
Regiment: 2nd/5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Wife: Mrs Hammond
Address: 22 Horntye Road, St Leonards
Published: September 1915
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Mr Giles
Rank: Private
Regiment: Queen’s Royal Rifles, London Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs Giles
Brothers: G W Giles, F H Giles & F V Giles
Address: 1 King’s Road Mews, St Leonards
Published: September 1915
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F V Giles
Rank: Bandsman
Regiment: King’s Shropshire Light Infantry
Parents: Mr & Mrs Giles
Brothers: G W Giles, F H Giles & Private Giles
Address: 1 King’s Road Mews, St Leonards
Other Info: At the Front
Published: September 1915
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G W Giles
Rank: Sapper
Regiment: Home Counties, Royal Engineers
Parents: Mr & Mrs Giles
Brothers: F H Giles, F V Giles & Private Giles
Address: 1 King’s Road Mews, St Leonards
Published: September 1915
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John D Fairbairn
Rank: Sapper
Regiment: Signal Depot, Royal Engineers
Parents: Mr & Mrs Fairbairn
Address: 8 Waterworks Road, Hastings
Other Info: The paper article reads: “… I am sending a photograph of myself and comrades, also two Indians who are attached to the Indian Cavalry Corps. I am the only son of Mr & Mrs Fairbairn … and am standing with the cycle on the extreme left of the photograph. My chum, also with a cycle is on the extreme right. My chum, Sapper A W Heath, and I were both employees of the G.P.O. Engineering Department in Hastings. We are in the Signal Service of the Royal Engineers doing linesman duties, sometimes on cycles and sometimes on horses, according to the state of the weather and roads. This is a very dangerous occupation under shell fire.”
Wounded on 30th November 1917.
Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: September 1915, April 1916 & December 1917
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Arthur William Burton
Rank: Private
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs)
Parents Address: 18 Horntye Road, St Leonards
Parents: Mr & Mrs Alfred Burton
Brothers: Nelson J Burton, A Burton & A J Burton
Brother-in-Law: Sydney Chambers
Other Info: At the Dardanelles (as of September 1915). In Mesopotamia (March 1918). According to CWGC Arthur died aged 23 on 21st December 1918. He is remembered at Bangalore (Hosur Road) Cemetery, grave reference Plot 8, Row V, Grave 23.
Published: September 1915 & March 1918
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F Bumstead
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: 9th Battalion, Rifle Brigade
Address: Wallbrook Cottage, Croft Road, Hastings
Other Info: Wounded. Now in convalescent home in France.
Published: September 1915
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William G Truebridge
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: 3rd Battalion, 1st Home Counties, Royal Field Artillery
Sister-in-Law: Mrs Bryant
Brothers-in-Law: Lance Corporal Bryant & Private Lewis
Sister-in-Law’s Address: 1 The Tackleway, Old Town, Hastings
Other Info: Additional name and rank information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: September 1915
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Mr Lewis
Rank: Private
Regiment: East Surrey Regiment
Sister-in-Law: Mrs Bryant
Brothers-in-Law: Lance Corporal Bryant & William G Truebridge
Sister-in-Law’s Address: 1 The Tackleway, Old Town, Hastings
Other Info: Wounded at Ypres
Published: September 1915
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Mr Bryant
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Wife: Mrs Bryant
Brothers-in-Law: Private Lewis & William G Truebridge
Address: 1 The Tackleway, Old Town, Hastings
Other Info: Home, wounded.
Published: September 1915
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