Navy
Fred Mepham
Rank: Able Seaman
Ship: HMS Vernon
Wife: Mrs F Mepham
Address: 1 Coastguard Station, St Leonards
Other Info: HMS Vernon was a shore establishment.
Published: February 1915
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Army
J A Wright
Rank: Private
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs J A Wright
Address: 48 Gensing Road, St Leonards
Other Info: Foreign Service. Twice wounded, now in hospital in Bristol.
Published: February 1915 & August 1916
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Army
E T Barnes
Regiment: 5th Sussex Reserve Battery, Royal Field Artillery
Parents: Mr & Mrs A Barnes
Cousins: W Martin, G Martin, H Martin & F Martin
Uncle: A Barnes
Address: 9 Paynton Road, Silverhill
Published: February 1915 & November 1916
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Navy
George Burr
Ship: On special patrol boat
Parents: Mr & Mrs Burr
Address: 4 Grove Road, Ore
Other Info: Father is Acting Sergeant in the Hastings Police Force
Published: February 1915
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Army
John C E Truluck
Rank: Private
Regiment: National Reserves, 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr John & Mrs Eliza Ann Truluck
Brother: George Truluck, Albert Truluck & Jack Truluck
Wife: Mrs Truluck
Address: 17 St Thomas’s Road, West Hill, Hastings
Parent’s Address: 28 Hardwicke Road, St Leonards
Published: February 1915 & June 1916
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Army
A Griffiths
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: 5th Sussex Service Battery, Royal Field Artillery
Sent by: Miss N Wellman
Address: 137 St Georges Road, West Hill, Hastings
Other Info: In India
Published: February 1915
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Army
Bertram Frederick Collins
Rank: Bandsman
Regiment: 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters
Parents: Mr Reuben & Mrs Elizabeth Ann Collins
Brother: William Walter Collins
Address: 259 Harold Road, Clive Vale, Hastings
Other Info: According to CWGC, Bertram died aged 29 at the rank of Corporal on 10th May 1916. He is remembered at Hastings Cemetery, grave reference: L.D.M20. The inscription on his grave marker reads ‘He sacrificed his life for us’.
Published: February 1915 & August 1916
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Army
C Hyland
Rank: Driver
Regiment: Ammunition Column, 2nd Home Counties, Royal Field Artillery
Parents: Mr & Mrs Hyland
Address: Fisherman’s Institute, All Saints Street, Hastings
Published: February 1915
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Army
Frederick John Isted
Rank: Trooper
Regiment: Australian Light Horse, Australian Imperial Force
Sent by: His brother in Sydney
Mother’s Address: 8 Cornfield Terrace, Bohemia, St Leonards
Other Info: Wounded at Gallipoli and invalided home in July 1915. Frederick’s AIF service papers can be viewed for free by searching here.
Published: February 1915
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Army
John F McNaughton
Rank: Corporal Farrier
Regiment: Army Vetinary Corps
Sister: Mrs Piper
Address: 12 Station Road, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front. Additional name info from Lives of the First World War website.
Published: February 1915
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