Arthur Owen
Rank: Private
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs Owen
Brother: F Owen
Address: 20 Gladstone Terrace, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front.
Published: August 1915 & March 1917
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Albert Vincent Osborne
Rank: Private
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr Albert & Mrs Kate Osborne
Brother: John Osborne
Address: Water Mill, Guestling
Other Info: Died of wounds received on 24th May 1915. Aged 21 years. According to CWGC, Albert is remembered at Manchester Southern Cemetery, screen wall reference Q.398.
Published: August 1915
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H Dawkins
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery
Brothers-in-Law: William S Oakman, Sidney Oakman & Charles William Oakman
Brother: Alf Dawkins
Published: August 1915
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Alf Dawkins
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: Suffolk Regiment
Brothers-in-Law: William S Oakman, Sidney Oakman & Charles William Oakman
Brother: H Dawkins
Published: August 1915
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Charles William Oakman
Rank: Private
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Wife: Mrs Sarah Ann Oakman
Brothers: William S Oakman & Sidney Oakman
Brothers-in-Law: Alf Dawkins & H Dawkins
Address: 1 North Street, Lewes
Other Info: According to CWGC, Charles died aged 43 on 6th June 1920 to an illness contracted whilst on war service. He had moved to the 7th Battalion and achieved the rank of Lance Corporal when invalided out of the army in September 1917. Information from here. Charles is remembered at Lewes Cemetery, grave reference Western II.YQ.18.
Published: August 1915
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Sidney Oakman
Rank: Private
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment – attached to 107th Field Company, Royal Engineers
Wife: Mrs Phillis Oakman
Brothers: William S Oakman & Charles William Oakman
Brothers-in-Law: Alf Dawkins & H Dawkins
Address: 63 London Road, Bognor
Other Info: At the Front. According to CWGC, Sidney died on 18th August 1916. He is remembered at Maroc British Cemetery, Grenay, grave reference I.JA.4.
Published: August 1915
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William S Oakman
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: Army Service Corps
Wife: Mrs Oakman
Brothers: Sidney Oakman & Charles William Oakman
Brothers-in-Law: Alf Dawkins & H Dawkins
Address: Havelock Road, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: August 1915
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Philip A T Moore
Rank: Private
Regiment: 15th Field Battery, Supply Section, Royal Field Artillery
Mother: Mrs J Moore
Address: 101 Emmanuel Road, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front. Changed regiments to Army Service Corps
Published: August 1915 & September 1915
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L J Matthews
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: 2nd Home Counties, Royal Field Artillery
Parents: Sergeant & Mrs Matthews
Brother: A C Matthews
Address: 62 Ashburnham Road, Clive Vale, Hastings
Published: August 1915
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Luther Martin
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: 8th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr William & Eliza Martin
Address: Ewhurst
Sister’s Address: Cleveland House, Dane Road, St Leonards
Other Info: According to CWGC, Luther died aged 30 on 20th November 1916. He is remembered at Stump Road Cemetery, Grandcourt, grave reference A24. This webpage provides the following further info: Born and bred in Ewhurst Luther was another pioneer killed in no-mans-land on the Somme battlefield. His company was tasked with digging a communications trench between Regina Trench and Desire Trench both of which were former German trenches. Killed along with 4 others by shellfire just as winter forced a halt to operations on the Somme Luther’s body lay out in no-mans-land for a number of months. He was finally recovered in the spring of 1917 and buried in Stump Road Cemetery within 100 yards of where he was found. At the time the burials were made in a former German trench and Luther shares a headstone with another fallen comrade.
Published: August 1915
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