Army
F G Cole
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal West Kent Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs Cole
Brothers: W E Cole & Sidney W Cole
Address: 7 Gladstone Terrace, Hastings
Other Info: On Active Service
Published: June 1915
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Army
W E Cole
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery
Parents: Mr & Mrs Cole
Brothers: F G Cole & Sidney W Cole
Address: 7 Gladstone Terrace, Hastings
Other Info: For Active Service
Published: June 1915
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Army
Leonard Walter Manley
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Parents: Mr & Mrs George Manley
Brothers: George H Manley, H Manley & Clifford Herbert Manley
Address: 5 Alexandra Road, St Leonards
Other Info: At the Front
Published: June 1915
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Navy
Clifford Herbert Manley
Regiment: Royal Naval Air Service
Parents: Mr & Mrs George Manley
Brothers: George H Manley, H Manley & Leonard Walter Manley
Address: 5 Alexandra Road, St Leonards
Other Info: At the Front
Published: June 1915
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Army
Henry Wenham
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: 1st Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry
Wife: Mrs Wenham
Address: Black Friars Cottages, Marley Lane, Battle
Other Info: At the Front
Published: June 1915
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Army
Charles Ernest Bissenden
Rank: Private
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr T F & Mrs E Bissenden
Brother: Francis James Bissenden
Address: 136 Hughenden Road, Hastings
Other Info: Killed in Action on May 9th. According CWGC, Francis died aged 22 on 9th May 1915. He is remembered at Le Touret Memorial, on Panel 20 and 21. His parents later lived at 103 Beaconsfield Road, Hastings.
Published: June 1915
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Army
Francis James Bissenden
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: 12th Battalion (Southdowns), Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr T F & Mrs E Bissenden
Wife: Mrs Bissenden
Brother: Charles Ernest Bissenden
Home Address: 6 Broomgrove Road, Hastings
Parent’s Address: 136 Hughenden Road, Hastings
Other Info: For Active Service. According CWGC, Francis died on 17th October 1916. He is remembered at the Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 7c. His parents later lived at 103 Beaconsfield Road, Hastings.
Francis Bissenden was my mother’s father. She, Gladys Gertrude Bissenden (Wright) was born in April 30, 1916 and never met her father. Mom’s mother Caroline Ellen Bissenden (nee Lepper) remarried a William Wright. When mom was about 8, she along with older brother Frank and parents emigrated to Canada and settled in Thunder Bay (then Fort William) Ontario. (Thank you to Michelle Sim for this information).
Published: June 1915 & October 1916
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Army
Albert Henry Chandler
Rank: Private
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr George & Mrs Alice Chandler
Address: Fontridge Lane, Etchingham
Other Info: Reported missing. According CWGC, Albert died aged 19 on 9th May 1915. He is remembered at Woburn Abbey Cemetery, Cuinchy, grave reference IV.D.20.
Published: June 1915
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Army
Victor Albert Sims
Rank: Private
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Sent by: Miss Wheeler
Parents: Mr William John & Mrs Manetta Sims
Parent’s Address: 103 High Street, Rye
Other Info: Wounded. According to CWGC, Victor died aged 19 on 17th December 1916 whilst serving with the 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment. He is remembered at Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe, grave reference II.D.10.
Published: June 1915
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Army
John Albert Frank Eustes
Rank: Private
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr William & Mrs Kate Eustes
Brother: William C A Eustes
Address: 222 Railway Cottages, St Leonards
Other Info: Reported missing since 9th May. According CWGC, John died aged 18 on 9th May 1915. He is remembered at Le Touret Memorial, on Panel 20 and 21. His parents later lived at Star Cottage, Piltdown, Uckfield.
Published: June 1915
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