Tag Army

The tag named Army has been allocated to the individuals featured on this site that served in the Army during WW1.

Hembrow, R

R Hembrow

R Hembrow Rank: Private Regiment: ‘D’ Company, 1/1st Huntingdon Cyclists Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment Mother: Mrs Hembrow Brother: J Fuller Address: 65 Queens Road, Hastings Other Info: A well known member of the Hastings Cricket Club. Scored 12 of 26 goals for his team,…

Fuller, J

Hembrow & Fuller

J Fuller Rank: Corporal Regiment: Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) Mother: Mrs Hembrow Brother: R Hembrow Address: 65 Queens Road, Hastings Published: July 1917 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.

Davis, F G

F G Davis

F G Davis Rank: Corporal Regiment: South Wales Borderers Parents: Mr & Mrs F H Davis Brother: E J Davis Address: 12 Bourne Street, Hastings Other Info: Wounded. Now in a rest camp in India. Published: September 1915, May 1917 & July…

Blomfield, F W

F W Blomfield

F W Blomfield Rank: First Lieutenant Regiment: Royal Field Artillery Parents: Mr & Mrs F C Blomfield Address: 21 Collier Road, Hastings Other Info: Served for 10 months with the RFA as a Gunner at the front, and was granted a Dental Commission in…

Blackford, W

W Blackford

W Blackford Rank: Private Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Wife: Mrs Blackford Address: 138 Beaconsfield Road, Hastings Other Info: Stunned by shrapnel. Now in hospital in Cheshire. Published: December 1914 & July 1917 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information…

Hanlon, Percy John

Hanlon

Percy John Hanlon Rank: Sergeant Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment Parents: Mr & Mrs Hanlon Brothers: William John Patrick Hanlon, Albert James Hanlon, Cyril Rupert Henry Hanlon, Raymond Wilfred Ethelbert Hanlon, Stuart Leopold Hanlon Address: 55 Priory Road, Hastings Other Info: His father served in the 58th Northamptonshire Regiment and…

Lewis, G

G Lewis

G Lewis Rank: Private / Sergeant Regiment: 7th Service Battery, Royal Sussex Regiment Father: Bandmaster Sergeant Lewis, Hastings Police Force Address: 151 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings Other Info: Late of the 2nd Home Counties Brigade, Royal Engineers Published: December 1914 & July 1917 Please use the…

Ford, F

Betts, W, Wilson, E R (2), Lewis, G (2), Ford, F, Hanlon, J, Quaife, E & Blackford

F Ford Rank: Driver Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment Address: St Helen’s Park Road, Hastings Other Info: At the Front. Published:  July 1917 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.

Wilson, E

Pollard & Wilson

E Wilson Rank: Private Regiment: 3rd / 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Mother: Mrs Pollard Wife: Mrs Wilson Brothers: W J Pollard & N W Pollard Mother’s Address: 13 Tower Road, St Leonards Address: 41 Priory Street, Hastings Other Info: A Hastings Postman Published: June 1915, July 1915, June…

Betts, W

Betts, W, Wilson, E R (2), Lewis, G (2), Ford, F, Hanlon, J, Quaife, E & Blackford

W Betts Rank: Private Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment Address: All Saints Street, Hastings Other Info: At the Front. Published:  July 1917 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.

Wenban, Alfred

A Wenban

Alfred Wenban Rank: Gunner Regiment: 5th Sussex Battery, Royal Field Artillery Wife: Mrs Elizabeth Wenban Son: Walter Alfred Stephen Wenban Address: 40 Alexandra Road, St Leonards Other Info: In India Published: February 1915 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.

Wenban, Walter Alfred Stephen

Walter Alfred Stephen Wenban

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…