E J Davis
Rank: Able Seaman
Regiment: Royal Naval Division
Parents: Mr & Mrs Davis
Brother: F G Davis
Address: 12 Bourne Street, Hastings
Other Info: Assistant cook to Chief Petty Officer
Published: September 1915 & May 1917
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Mr Buttenshaw
Mother-in-Law: Mrs Willis
Brothers-in-Law: Charles Stephen Stace & John Willis
Address: 59 Castle Hill Road, Hastings
Other Info: Yeoman of Signals. Prisoner of War in Germany. I could find no obvious name match on the Lives of the First World War website. The surname Buttenshaw maybe a misspelling of Burtenshaw. Going by the dress, he may have served in the Royal Naval Division.
Published: September 1915
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John Willis
Ship: HMS Fervent
Mother: Mrs Willis
Brothers-in-Law: Charles Stephen Stace & Mr Buttenshaw
Address: 59 Castle Hill Road, Hastings
Published: September 1915
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G Phillips
Ship: HMS Celtic
Parents: Mr & Mrs Phillips
Brothers: R Phillips & R W Phillips
Address: 15 Old Humphrey Avenue, Hastings
Published: September 1915
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William John Balcombe
Rank: Leading Seaman
Ship: HMS Vernon (a Shore Establishment)
Parents: Mr & Mrs Balcombe
Brother: Robert C Balcombe
Address: 23 St Mary’s Road, Hastings
Other Info: Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: September 1915
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Albert William Baker
Rank: Stoker
Ship: HMS Aboukir
Wife: Mrs A W Baker
Brother-in-Law: William Mann
Address: Cut Thorn Cottages, Icklesham
Other Info: Was aboard HMS Aboukir when it was sunk, along with sister ships HMS Hogue and HMS Cressy, by German submarine U-9 on 22nd September 1914. Alber was among 254 survivors from the ship. Name information from this webpage.
Published: September 1915
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Henry Thomas Gasson
Service: Royal Navy
Mother: Mrs Gasson
Address: 9 John Street, Hastings
Other Info: Serving aboard a Mine Sweeper
Published: September 1915
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John Bromage
Rank: Leading Seaman
Ship: HMS Prince George
Sent by: Miss Rose Adams
Address: 34 Albion Street, Hastings
Other Info: Was at the Dardanelles.
Published: September 1915 & August 1916
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William Whiting
Rank: Leading Seaman
Ship: HMS Campania
Mother: Mrs Whiting
Brothers: Albert Whiting & Charles Whiting
Address: 47 St Georges Road, Hastings
Published: September 1915
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Charles Whiting
Rank: Ship’s Corporal First Class
Ship: HMS Pathfinder
Mother: Mrs Whiting
Brothers: Albert Whiting & William Whiting
Address: 47 St Georges Road, Hastings
Other Info: Lost his life on HMS Pathfinder on 5th September 1914. According to CWGC, Albert was aged 35 when he died. HMS Pathfinder was torpedoed by German submarine U-21 and sank with the loss of 259 men. Albert is remembered at Chatham Naval Memorial on panel 6.
Published: September 1914 & September 1915
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