Army
J A E Church
Rank: Sapper
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Brother-in-Law & Sister: Mr & Mrs T Ashton
Brother: Thomas C Church
Nephews: Thomas F Ashton, Charles W Ashton & Albert Edward Ashton
Sister’s Address: 210 Priory Road, Halton, Hastings
Published: October 1915
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Thomas F Ashton
Rank: Private
Regiment: Army Service Corps
Parents: Mr & Mrs T Ashton
Brothers: Charles W Ashton & Albert Edward Ashton
Brother-in-Law: Albert James Coussens
Uncles: J A E Church & Thomas C Church
Address: 210 Priory Road, Hastings
Published: May 1915
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Army
H Anderson
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs)
Sent by: Miss Hankins
Miss Hankin’s Address: 122 Braybrooke Road, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front
Published: October 1915
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Army
Charles W Pound
Rank: Driver
Regiment: Motor Transport, Army Service Corps
Other Info: The text reads: “In the ‘Observer’ next Saturday will appear an interesting narrative which Driver C W Pound … has sent to his old school fellow W T Divall, a Hastings schoolmaster, giving some of his experiences at the Front. Driver Pound was some years ago employed at the ‘Hastings Chronicle” office in Havelock Road. The above photograph shows him with his wife and eight children. The ninth, his eldest daughter, is not shown. In his letter he mentioned that his youngest child, born during the battle of Ypres, has been named Robert Ypres Pound”. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: October 1915
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William C Weekes
Rank: Private
Regiment: 13th Battalion (Southdowns), Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs W Weekes
Address: Guestling
Other Info: Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: October 1915
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William Stunt
Rank: Private
Regiment: Australian Imperial Force
Parents: Mr & Mrs Edmund Stunt
Sisters: Daisy Stunt & Minnie Stunt
Address: Engine Cottage, Westfield
Other Info: In Egypt. William’s AIF enlistment and service documents can be viewed for free here.
Published: October 1915
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C F Paine
Rank: Private
Regiment: Motor Transport, Army Service Corps
Wife: Mrs Paine
Address: Cranwells, Linton Road, Hastings
Published: October 1915
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F S Kemp
Rank: Private
Regiment: 2/5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Wife: Mrs Kemp
Address: 1 Claremont Road, Sidley
Published: October 1915
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William Hyland
Rank: Private
Regiment: 6th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
Parents: Mr Charles & Mrs Fanny Hyland
Address: 14 Windsor Road, Silverhill, St Leonards
Other Info: At the Front. According to CWGC, William died aged 23 on 18th August 1916. He is remembered at the Thiepval Memorial on Pier and Face 6B.
William is not named on Hastings War Memorial.
Published: October 1915
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Bertram Huggins
Rank: Private
Regiment: 1st Battalion, King’s Dragoon Guards
Wife: Mrs Huggins
Brothers-in-Law: Frederick Ernest Butchers, Albert Edward Butchers, John “Jack” Butchers, James Butchers & Harry Butchers
Address: 16 Cliftonville Road, Bulverhythe, St Leonards
Other Info: Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: October 1915 & November 1915
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