Army
J Coleman
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery
Aunt & Uncle: Mr & Mrs A Foster
Cousin: William A Foster
Aunt & Uncle’s Address: 85 Mount Road, Clive Vale, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front.
Published: February 1917
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Army
William A Foster
Rank: Signaller / Private
Regiment: 21st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs A Foster
Cousin: J Coleman
Address: 85 Mount Road, Clive Vale, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front. According to CWGC, William died on 24th March 1918. He is remembered at the Arras Memorial in Bay 7.
Published: February 1917
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Army
T Foord
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service: The Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs M Foord
Wife: Mrs Ford
Brother: A H Foord
Address: 47 St Thomas’ Road, Hastings
Parent’s Address: Emmanuel Road, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front
Published: February 1917
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Army
A H Foord
Rank: Driver
Service: Motor Transport, Army Service Corps
Parents: Mr & Mrs M Foord
Wife: Mrs Ford
Brother: T Foord
Address: Southgate, London
Parent’s Address: Emmanuel Road, Hastings
Other Info: In West Africa
Published: February 1917
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Army
Edward George Fenning
Rank: Captain
Service: East African Transport Corps
Father: Mr George D Fanning
Father’s Address: 3 St Matthew’s Road, St Leonards
Other Info: Mentioned in Despatches reads: ‘Captain E G Fenning, of the East African Transport Corps, who was mentioned in General Smut’s despatch a few days ago, was in the Borough Surveyor’s Office from 1898 to 1903. He then went to the Office of Sir Alexander Bennie in London and the joined the Uganda Government Survey. He was in command of a large body of Waganda porters, 10,000 strong, who formed the transport for the Belgian Column. At Tabora he had the happiness of being able to take charge of the missionaries who had been interned, and of forwarding them on the homeward way…
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Published: February 1917
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Army
A Cowell
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment
Sent by: Miss Jennings
Miss Jennings’ Address: 9 Athelstan Road, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front.
Published: February 1917
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Army
Jack Butchers
Rank: Private
Service: Queen’s Own Rifles, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Other Info: Late of the Manor Hotel, West Hill, Hastings
Published: February 1917
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Royal Air Force
W E Brown
Rank: 2nd Air Mechanic
Service: Royal Flying Corps
Parents: Mr & Mrs Brown
Address: 36 St Mary’s Road, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front.
Published: February 1917
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Army
Frederick Batstone
Rank: Private
Service: Royal West Kent Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs Batstone
Address: Church House, Hughenden Road, Hastings
Other Info: Severely wounded on 8th June 1917; now in hospital in Oxford. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: February 1917 & June 1917
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Army
W E Barnes
Service: British Army
Father: Mr W Barnes
Address: Spring Cottage, Portland Place, Hastings
Other Info: On Active Service.
Published: February 1917
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