Bert Penfold
Regiment: Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs)
Parents: Mr & Mrs Penfold
Brothers: Ernest Penfold, Archibald Penfold & Arthur Penfold
Address: 34 Old London Road, Hastings
Other Info: For the Front.
Published: August 1915
Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.
Arthur Penfold
Rank: Private
Regiment: 6th Battalion, Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs)
Parents: Mr & Mrs Penfold
Brothers: Ernest Penfold, Archibald Penfold & Bert Penfold
Address: 34 Old London Road, Hastings
Other Info: For the Front. Missing since 7th October 1916.
According to CWGC, Arthur died on 7th October 1916. He is remembered at Thiepval Memorial on Pier and Face 5D.
Published: August 1915 & November 1916
Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.
Thomas Fitsell
Rank: Driver
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
Sent by: Miss A E Crockett
Address: 25 De Cham Road, St Leonards
Other Info: Been at the Front ten months. Has been wounded.
Published: August 1915
Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.
Benjamin Mitchell
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: 11th Battalion (Southdowns), Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr Benjamin & Elizabeth A Mitchell
Address: 288 Priory Road, Halton, Hastings
Other Info: Died on 24th July 1915. According to CWGC, Benjamin was 24 when he died. He is remembered at Hastings Cemetery, Screen Wall, M.B.J3. Additional name information from the Royal Sussex – Southdowns website.
Published: August 1915
Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.
Walter Lewis
Rank: Corporal
Regiment: 1st Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
Sent by: Mrs Lewis
Address: 18 Braybrook Road, Hastings
Additional Info: An article published in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer on 31st March 1917 reads; “We regret to learn that Walter Lewis (Son of our townsman, Mr J. J. Lewis, late R.S.M., 6th Dragoon Guards) is, after being missing for months, reported as killed.
According to CWGC, Walter died on 23rd July 1916. He is remembered at the Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 15B.
The photograph was sent in and perhaps the handwriting was misinterpreted, however the uniform matches that of the Cameron Highlanders.
Published: August 1915 & March 1917
Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.
G Lamb
Rank: Driver
Regiment: 2nd Home Counties Field Company, Royal Engineers
Wife: Mrs Lamb
Address: 182 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings
Other Info: Active Service.
Published: August 1915
Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.
Mr Jenner
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: 5th Sussex Battery, Royal Field Artillery
Mother: Mrs Jenner
Brother: G Jenner & H W Jenner
Address: 20 Castle Hill Road, Hastings
Published: August 1915 & February 1917
Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.
R W Foster
Rank: Bombardier
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
Parents: Mr & Mrs Foster
Address: 76 High Street, Hastings
Other Info: At the Dardanelles.
Published: August 1915
Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.
Charles E Ballard
Rank: Private
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Wife: Mrs Ballard
Address: 4 Cambridge Mews, Priory Street, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: August 1915
Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.
John W L Byne
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: 5th Sussex Battery, Royal Field Artillery
Parents: Mr & Mrs Byne
Brother: George Byne
Address: 1 Bexhill Road, St Leonards
Other Info: In India. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: August 1915
Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.