Army
W Betts
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment
Address: All Saints Street, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front.
Published: July 1917
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Army
Walter Alfred Stephen Wenban
Rank: Private
Regiment: 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Mother: Mrs Elizabeth Wenban
Father: Alfred Wenban
Address: 40 Alexandra Road, St Leonards
Other Info: Formerly Lieutenant in the 1st Cinque Port Cadets. Killed in action. According to CWGC, Walter died aged 25 on 11th June 1917. He is remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial on Panel 20.
Published: July 1917
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Army
Trayfon L Talbot
Rank: Private
Regiment: 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
Wife: Mrs F Farrier (formally Talbot)
Address: 10 St Georges Road, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front. An image published in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer on 11th May 1918 gave notice that ‘Private T L Talbot was killed by a shell on April 18th’. According to CWGC, Trayfon is remembered at Beuvry Communal Cemetery Extension, grave reference III.D.18. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: July 1917 & May 1918
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Army
R J Coles
Rank: Private
Regiment: Motor Transport, Army Service Corps
Father-in-Law: Mr W Neville
Brothers-in-Law: Frederick H Neville, Ernest A Neville, Albert Edward Neville, Sidney C Neville, George F Colbran, & John Henry Tidey
Father-in-Law’s Address: Riverside, Bulverhythe Road, St Leonards
Other Info: At Salonika.
Published: June 1917
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Army
John Henry Tidey
Rank: Private
Regiment: Bedfordshire Regiment
Wife: Mrs Tidey
Father-in-Law: Mr W Neville
Brothers-in-Law: Frederick H Neville, Ernest A Neville, Albert Edward Neville, Sidney C Neville, George F Colbran, & R J Coles
Father-in-Law’s Address: Riverside, Bulverhythe Road, St Leonards
Address: 185 Bexhill Road, St Leonards
Other Info: In East Africa. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: June 1917 & October 1917
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Army
Sidney C Neville
Rank: Private
Regiment: Army Service Corps
Father: Mr W Neville
Brothers: Frederick H Neville, Ernest A Neville & Albert Edward Neville
Brothers-in-Law: George F Colbran, John Henry Tidey & R J Coles
Address: Riverside, Bulverhythe Road, St Leonards
Other Info: At the Front. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: June 1917
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Albert Edward Neville
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: Dorset Regiment
Father: Mr W Neville
Brothers: Frederick H Neville, Ernest A Neville & Sidney C Neville
Brothers-in-Law: George F Colbran, John Henry Tidey & R J Coles
Address: Riverside, Bulverhythe Road, St Leonards
Other Info: Wounded on May 19th 1917. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: June 1917
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Ernest A Neville
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery
Father: Mr W Neville
Brothers: Frederick H Neville, Albert Edward Neville & Sidney C Neville
Brothers-in-Law: George F Colbran, John Henry Tidey & R J Coles
Address: Riverside, Bulverhythe Road, St Leonards
Other Info: Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: June 1917
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Frederick H Neville
Rank: Private
Regiment: Army Service Corps
Father: Mr W Neville
Brothers: Ernest A Neville, Albert Edward Neville & Sidney C Neville
Brothers-in-Law: George F Colbran, John Henry Tidey & R J Coles
Address: Riverside, Bulverhythe Road, St Leonards
Other Info: Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: June 1917
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Army
Frank Robert Gorlich
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: Canadian Expeditionary Force
Mother: Mrs Frida Gorlich
Sister: Elsa Gorlich
Mother’s Address: 41 Rue des Martyrs, Paris, France
Other Info: “Mrs Gorlich and her daughter left Vancouver, B.C, some six years ago to enable Miss Gorlich to study singing in France, and she has been so successful that last year (1916) she too the first prize at the Paris Conservatoire. When the War broke out both she and her mother took up war work, and Miss Gorlich has since sung at over 300 concerts for soldiers. Once, in January of the present year, she sang to 45,000 Canadians at Etaples. Gunner F R Gorlich came over with the second lot of Canadians and is now convalescent in Hastings. He met his sister at Etaples in April quite accidentally after a parting of about five years”.
Frank’s CEF enlistment form can be viewed for free here.
Published: July 1917
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