Army
S F Spencer
Rank: Private
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Wife: Mrs Spencer
Address: 2 Castle Cross Cottages, Castle Hill Road, Hastings
Other Info: Wounded, now in a British Hospital in Paris.
Published: October 1914
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Army
George Scotcher
Rank: Lance-Corporal
Regiment: ‘A’ Squadron, 9th Lancers
Parents: Mr & Mrs T Scotcher
Brother: Thomas Ernest Scotcher
Address: 1 Mill Cottage, Baldslow, Hastings
Other Info: Killed in action on 29th September 1914. According to CWGC, he is remembered at Longueval Communal Cemetery, grave reference B.7.
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Published: October 1914
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Army
Nelson J Burton
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: 56th Battery, 44th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Parents Address: 18 Horntye Road, St Leonards
Parents: Mr & Mrs Alfred Burton
Brothers: Arthur William Burton, A Burton & A J Burton
Brother-in-Law: Sydney Chambers
Wife: Celia E Burton
Other Info: Killed in action. According to CWGC he died on 14th September 1914 aged 30. Home address of 3 Lakeview Terrace, Plumstead Common, London. He is remembered at the Vendresse British Cemetery, grave reference IV.E.5.
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Published: October 1914, September 1915 & March 1918
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Army
Andrew Harry Smith
Rank: Corporal
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs W Smith
Address: Stonefield Road, Hastings
Other Info: Killed in action on 18th September. According to CWGC, Andrew Harry Smith is remembered at La Ferte Sous Jouarre Memorial.
Published: October 1914
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Army
Charley Mitchell
Rank: Private
Regiment: 5th Dragoon Guards
Address: Old Town, Hastings
Other Info: Believed to be the only member of the fishing fraternity who has joined the Army. Charley is well known in the Old Town and comes of a very old fishing family. He was reported missing after the Battle of Vezennes (Sic) on August 30th. One brother is serving in the Royal Fleet Reserve, another is in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and another is Captain of the local fishing boat ‘Mayflower’
Published: October 1914
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Navy
M Sargent
Rank: Petty Officer
Ship: HMS King Alfred
Address: Battle
Other Info: Licensee of the King’s Head, Battle. Was called out with the Royal Naval Reserves
Published: October 1914
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Army
Frederick Victor Cornford
Regiment: 1st Signal Squadron, Royal Engineers
Address: 47 Caves Road, St Leonards
Brother: William H Cornford
Other Information: With the Expeditionary Force
Published: October 1914
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Navy
George Edward Bracey Stroud
Rank: Able Seaman
Regiment: HMS Albermarle
Sister: Miss G L Stroud
Mother: Mrs Stroud
Brothers: Ebenizer L Stroud & Frederick A Stroud
Address: 23 Alfred Street, St Leonards
Other Info: Gun Layer, First Class. With the First Battle Squadron in the North Sea. According to the ships log, George Stroud was lost overboard at 2.27am on 7th November 1915 when the ship was hit by two large waves due to it travelling too fast for the conditions. The waves smashed the bridge and chart room and wrecked the conning tower. Large quantities of water flooded the fore turret and decks below. Also swept overboard was Commander George Russell Nixon. Two other men were killed and fourteen injured in the same incident. George is remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
Published: October 1914 & November 1915
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