J H B Carpenter
Regiment: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Ship: HMS Motagua
Parents: Mr & Mrs Carpenter
Brother: Richard T B Carpenter
Address: 23 St Andrews Square, Hastings
Other Info: Gasworks Employee
Published: October 1914 & November 1916
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Sydney Jas Pilcher
Ship: HMS Iron Duke
Mother: Mrs Pilcher
Brother: Francis Gordon Pilcher
Address: The Cottage, Val Mascal, Hollington Park, St Leonards
Published: October 1914
Other Info: Their great-grandfather on the father’s side was in the Crimean War at Sevastopol, also in the Indian Mutiny
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Francis Gordon Pilcher
Ship: HMS Blonde
Mother: Mrs Pilcher
Brother: Sydney Jas Pilcher
Address: The Cottage, Val Mascal, Hollington Park, St Leonards
Published: October 1914
Other Info: Their great-grandfather on the father’s side was in the Crimean War at Sevastopol, also in the Indian Mutiny
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Charles Brown Corps
Rank: Petty Officer
Ship: HMS Europa
Mother: Mrs G Corps (Widow)
Brothers: George Thomas Corps & Horace Corps
Address: 13 Salisbury Road, St Leonards
Other Info: Has served in the Navy for 12 years. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: October 1914
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Harry Funnell
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Marine Light Infantry
Mother: Mrs Funnel
Address: Clifton Road, Ore
Other Info: On HMS Hannibal
Published: October 1914
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Frank Hughes
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves
Other Info: Officer commanding the Hastings Company.
Published: October 1914
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M Sargent
Rank: Petty Officer
Ship: HMS King Alfred
Address: Battle
Other Info: Licensee of the King’s Head, Battle. Was called out with the Royal Naval Reserves
Published: October 1914
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George Edward Bracey Stroud
Rank: Able Seaman
Regiment: HMS Albermarle
Sister: Miss G L Stroud
Mother: Mrs Stroud
Brothers: Ebenizer L Stroud & Frederick A Stroud
Address: 23 Alfred Street, St Leonards
Other Info: Gun Layer, First Class. With the First Battle Squadron in the North Sea. According to the ships log, George Stroud was lost overboard at 2.27am on 7th November 1915 when the ship was hit by two large waves due to it travelling too fast for the conditions. The waves smashed the bridge and chart room and wrecked the conning tower. Large quantities of water flooded the fore turret and decks below. Also swept overboard was Commander George Russell Nixon. Two other men were killed and fourteen injured in the same incident. George is remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
Published: October 1914 & November 1915
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J Kyle
Rank: Able Seaman
Ship: HMS Dreadnought
Father: Mr J Kyle
Address: Emmanuel Road, Hastings
Published: October 1914
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W Allan Richardson
Regiment: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 2nd Naval Brigade, Howe Battalion.
Other Info: At Eastry Camp. Formerly clerk on Mr Percy Idle’s staff at the National Health Insurance Office, Hastings
Published: October 1914
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