Army
E Goodwin
Rank: Sergeant Major
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Wife: Mrs Goodwin (Assumption that the surname is misspelt in the paper)
Son: F Goodwin
Brother-in-Law: Frederick J Deeprose
Address: 34 Hughenden Road, Hastings
Published: May 1916
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Army
G Glyde
Rank: Sapper
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Parents: Mr & Mrs Glyde
Wife: Mrs Glyde
Parent’s Address: 140 St Georges Road, Hastings
Address: 32 Albion Street, Halton, Hastings
Other Info: For Imperial Service.
Published: May 1916
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Army
William H Fairey
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
Mother: Mrs Fairey
Brother: John Richard Fairey
Address: 67 St Mary’s Terrace, West Hill, Hastings
Other Info: In India. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: July 1915 & May 1916
Army
Elphick, Edmund Ernest
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: 11th Battalion (Southdowns), Royal Sussex Regiment
Address: 42 Croft Road, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front. Additional name information from the Royal Sussex Southdowns website.
Published: May 1916
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Army
A T Eldridge
Rank: Saddler
Regiment: 6th London Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Father: Mr Eldridge
Address: 14 Sydney Road, Stockwell, London
Published: May 1916
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Royal Air Force
R Edwards
Rank: 2nd Air Mechanic
Regiment: Royal Flying Corps
Address: 11, Warrior Square Riding School, St Leonards
Other Info: At the Front.
Published: May 1916
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Army
Percy George Creed
Rank: Private
Regiment: 13th Battalion (Southdowns), Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs G Creed
Address: 267 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front. The initials appear to be the wrong way round. Additional name information from the Royal Sussex Southdowns website.
Published: May 1916
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Other
Minnie Webster
Service: Munitions
Parents: Mr Thomas & Mrs Eliza Webster
Address: 21 Winding Street, Hastings
Other Info: The text reads: “Nine Hastings girls now employed in munition works ‘somewhere in England’. The one on the right centre row is Miss Webster, daughter of Mr & Mrs Webster … they have a son in Egypt in the Royal Engineers, five nephews in the Army and one in the Navy.
Additional name information from Ancestry.com.
Published: May1916
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Army
G Bartholomew
Rank: Private
Wife: Mrs Bartholomew
Address: 174 Priory Road, Halton, Hastings
Other Info: Taken in the South African War. Now in Egypt.
Published: May 1916
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Army
A W Heath
Rank: Sapper
Regiment: Signal Depot, Royal Engineers
Other Info: The paper article reads: “… I am sending a photograph of myself and comrades, also two Indians who are attached to the Indian Cavalry Corps. I am the only son of Mr & Mrs Fairbairn … and am standing with the cycle on the extreme left of the photograph. My chum, also with a cycle is on the extreme right. My chum, Sapper A W Heath, and I were both employees of the G.P.O. Engineering Department in Hastings. We are in the Signal Service of the Royal Engineers doing linesman duties, sometimes on cycles and sometimes on horses, according to the state of the weather and roads. This is a very dangerous occupation under shell fire.”
Published: April 1916
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