Army
W M Baker
Rank: Private
Regiment: 4th Dragoon Guards
Other Info: Secretary of N.A.U of House and Ship Painters, local branch, Secretary of the Hastings Trades and Labour Council and delegate to the Education and Insurance Committees of Hastings
Published: October 1914
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Army
Frank E Vidler
Rank: Private
Regiment: ‘C’ Company, Royal Army Medical Corps / 4th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Address: Caroline House, Old Lane, Hollington
Parents: Mr & Mrs G Vidler
Other Info: With the Expeditionary Force.
Some of the friends who attended the marriage of Private F. E. Vidler, R.A.M.C., and Miss Amy Bannister, at Hollington Church-in-the-Wood on 22nd December 1917. The bridegroom was a member of the British Red Cross, V.A.D. and joined the R.A.M.C. on 10th August 1914. He left home on the 12th August, and was on duty in France on the 24th of that month, serving through Mons, etc, fortunately without receiving any injury, for three years and six weeks. A fortnight after returning from leave he was wounded, but happily recovered. Attending the bride are her two sisters, Ivy and Elsie, and Private C. F. Glazier, 42nd Canadian Black Watch, acted as best man.
According to CWGC, Frank died on 29th July 1918. He is remembered at Soissons Memorial, Aisne, France.
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Published: October 1914 & January 1918
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Army
C Venner
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: 2nd Kings Royal Rifles
Address: Bohemia, Hastings
Father: Mr W Venner
Other Info: Signal Instructor
Published: December 1914
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Navy
William Vennall
Rank: Petty Officer
Regiment: Royal Fleet Reserve
Ship: HMS Mersey
Parents: Mr & Mrs W Vennall
Brother: Frederick Vennall
Address: 58 All Saints Street, Hastings
Published: December 1914 & August 1915
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Army
Thomas William Veness
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: B Squadron, 9th Lancers
Address: 124 Old Lane, Hollington
Parents: Mr Thomas William and Mrs Annie Mariah Veness
Brother: Arthur H Veness
Brother-in-Law: Charles W Lynch
Other Info: At the front in October, killed in action on October 18th. According to CWGC, Thomas was 20 years old when he died and is remembered at the Sanctuary Wood Cemetery, grave reference III.K.25/27.
Published: October 1914 & November 1914
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Navy
Ernest Spray
Regiment: Collingwood Brigade, Royal Naval Division
Address: 41 Caves Road, St Leonards
Mother: Mrs E Spray
Other Info: Came from Canada to fight at the Front. For seven weeks he was training at Walmer in ‘Churchill’s Own’ Collingwood Brigade and left last Sunday for France.
Interned in Holland.
Published: October 1914 & April 1916
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Army
Richard Groombridge
Rank: Saddler
Regiment: 1st Life Guards
Parents: Mr & Mrs R Groombridge
Brother: J Groombridge
Address: 274 Old London Road, Ore
Other Info: At the Front. Prisoner of war at Gottingen, Hanover. Has been at three prisoner camps in Germany. Now at Cassel.
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Published: October 1914, December 1915, September 1916 & March 1918
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Army
J Groombridge
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards
Parents: Mr & Mrs R Groombridge
Brother: R Groombridge
Address: 274 Old London Road, Ore
Other Info: At the Front.
Published: October 1914
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Navy
Jesse Dowling
Rank: Chief Stoker
Address: Hastings
Other Info: On submarines, Harwich Division
Published: October 1914
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Navy
Edward Barthram
Rank: Chief Petty Officer
Ship: HMS Formidable
Address: 13 Arnside Road, St Leonards
Other Info: Edward was one of 199 sailors that were saved when HMS Formidable sunk after the ship was torpedoed twice by German submarine U24 on 1st January 1915. He was rescued by the trawler Provident. Information from here.
Published: October 1914
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