Frederick Leslie Shoesmith
Rank: Articifer
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
Parents: Mr & Mrs T Shoesmith
Address: 39 Old London Road, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front.
Published: December 1914
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Leonard Rycroft
Rank: Rifleman
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade
Father: Herbert Rycroft
Parents: Mr Herbert Rycroft & Mrs Elizabeth Morris
Brother: Leslie Frank Rycroft & Reginald Charles Rycroft
Address: 11 Shepherd Street, St Leonards
Other Info: At the Front. According to CWGC, Leonard died aged 19 on 15th February 1915. He is remembered at Fauquissart Military Cemetery, Leventie, grave reference G.7.
Published: December 1914
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T E F Head
Rank: Corporal
Regiment: Rifle Brigade
Wife: Mrs T Head
Address: 44 Lennox Street, Halton, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front. Wounded at Neuve Chapelle.
Published: December 1914 & April 1915
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Edward Riddell
Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery
Sent by: Mrs Riddell
Address: 4 St Paul’s Place. St Leonards
Other Info: Foreign Service
Published: December 1914
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C Holland
Rank: Private
Regiment: Army Service Corps
Wife: Mrs Holland
Address: 26 Albion Street, Halton, Hastings
Published: December 1914
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Thomas Henham
Regiment: Royal Army Medical Corps
Father: Frederick Henham
Brothers: Frederick Henham, Harry Henham
Cousin: Richard Tassell
Uncle: Edgar Henham
Address: Roebuck Yard, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front
Published: December 1914 & June 1915
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Mr Hill
Rank: Corporal
Regiment: Coldstream Guards
Wife: Mrs Hill
Address: 15 Station Road, Hastings
Other Info: On active service.
An article printed in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer on 5th December 1914 states: “Corporal Hill, of the Coldstream Guards, in a letter from the Front to his wife, who resides at 15 Station Road, Hastings, under date of 25th November, says:-
‘We have come out of the firing line for 14 days rest, which I think our Battalion has earnt, for I do not believe another Battalion has done more than we have done. We had General French talking to us yesterday, and he said he felt proud to talk to a Battalion which had suffered hardships as we had done.
We have had it hard, I can tell you. We were in the trenches for 25 days, with the water just over a foot deep, and with snow and rain for about 8 days.
Then we had a big march from (blanked out) to (blanked out), about 220 miles, in just over 11 days; these are only just one or two little items.’
Further on in his letter the Corporal says: ‘Kiss my little children for me, and tell them I shall not be long before I am with them, for I think the German’s stomachs are nipping them.’
Published: December 1914
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C J Rich
Rank: Private
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs H Rich
Brothers: G Rich & Albert Rich
Uncle: William J Marchant
Address: 2 Sandown Road, Ore
Other Info: For foreign service
Published: December 1914
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D Deadman
Rank: Private
Regiment: ‘D’ Company, 3rd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Wfie: Mrs D Deadman
Address: 177 Lennox Street, Halton, Hastings
Published: December 1914
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Hebert Fermor
Rank: Gunner / Driver
Regiment: 4th Home Counties, Royal Field Artillery
Parents: Mr & Mrs R Fermor
Brother: Frederick Fermor
Address: 8 Brook Street, Hastings
Other Info: On foreign service. In India. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: December 1914 & April 1916
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