Charles Rummery Rank: Private Regiment: King’s Own Scottish Borderers Parents: Mr William & Caroline Rummery (nee Blackford) Grandmother: Mrs Rummery Address: 2 Albion Street, Halton, Hastings Other Info: At the Front. According to CWGC, Charles later was promoted to Sergeant and he served in the 12th…
W Jones Rank: Private Regiment: E Company, Royal Sussex Regiment Address: 94 Manor Road, Hastings Other Info: Wounded in the left arm, which subsequently needed to be amputated. Recovering in hospital at Chatham. An article published in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer on 14th…
James Lestock Ironside Reid Rank: Lieutenant Regiment: 1st Battalion, Attached to 2nd Battalion, 2nd King’s Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) Parents: Colonel James Henry Erskine Reid & Mrs Reid Address: 52 Sedlescombe Road, St Leonards According to CWGC, James died…
William Robert Launcelot Calrow Rank: Lieutenant Regiment: ‘C’ Company, 1st Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Parents: Mr Gerald Walton & Mrs Mabel Selina Calrow Other Info: Lieutenant Calrow is named on Hastings War Memorial, but it is unclear what his…
Arthur Gilliat-Smith Rank: Lieutenant Regiment: 26th Field Company, Royal Engineers Parents: Mr Harold & Mrs Laura Sybil Gilliat-Smith Parent’s Address: 37 Kenilworth Road, St Leonards Other Info: An article published in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer dated 7th November…
Harry Walter Poole Rank: Private Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Parents: Mr & Mrs H Poole Wife: Mrs Poole Brother: Alfred Poole Address: 4 Duke Road, Silverhill Other Info: He was killed in action on 4th October 1914. His parents lived at 16 Battle Road, St…
Thomas Mepham Rank: Private Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Address: 3 Mann Street, Hastings Other Info: Wounded at the Aisne on 14th September 1914. The first wounded soldier received at East Sussex Hospital. Additional name information from the Lives of the First…
Harold Norman Atter Rank: Private Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment Mother: Mrs Elizabeth Ann Harmer Address: 3 Carlton Terrace, Halton, Hastings Other Info: According to CWGC, Harold died aged 29 on 18th August 1916. He is remembered at the Thiepval Memorial,…
J A R Armitage Rank: Captain Regiment: 15th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own) Father: Mr J A Armitage Address: Netherwood, St Helens Park, Hastings Other Info: Captain Armitage died on 19th July 1919 and is remembered at…
J W Colbran Rank: C M S Instructor Regiment: Ceylon Engineer Volunteers Father: Mr J Colbran Brothers: George F Colbran, Charles Colbran & Thomas F Colbran Address: Bulverhythe Road, St Leonards Published: December 1914 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about…
Charles Colbran Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment Father: Mr J Colbran Brothers: George F Colbran, Thomas F Colbran & J W Colbran Address: Bulverhythe Road, St Leonards Published: December 1914 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.
Thomas F Colbran Rank: Bandsman Regiment: Royal Lancaster Regiment (King’s Own) Father: Mr J Colbran Brothers: George F Colbran, Charles Colbran & J W Colbran Address: Bulverhythe Road, St Leonards Other Info: At the Front. An article published in the Hastings and St Leonards Observer on…