Army
J Fuller
Rank: Sapper
Regiment: 2nd Home Counties Brigade, Royal Engineers
Address: 11 Carisbrooke Road, St Leonards
Other Info: On active service
Published: January 1915
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Navy
Archibald Penfold
Rank: First Class Mechanic
Regiment: Royal Naval Flying Corps
Parents: Mr & Mrs Penfold
Brothers: Ernest Penfold, Arthur Penfold & Bert Penfold
Address: 34 Old London Road, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front
Published: January 1915 & August 1915
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Army
V Payne
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Wife: Mrs Payne
Address: Manor Road, Hastings
Other Info: At the front
Published: January 1915
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Army
Florian Morgan Sanger-Davies
Rank: Private
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Mother: Rev Joseph & Mrs Harriet Sanger-Davies
Brother: Llewelyn Herbert Sanger-Davies
Address: Gensing Manor, St Leonards
Other Info: More information about Florian’s life can be read here.
Published: January 1915
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Army
Llewelyn Herbert Sanger-Davies
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment: 1st Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
Mother: Rev Joseph & Mrs Harriet Sanger-Davies
Brother: Florian Morgan Sanger-Davies
Address: Gensing Manor, St Leonards
Other Info: According to CWGC, Llewelyn died ranked Captain aged 22 on 1st July 1916. He is remembered at the Thiepval Memorial on panel and face 14a & 15c.
An article published in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer dated 15th July reads: “News has been received of the death ‘while leading his men in a charge’ on July 2nd, of Captain Llewelyn Hubert Sanger-Davies, B.A. Cantab. third son of the late Rev. J Sanger-Davies, Vicar of St Mary Bredin, Canterbury, and Mrs Sanger-Davies of Gensing Manor, St Leonards aged 22.
Educated at Marlborough Collage, and a member of the A.O.T.C., he gained a mathematical exhibition at Trinity College, Cambridge, belonging while there to the Engineering Company. When war broke out he volunteered his services and gained a commission in the Durham Light Infantry, being gazetted captain last January. He had always looked forward to taking Holy Orders and was much loved by his men.”
Published: January 1915
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Army
L Douglas Mutton
Rank: Gunner / Bombardier
Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery
Mother: Mrs Prior
Address: Edinburgh Castle (a public house), St Georges Road, Hastings
Published: January 1915, February 1915 & January 1917
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Navy
Thomas Gasson
Rank: Signal Instructor
Regiment: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves
Sent by: Mrs Gasson
Address: Coastguard Station, West St Leonards
Published: January 1915
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Army
Sidney H Kemp
Rank: Private
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Brother: C F Kemp
Address: 81 Bohemia Road, St Leonards
Published: January 1915 & February 1918
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Navy
Charles Gibbs
Rank: Signal Boatswain
Ship: HMS Warrior
Father: Mr John Gibbs
Brother: Joseph Gibbs
Address: Bohemia Road, St Leonards
Published: January 1915
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Army
Joseph Gibbs
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: Canadian Connaught Rangers
Father: Mr John Gibbs
Brother: Charles Gibbs
Address: Bohemia Road, St Leonards
Published: January 1915
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