Army
H Bryant
Rank: Private
Regiment: Cyclists, Royal Sussex Regiment
Wife: Mrs Bryant
Address: 36 Paynton Road, St Leonards
Other Info: Formerly manager for Mr J Felton, Claremont, Hastings
Published: May 1917 & June 1917
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Army
Leonard Watkins Bickle
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Regiment: Senior Medical Officer, Australian Imperial Force
Parents: Mr & Mrs Bickle
Parent’s Address: St Leonards
Other Info: On board transport carrying Australian Troops.
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Published: May 1917
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Army
R C B Allsopp
Rank: Sapper
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Mother: Mrs C Allsopp
Brother: Hubert H Allsop
Address: 2 Brook Street, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front
Published: May 1917
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W L Allen
Rank: Sapper
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Mother & Sister: Mrs & Miss Allen
Mother’s Address: 28 Magdalen Road, St Leonards
Home Address: Maida Hill, London
Published: May 1917
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Edmund Wood
Rank: Private
Parents: Mr & Mrs E Wood
Brother: Alexander Wood
Address: Rye
Other Info: Wounded on 25th September 1916
Published: April 1917
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Alexander Wood
Rank: Private
Parents: Mr & Mrs E Wood
Brother: Edmund Wood
Address: Rye
Other Info: Wounded on 18th February 1917
Published: April 1917
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H R Stevens
Rank: Private
Regiment: East Surrey Regiment
Father: Mr H S Stevens
Brothers: Leslie Stevens, Victor F Stevens & W A Stevens
Address: 10 Verulam Place, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front.
Published: April 1917
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W A Stevens
Rank: Corporal
Regiment: 1st South African Railway Contingent
Father: Mr H S Stevens
Brothers: Leslie Stevens, Victor F Stevens & H R Stevens
Address: 10 Verulam Place, Hastings
Published: April 1917
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E Soan
Service: British Army
Wife: Mrs Soan
Address: Castle Hotel, Hastings
Other Info: Sent to the paper by ‘A Hastings Lad’, who said that the photographs were in his chum’s pocket when the bullet pierced his tunic, struck the cards, and finally rested inside a box containing cigarettes. “it was”, said the writer of the letter, “a very close shave for him. I am pleased to say he is one of the original Expeditionary Force which left England on August 12th 1914 and he is still going strong. He is a Hastings man and a constant reader of the ‘Observer’ and ‘Pictorial Advertiser’.”
Published: April 1917
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A Searle
Rank: Private
Regiment: Canadian Expeditionary Force
Other Info: One of three wounded Canadians working at Robertson Street Congregational Church Canteen in Hastings.
Published: April 1917
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