Charles B Gillis Rank: Sergeant Regiment: Band, 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Son: B Gillis Brothers-in-Law: George Miller & Frank Harold Cruttenden Address: 41 Vicarage Road, Hastings Other Info: Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website. Published: December 1914 &…
A Paine Rank: Private Regiment: 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment / 1st Reserve Garrison Battalion, Suffolk Regiment Wife: Mrs Georgina Rhonda Elizabeth Paine Parents: Mr Elisha & Mrs Harriet Paine Address: 4 Nightingales Cottages, New Cutt, Westfield Other Info: For…
Thomas H Rich Rank: Bandmaster / Sergeant Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Other Info: This interesting picture sent from the Front by Bandmaster T H Rich, 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, shows the Bandmaster on the right, with QMS…
S R Leslie Rank: Corporal Regiment: 2nd Battalion, London Yeomanry Wife: Miss Elsie Willett Other Info: The text reads: ‘A khaki wedding took place at Christ Church, St Leonards last Saturday. The bridegroom was Corporal S R Leslie, 2nd London…
Thomas J Carlton Rank: Private Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Cousins: George Carlton, M Carlton, H Collins & William Ernest Carlton Brother-in-Law: W Buchanan Address: 83 Hughenden Road, Hastings Other Info: Member of the Blacklands Church Lads’ Brigade. Now at Dover Castle learning…
E Grant Rank: Steward Service: Royal Navy Ship: HMS Duchess of Devonshire Other Info: The article reads: ‘Officers’ Stewards and cooks on board HMS Duchess of Devonshire, somewhere at sea. The centre figure is the chief steward, MR E Grant,…
F E Jones Rank: Staff Sergeant Regiment: 2nd Home Counties Brigade, Royal Field Artillery Father: Mr W Jones Brother: W W Jones Father’s Address: 14 Battle Road, St Leonards Published: April 1915 Please use the comments box below if you…
W W Jones Rank: Private Regiment: Nigerian Land Force Contingent Father: Mr W Jones Brother: F E Jones Father’s Address: 14 Battle Road, St Leonards Other Info: The article states ‘W W Jones will be remembered as the Trades Council…
Thomson Favard Rank: Sapper Service: East African Engineers / Southern Rifles Grandparents: Mr & Mrs H Horscroft Grandparents’ Address: Hastings Other Info: Tom Favard, whose clever achievement in the capture of a rebel leader in the Cape Rebellion (possibly the…
Thomas Culver Service: Unknown Address: 51 Vicarage Road, Hastings Other Info: The text reads: ‘… who was going to the Gold Coast on the “Falaba” when that vessel was torpedoed. He swan for three quarters of an hour, and was…
Edward Fathers Rank: Quarter Master Sergeant Regiment: 8th Battalion, South Wales Borderers Other Info: The text reads: ‘Group photograph sent by Mrs Breeds, Providence House, Tackleway, Hastings. The soldiers shown in the picture were billeted with her. The are: Quartermaster-Sergeant…
Charles W Spillman Rank: Quarter Master Sergeant Regiment: 8th Battalion, South Wales Borderers Other Info: The text reads: ‘Group photograph sent by Mrs Breeds, Providence House, Tackleway, Hastings. The soldiers shown in the picture were billeted with her. The are:…