John Bray Rank: Sub Lieutenant Regiment: 5th Company, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Father: Mr John Bray Siblings: Cicely Evelyn Bray & Ethel Bray Address: Collonade, St Leonards Published: September 1914 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information
Edward Barthram Rank: Chief Petty Officer Ship: HMS Formidable Address: 13 Arnside Road, St Leonards Other Info: Edward was one of 199 sailors that were saved when HMS Formidable sunk after the ship was torpedoed twice by German submarine U24 on 1st January 1915. He was rescued by…
A Ballard Rank: Chief Yeoman of Signals Ship: HMS Highflyer Address: 4 Croft Road, Hastings Other Info: HMS Highflyer sank the German armed liner Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse on August 27th 1914. A Ballard has served 25 years in the Navy and eight years in…
William Thomas Saxby Regiment: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Ship: HMS Edgar Address: 46 St Thomas’ Road, Hastings Other Info: According to the National Archives, William Saxby was born on 1st August 1892 and his service number was 5 Published: September 1914 Please use the comments box…
Daniel Hodson Ship: HMS Hogue Parents: Mr & Mrs Hodson Address: 22 All Saints Street, Hastings Other Info: According to CWGC, Daniel was aboard HMS Hogue when it was sunk, along with sister ships HMS Aboukir and HMS Cressy, by German submarine U-9 on 22nd…
Ernest Spray Regiment: Collingwood Brigade, Royal Naval Division Address: 41 Caves Road, St Leonards Mother: Mrs E Spray Other Info: Came from Canada to fight at the Front. For seven weeks he was training at Walmer in ‘Churchill’s Own’ Collingwood Brigade and left…
J Ross Ship: HMAC Calyx Parents: Mr & Mrs Ross Address: 4 St Thomas’s Road, West Hill, Hastings Published: January 1915 Other Info: HMAC refers to His Majesty’s Armed Cruiser. HMAC Calyx’s history is as follows: Calypso SS was a 2,876grt British Merchantship…
Arthur Oak Rank: 1st Class Petty Officer Ship: HMS Venerable Other Info: An old Hastings boy Published: January 1915 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.
Frederick Crockford Rank: Able Seaman Ship: HMS Cedric Sent in by: Ethel Crockford Address: Holmwood, The Green, St Leonards Other Info: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Published: November 1914 & January 1915 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information…
Stephen J Snaith Ship: HMS Espiegle Mother: Mrs Snaith Address: 270 Priory Road, Hastings Published: December 1914 & January 1915 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.
S F Robbins Rank: Leading Mechanic Regiment: Royal Naval Flying Corps Published: January 1915 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.
S J Coney Rank: Petty Officer Ship: HMS Argonaut Wife: Mrs Coney Address: 47 Victoria Avenue, Hastings Published: January 1915 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.