Hastings Cemetery was opened on 28th November 1856 and has remained the main place of burial and remembrance for the town ever since.
The cemetery is well worth a visit, not just for the CWGC war graves but also for the social history the grave markers provide. For those interested in finding out more about Hastings Cemetery, this dedicated website will serve you well. The cemetery covers over 87 acres, and the WW1 war graves can be found on a steep slope to the east of the site.
There are 176 Commonwealth burials from the First World War at Hastings Cemetery. The names are listed below and where a reference to an individual is on this website, I have provided a link to it.
I don’t have photographs of the majority of men named here. In place of a portrait I have taken a photograph of their grave marker. I’m happy to provide a high resolution copy of the photographs of these for free. Please contact me if you would like one.
If you would like to add a portrait to one of the records, please complete the ‘add a soldier’ form here.
Currently I am adding records for the men listed below, so this is work in progress.
Abel, A | Private
Adams, C R | Deck Hand
Adams, J | Corporal
Aldridge, A P | Officer’S Steward 2nd Class
Algeo, L | Corporal
Allen, H J | Serjeant
Armitage, J A R | Captain
Baines, G H | Private
Baker, F | Stoker 1st Class
Balcombe, C E | Driver
Barnes, S J | Private
Beaney, C A | Petty Officer Stoker
Bell, F G | Corporal
Betts, W M | Gunner
Bilsby, E | Private
Bishop, S | Private
Blackman, W H | Private
Blackstock, J H | Private
Blake, B J F | Boy
Boon, G W | Deck Hand
Bowser, I T | Nursing Sister
Briggs, W J | Pioneer
Britton, C W F | Private
Brown, H H W | Private
Brown, H R | Sapper
Brown, R C | Private
Brown, W G C | Brevet Lieut-Colonel
Bruce, W | Private
Bumstead, S J | Private
Burgess, P J | Private
Campbell, H G | Corporal
Carter, G | Private
Carter, R G | Cadet
Chapman, F E | Rifleman
Christensen, J W | Private
Cleverley, T | Rifleman
Collins, B F | Corporal
Cook, F N | Private
Cooper, E | Sergeant
Corke, T | Private
Coulter, D J | Gunner
Cowley, H C | Private
Cox, C W G | Private
Curtis, W | Private
Curtis, J E | Private
Dale, A E | Private
Davidson, S | Private
Davis, W E | Gunner
Dickson, S C | Private
Dobell, C C | Lieutenant
Dunbar, J T | Lance Serjeant
Dundas, J R D | Cadet
Edmunds, W H | Lance Corporal
Eggleton, J H | Private
Eldridge, R E | Gunner
Emery, H | Private
Epps, G E | Gunner
Eva, F | Private
Evans, K A | Private
Eversfield, T H | Private
Felton-Smith, W | Chief Petty Officer
Forward, T | Private
Foster, C L | Air Mechanic 1st Class
Foster, P G | Second Lieutenant
Fuller, R A | Private
Gale, F | Private
Galloway, C H A | Corporal
Garnier, J W | Captain
Goodhall, A J | Private
Govier, G | Private
Guildford, S | Private (Correct surname spelt Guilford)
Hanby, E W | Second Lieutenant
Hankey, A | Private
Harris, W J | Cadet
Hart, J | Gunner
Hassell, J | Private
Haste, W | Air Mechanic 2nd Class
Heard, W C | Petty Officer
Hebb, F H | Private
Heritage, A | Nurse
Hewetson, J C C | Sub-Lieutenant
Hill, F J | Sergeant
Holland, F | Gunner
Hook, A N | Sapper
Hook, S H | Private
Howard, J W H | Corporal
Howard, T | Private
Howe, R S | Sergeant
Ilse, T H | Sapper
Jarvis, W L | Private
Johnson, W C | Sapper
Jones, A | Private
Kent, W | Private
Kiff, T J | Trooper
Knight, R W | Private
Lainey, A R | Bombardier
Lambert, C F | Air Mechanic 1st Class
Land, E H L | Driver
Langford, E G | Private
Lavers, A W | Company Quartermaster Serjeant
Law, C S | Able Seaman
Lee, L A | Private
Leslie, W | Sapper
Longley, G E | Private
Manser, E | Private
Marchant, W J | Private
Melmoth, T B V | Private
Michaud, U | Private
Miller, J C | Stoker 1st Class
Mills, J | Private
Mitchell, B | Lance Corporal
Moore, C | Seaman
Morgan, F G | Private
Morris, G C | Sapper
Morton, H R | Private
McDermott, T | Sergeant
McDonald, E | Private
Nagle, C S | Driver
Niblett, A E | 2nd Corporal
Nquza, J | Lance Corporal
Parris, W F | Private
Parsonage, F W | Private
Pearce, J | Private
Peaty, W H | Private
Perris, J | Private
Pettersson, C M | Sapper
Playfair, A L | Major General
Poole, H W A | Cadet
Reeves, E T | Gunner
Rice, E H | Cadet
Riley, H L | Private
Rioux, F X | Private
Roberts, E S | Sapper
Robertson, E H | Private
Robson, G | Private
Rogiers, J V | Soldier
Ross, P | Private
Russell, G E | Private
Rycroft, R C | Serjeant
Sadler, F | Private
Sahlin, C M | Sapper
Salmon, G F | Sapper
Samways, A | Saddler
Sharp, A E | Gunner
Shaw, F | Private
Sheffield, G N | Major
Shipp, H W | Private
Smale, C E | Private
Smith, C | Private
Smith, W H | Private
Smyth, A | Company Sergeant Major
Spanton, J W | Second Lieutenant
Steadman, H J | Corporal
Stone, W J | Private
Swain, B | Rifleman
Swannell, C E | Lieutenant
Tampion, E D | Rifleman
Teed, E | Major
Thompson, J | Private (see J Tunnell)
Thorburn, C E A | Sapper
Titjen, C F H | Captain
Tunnell, J | Private
Turk, G T | Signalman
Turner, A L | Cadet
Twells, A | Worker
Vaughan, P G | Private
Veasey, F C L | Private
Vinall, V D | Private
Wall, R E | Private 2nd Class
Wallis, W | Rifleman
Waters, L | Serjeant
Weller, W H | Private
Whitehead, G W | Gunner
Whitelaw, F J | Second Lieutenant
Whiteman, G B | Serjeant
Wilkins, A J | Driver
Willy, J | Private
Winchester, A | Gunner
Wood, H C | Cadet
Wynhall, C B | Private
Wynne, E E | Sapper