Thomas Scott
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
Parents: Mr & Mrs Scott
Brothers: Arthur Scott & John Scott
Address: 150 Old Lane, Hollington
Other Info: At the Front
Published: December 1914
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Arthur Scott
Rank: Corporal
Regiment: 20th Hussars / 131st Battery, Royal Field Artillery
Parents: Mr & Mrs Scott
Brothers: Thomas Scott & John Scott
Address: 150 Old Lane, Hollington
Other Info: Wounded at Ypres, now at Scarborough. According to CWGC, Arthur died aged 29 on 29th April 1915. He is remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial on Panel 5 and 9. A notice of his death was published in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer on 5th June 1915.
Published: December 1914
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Gilbert Charles Swain
Rank: Private
Regiment: 1st Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr George & Mrs E Swain
Brother: Fredrick Stewart Swain & G Swain
Address: 9 Emmanuel Road, Hastings
Other Info: Active Service
Published: December 1914
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Fredrick Stewart Swain
Rank: Private
Regiment: 1st King’s Royal Rifle Corps
Parents: Mr George & Mrs E Swain
Brother: Gilbert Charles Swain & G Swain
Address: 9 Emmanuel Road, Hastings
Other Info: Killed in action aged 23 on October 26th 1914. He is remembered at the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial on panel 51 and 53.
Published: December 1914
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Harry Ben Le Despencer Tree
Rank: Captain
Regiment: 112th Infantry, Indian Army
Parents: Mr Philip H & Mrs Tree
Brothers-in-Law: Charles Alexander Jacomb Nicholl, Reginald Eycott Nicholl & Frederick Alan Benson Nicholl
Address: Leckhampton, St Leonards
Other Info: Signalling Officer, Imperial Service Brigade, Egypt. Son-in-Law of the Rev C & Mrs Nicholl, St Leonards. Additional information from ‘Alumini Cantabrigienses’: Mentioned twice in despatches; Order of the Nile 4th Class.
Published: December 1914
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Frederick Alan Benson Nicholl
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Rev. & Mrs C Nicholl
Brothers: Charles Alexander Jacomb Nicholl & Reginald Eycott Nicholl
Brother-in-Law: Harry Ben Le Despencer Tree
Address: 10 Charles Road, St Leonards
Other Info: At the Front
4/8/1883 – Born Midhurst, Hastings, East Sussex. Son of Rev Charles Alfred Samuel and Henrietta Catherine (née Jacomb) Nicoll
Brother of Lieutenant Charles J Nicoll, Royal Indian Marines and Reginald E Nicoll, Royal Naval Air Service
1891 census – 10 Charles Road, StreetLeonards, Hastings
1912 – Home on leave for [sister’s] wedding
28/7/1914 – Uganda Police: British East Africa
28/7/1914 – Disembarked SS Mombasa in London from Mombasa, Kenya
4/9/1914 – To be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation)
8/1/1915 – To be temporary Captain from Lieutenant
2/2/1915 – Promoted from Lieutenant to Captain
24/9/1917 – To be seconded as assistant Provost Marshal
Oct-Dec 1918 – Married Katherine V Tooth at Hastings, Sussex
13/11/1918 – Police: 10 Charles Road, StreetLeonards, Hastings
14/3/1919 – Mentioned in Despatches by Field Marshal D Haig, Commander-in-Chief, The British Armies in France
31/3/1919 – Appointed Deputy Assistant Provost Marshal (Cl FF)
3/6/1919 – To be Officer of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE)
8/1/1920 – Appointed Assistant Provost Marshal (cl.BB) from Deputy Assistant Provost Marshal (Cl FF)
c.1920 – Birth of daughter Miss M Nicoll
c.1921 – Birth of daughter Miss P Nicoll
8/1/1920 – Appointed Assistant Provost Marshal (Cl. BB) from a Deputy Assistant Provost Marshal (Cl. FF) and to be temporary Major while so employed
16/1/1921 – Appointed Assistant Provost Marshal (Cl. BB) and relinquished rank of Major to return to Captain
6/2/1921 – Promoted from Captain to Major
1/7/1921 – Promoted to Major (seniority from 24/6/1920)
13/11/1924 – Embarked SS Norman at London for Mombasa (with family inteding to emigrate to south Africa, recorded with rank of Major)
c.1926 – Birth of son, Christopher Nicoll
16/2/1928 – Colonian Service: Uganda (recorded with rank of Major)
16/2/1928 – Disembarked SS Matiana in London from Beira, Mozambique (destination Riverway, Shiplake-on-Thames, Oxfordshire)
4/8/1933 – Ceases to belong to Reserve of Officers having reached the age limit of liability to recall
1/1/1934 – Awarded Kings Police Medal for distinguished service
27/7/1934 – Disembarked SS Malda in London from Daar-es-Salaam, Tanganyika, (with wife, Kathleen Nicoll, and son, Christopher Nicoll)
29/4/1938- Commissioner of Police: Tanganyika
29/4/1938 – Disembarked SS Umalda in London from Mombasa, Kenya (destination Junior Naval & Military Club, London W1)
3/1/1939 – Awarded Venerable Order of the Hospital of StreetJohn of Jerusalem as a serving brother
4/8/1941 – To be 2nd Lieutenant in Army Cadet Force
15/9/1957 – Died at Hastings, Sussex
Thank you to Rae Taylor for this information.
Published: December 1914
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Thomas Henry Relfe
Rank: Rifleman
Regiment: Rifle Brigade
Parents: Mr Thomas & Mrs Rachel Relfe
Address: 28 Windsor Road, Silverhill
Other Info: Killed in action on 1st December 1914. Thomas was aged 20 when he died and is remembered at Le Touret Memorial on panel 44.
Published: December 1914
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Francis Albert Martin
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs)
Parents: Mr W & Mrs Jane Martin
Address: Gamekeepers Lodge, Brede, Sussex
Other Info: As of December 1914 missing since the Battle of the Aisne in October 1914. According to CWGC, Francis died aged 23 on 20th October 1914. He is remembered at Ploegsteert Memorial on panel 2.
Published: December 1914
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A E Walker
Rank: Private
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Father: Mr J Walker
Brother: E H Walker
Address: 8 Woods Passage, Hastings
Published: December 1914
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T F Clark
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: 5th Sussex, Royal Field Artillery
Parents: Mr & Mrs Clark
Brother: W J Clark
Address: 2 Portland Villas, Hastings
Published: December 1914
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