Army
H C Russell
Rank: Private
Regiment: Middlesex Regiment
Mother: Mrs E Russell
Home Address: Staplecross
Other Info: On SS Tyndareus when it struck a mine off Cape Agulhas on 9th February 1917.
Published: April 1917
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Army
George Povey
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment
Sent by: Miss Hayler
Miss Hayler’s Address: 17 Brook Street, Hastings
Other Info: Twice wounded, now back at the Front. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: April 1917
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Army
Charles Henry Richens
Rank: Driver
Regiment: Canadian Field Artillery, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Sent By: Mrs Richens
Mrs Richen’s Address: 22 Linton Crescent, Hastings
Other Info: In France. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
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Published: April 1917
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Army
Tom Mitchell
Rank: Driver
Regiment: Canadian Field Artillery, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Other Info: In France.
Published: April 1917
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Army
Reginald G Kite
Rank: Private
Regiment: Sussex Yeomanry
Address: Filsham Farm Diary, St Leonards
Other Info: At Canterbury. Additional name from the Lives of the First World War Website.
Published: September 1914
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Army
George C Broocks
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: Sussex Yeomanry
Address: St Leonards
Other Info: At Canterbury. Additional name from the Lives of the First World War Website.
Published: September 1914
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Army
Arthur Mepham
Rank: Private
Service: British Army
Mother: Mrs Mepham
Father: Peter Mepham
Brother: John Mepham
Address: 106 Saxon Road, Clive Vale, Hastings
Published: January 1916
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Army
David Vincent Matingell
Rank: Private
Regiment: 3rd Pioneers, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Address: Born in Caterham, Surrey
Other Info: He has had experience as both soldier and sailor. At the outbreak of the war he was an ex-Navy man, and was in the City Salvage Corps. He voluntarily returned to the Navy at Portsmouth, the week the war started. After several short cruises he joined HMS Kent. He was in the Falkland Island Battle, was on board when the Kent sunk the German cruiser Nurnburg and later took part in the destruction of the German cruiser Dresden off Juan Fernandez Island in the Pacific. The Kent being send to harbour for repairs, he was permitted to leave his ship to go into the Army. He joined the 48th Canadians (now the 3rd Pioneers), who were training at Victoria. He only spent three weeks in Canada, and sailed three days after enlistment. He was four months in France, and was invalided home from the Somme.
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Published: April 1917
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Army
William Hermitage
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: Essex Regiment
Father: Mr S Hermitage
Brother: Edward Hermitage
Address: 66 Victoria Avenue, Ore
Other Info: Wounded on 23rd October 1916. Still in hospital in Liverpool.
Published: April 1917
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Army
Charles Grover
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: Royal West Kent Regiment
Other Info: Now in hospital in Glasgow after serving at the Front, where he fell in a shell hole and sustained injuries. The Sergeant will be remembered as Committee Clerk to the Hastings Corporation.
Published: April 1917
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