John William Robins
Rank: Private
Regiment: 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment
Parents: Mr Robert & Mrs Harriett Robins
Address: Battle Road, Hollington, later Hop Villas, Paddock Wood
Other Info: Missing since 31st July 1917. According to CWGC, John died aged 23 on 31st July 1917. He is remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial on panel 21.
Published: September 1917
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Wilfred C Rich
Rank: Private
Regiment: Suffolk Regiment
Address: 445 Old London Road, Ore
Other Info: Formerly at the ‘Observer’ Office, Hastings. Additional information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: September 1917
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William Henry Oxley
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
Parents: Mr William Henry & Mrs Betsy Oxley
Brothers: Thomas Walter Oxley & T H Oxley
Address: 2 York Road, Silverhill
Other Info: In Salonika. Additional information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: September 1917
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T H Oxley
Rank: Corporal
Service: British Army
Parents: Mr William Henry & Mrs Betsy Oxley
Brothers: Thomas Walter Oxley & William Henry Oxley
Address: 2 York Road, Silverhill
Other Info: In Egypt.
Published: September 1917
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Henry T Griffiths
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Parents-in-Law: Mr & Mrs Morris
Brothers-in-Law: R E Morris, Henry James Morris & J Morris
In-Law’s Address: 252 Priory Road, Hastings
Other Info: Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: September 1917
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C Marchant
Regiment: Motor Transport, Army Service Corps
Wife: Mrs Marchant
Address: Vicarage Cottage, Fairlight
Other Info: Somewhere in France.
Published: September 1917
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John Mackie
Rank: Private
Regiment: 11th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Sent by: Miss Florence Bourne
Future Brother-in-Law: Thomas Linster
Miss Bourne’s Address: Filsham Road, St Leonards
Other Info: At the Front. Florence and John were later married. Additional information provided by Woody, in the comments below.
Published: September 1917
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W Jones
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Fusiliers
Wife: Mrs Jones
Address: 41 Canute Road, Clive Vale, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front. Formerly member of the Clive Vale section of the Hastings Fire Brigade.
Published: September 1917
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James Helsdown
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment
Mother: Mrs Butler
Brother: Thomas James Helsdown
Address: 15 Woods Passage, All Saints Street
Other Info: In Palestine. Was formerly sent home with gas and trench fever. Mentioned in dispatches for getting food to his camp under heavy fire. Sent three photographs (shown below) of natives from Beersheba.
Published: September 1917 & December 1917
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Amos Goble
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Parents: Mr George William & Mrs Emma Goble
Sister: Miss Emily Goble
Brother: George William Goble & Alfred Albert Goble
Brother-in-Law: Harry George Gower
Address: 39 Paynton Road, Silverhill
Other Info: In training. Additional information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: September 1917
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