Leonard Harris
Rank: Signalman
Regiment: Royal Navy
Address: 44 Upper Brockley Road, London
Other Info: Formerly Hastings Grammar School boy and local scout.
Published: October 1916
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Frank Walter Snelling
Rank: Stoker
Ship: HMS Intrepid
Parents: Mr & Mrs E Snelling
Brothers: George Snelling, Frederick John Snelling & E Snelling
Nephews: Richard William Wilkins & Percy James Wilkins
Address: 5 Cranbrook Road, St Leonards
Other Info: Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: October 1916
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Frederick John Snelling
Regiment: Royal Naval Air Service
Parents: Mr & Mrs E Snelling
Brothers: George Snelling, E Snelling & Frank Walter Snelling
Nephews: Richard William Wilkins & Percy James Wilkins
Address: 5 Cranbrook Road, St Leonards
Other Info: Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: October 1916
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S Booth
Ship: HMS Chatham
Wife: Mrs Booth
Address: 37 Warrior Square, St Leonards
Published: October 1916
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H Field
Rank: Signalman
Ship: HMS Iron Duke / HMS Lucia
Parents: Mr & Mrs Field
Brother: Percy Frederick Field
Address: 68 Church Road, St Leonards
Published: October 1916 & February 1918
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Robert (Bob) Harry Belsey
Ship: HMS Britannia
Parents: Mr Edward & Mrs Edith Belsey, late of All Saints Street, Hastings
Sent by: Mr C Merryweather, late master of the Hastings Workhouse
Brothers Edward J Belsey, Alfred William Belsey & John Robert Belsey
Born 12 Sandown Cottages, Hastings
1896, Death of mother
1899, Death of father in Union Workhouse, Ore
1911, Dr Barnardo’s Home, Stepney Causeway, Tower Hamlets, London
1914, Jul 31 Joined Royal Portsmouth, Stoker 2nd Class HMS Victory II
1915, Aug 5 Stoker 1st Class, HMS Britannia
1921, Jun Married Ethel May Hubbard of Camberwell in Hastings
1925, Mar 5 Acting Leading Stoker, HMS Argus
1926, Mar 5 Leading Stoker, HMS Vernon
1928, Mar 5 Left Navy
1939, Sep 29 Does not appear on the War Census, had he joined up again, no record
1967, Mar 25 Died Catford, London
Additional information with thanks to Ian Mantel
Published: October 1916
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Miles Crosthwaite
Rank: Petty Officer
Service: Royal Navy
Wife: Mrs Crosthwaite
Address: 7 Gordon Road, Hastings
Published: September 1916
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Horace William Marsham
Rank: Able Seaman
Ship: HMS Queen Mary
Parents: Mr Harry & Mrs France Rowena Marsham
Address: 6 Brodrick Road, Hampden Park, Eastbourne
Sent by: Miss Huggett, Strood Road, Silverhill.
Other Info: Lost his Life in the Battle of Jutland. Horace was aboard HMS Queen Mary when she was sunk in the action off Jutland on 31st May 1915.
According to CWGC, Horace was 19 when he died. He is remembered at the Portsmouth Naval Memorial on panel 13.
Published: September 1916
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Frederick Gillam
Regiment: Royal Navy Air Service
Wife: Mrs Jessie E Gillam (nee Voller)
Parents-in-Law: Mr & Mrs H Voller
Brother-in-Law: Henry A Voller
Address: Brighton
Other Info: The ceremony was performed at Blacklands Church, Hastings on 16th August 1916.
Published: September 1916 & March 1917
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Ernest Pearson
Rank: Ship’s Corporal
Ship: HMS Kent
Sister: Mrs J Paine
Nephews: James Cecil Paine, R Paine & L Paine
Brother: A Pearson
Sister’s Address: Harold Nursery, Hastings
Published: September 1916
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