Army
B Couchman-Clark
Rank: Private
Regiment: 5th Dragoon Guards
Parents: Mr & Mrs F R Clark
Wife: Miss M Lockwood
Address: 23 Bexhill Road, St Leonards
Other Info: The wedding took place at St Leonards Church on 7th August 1916
Published: August 1916
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F Brett
Rank: Private
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Sent by: Mrs S E Benge
Mrs Benge’s Address: 52 Sea View Terrace, Ore
Other Info: At the Front
Published: August 1916
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George Bristow
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: Queen’s Westminster Rifles, London Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs George Bristow
Address: 21 Battle Road, St Leonards
Other Info: Wounded on 3rd July 1916, now in hospital in Huddersfield.
…Son of George Bristow, naturalist, of Silchester Road and Battle Road, St Leonards. From a boy George was well known locally as an enthusiastic footballer. He was a member of the victorious St. Mary Magdelen School team, and subsequently captain of the Bopeep United F.C. and a member of the Y.M.C.A. team. He enlisted at the close of 1914 in the Queen’s Westminster Rifles and was seriously wounded on July 1st 1916 by machine gun bullets, shrapnel and fragments of shell and bomb in the head, chest, leg and arm. He was in Huddersfield Hospital for four months and returned to France in early in 1917. He was again wounded in November. Recently he has received a communication from the General of the London Division that owing to his distinguished conduct in the field he has been awarded the Military Medal, and the Colonel has offered him a commission in his own regiment, which he has accepted.
Published: August 1916 & February 1918
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Leonard (Archie) Watson
Rank: Driver
Regiment: 2nd Home Counties Field Company, Royal Engineers
Brother: Reginald Hector Watson
Grandparents: Mr G Bailey & Mrs Bailey
Uncles: George Edward Bailey & Arthur Frederick Bailey
Cousin: Raymond Foster
Address: 291 Battle Road, Hollington
Published: August 1916
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Harry Hall
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents-in-Law: Mr G Bailey & Mrs Bailey
Brothers-in-Law: George Edward Bailey & Arthur Frederick Bailey
Brothers: C Hall, W Hall, Arthur Hall & E Hall
Address: 17 Clarence Road, Bohemia, St Leonards
Other Info: Enlisted in the RFA and was transferred to the Royal Sussex Regiment.
Published: August 1916 & October 1916
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Arthur Frederick Bailey
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr G Bailey & Mrs Bailey
Brother: George Edward Bailey
Brother-in-Law: Harry Hall
Nephews: Leonard Watson & Reginald Hector Watson
Cousin: Raymond Foster
Address: 24 Tower Road, St Leonards
Other Info: Served in South Africa and in Crete with the International Army of Occupation during the Cretan insurrection. Killed in action on 7th July 1916.
According to CWGC, Arthur is remembered at the Thiepval Memorial, pier and face 7c.
Published: August 1916
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George Edward Bailey
Rank: Trooper
Regiment: 20th Hussars
Parents: Mr G Bailey & Mrs Bailey
Brother: Arthur Frederick Bailey
Brother-in-Law: Harry Hall
Nephews: Leonard Watson & Reginald Hector Watson
Cousin: Raymond Foster
Address: York Gardens, St Leonards
Other Info: Served with the 10th Hussars through the South African War.
Published: August 1916
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Herbert Bounds
Rank: Rifleman
Regiment: 16th Battalion, Queen’s Westminster Rifles, London Regiment
Parents: Mr George & Mrs Louisa Bounds
Address: 79 Battle Road, Silverhill
Other Info: Killed in action on 1st July 1916. According to CWGC, Herbert was 28 when he died and is remembered at Gommecourt British Cemetery No2, Hebuterne, grave reference I.D.1.
Published: August 1916
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Reginald L Washer
Rank: Private
Regiment: 2/5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Sent by: Miss E Todd
Miss Todd’s Address: 98 Saxon Road, Clive Vale, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: August 1916
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John William Hood Morgan
Rank: Private
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, (attached to 273rd Railway Company, Royal Engineers) East Surrey Regiment
Parents: Mr Thomas & Mrs Catherine Morgan
Wife: Mrs Edith May Morgan
Uncle & Aunt: Mr & Mrs Thompson
Cousins/Brother(s): S Thompson, J T Morgan, George Henry Vigar & C H Morgan
Home Address: 6 Newgate Road, Bohemia, St Leonards
Uncle & Aunt’s Address: 18 Waterworks Road, Hastings
Other Info: According to CWGC, John died aged 36 on 13th October 1918. He is remembered at Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta, grave reference A.XX.2.
Published: August 1916
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