Army
Jack Blackman
Rank: Private
Regiment: Labour Battalion
Mother: Mrs J Blackman
Wife: Mrs Blackman
Wife’s Address: 2 Park Cottages, Battle Road, Hollington
Mother’s Address: 49 Paynton Road, Silverhill
Other Info: At the Front.
Published: March 1918
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Army
Thomas W Venes
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Army Medical Corps
Parents: Mr James & Mrs Elizabeth Venes
Brother: James H Venes
Address: 6 South Terrace, Halton, Hastings
Other Info: At Salonika. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: March 1918
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Army
James H Venes
Rank: Private
Regiment: 33rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, transf. to (59246) 99th Company,
Labour Corps
Parents: Mr James & Mrs Elizabeth Venes
Brother: Thomas W Venes
Address: 6 South Terrace, Halton, Hastings
Other Info: Killed in action. According to CWGC, James died aged 26 on 20th January 1918. He is remembered at Noeux-les-Mines Communal Cemetery Extension, grave reference IV.B.1.
Published: March 1918
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Army
Charles Spears
Rank: Private / Signaller
Regiment: South Wales Borderer
Parents: Mr & Mrs Spears
Sent by: Miss Bailey
Address: Oakwood, St Helen’s Park Road
Other Info: Won the Military Medal for bravery in the field on November 30th 1917. He volunteered to take a message to the front line under heavy shell fire, and got back safely, but on his return found the place he had left was blown to pieces.
Published: March 1918
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Army
J W Wingrave
Rank: Private
Regiment: London Scottish Regiment
Father: Mr Wingrave
Address: Castle House, Castle Hill, Hastings
Other Info: In Egypt
Published: February 1918
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Army
Ernest Edward Walter Todman
Rank: Private
Regiment: Bedfordshire Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs Todman
Brothers: Archibald Bernard Todman & Francis Theodore Todman
Parent’s Address: 23 Lower South Road, Bohemia, St Leonards
Other Info: Ernest died aged 26 on 11th September 1925. He is remembered on a family grave at Hastings Cemetery.
Published: February 1918
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Army
Francis Theodore Todman
Rank: Corporal
Regiment: Army Service Corps
Parents: Mr & Mrs Todman
Brothers: Archibald Bernard Todman & Ernest Edward Walter Todman
Parent’s Address: 23 Lower South Road, Bohemia, St Leonards
Other Info: At the Front. Francis died aged 27 on 11th June 1920. He is remembered on a family grave at Hastings Cemetery.
Published: February 1918
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Army
James Tilton Dykeman
Rank: Private
Regiment: Canadian Expeditionary Force
Parents: Mr Gilbert & Mrs Ella Dykeman
Brothers: Arnold Weldon Dykeman, Frank Fairchild Dykeman, Gilbert Percy Dykeman & Rupert Purdy Dykeman
Parent’s Address: 15 Prospect Street, St John, New Brunswick, Canada
Other Info: Additional name information with thanks to ww1warbrides.blogspot.com
Gilbert’s CEF service papers can be viewed for free here.
Published: February 1918
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Army
Rupert Purdy Dykeman
Rank: Private
Regiment: Canadian Expeditionary Force
Parents: Mr Gilbert & Mrs Ella Dykeman
Brothers: Arnold Weldon Dykeman, Frank Fairchild Dykeman, Gilbert Percy Dykeman & James Tilton Dykeman
Parent’s Address: 15 Prospect Street, St John, New Brunswick, Canada
Other Info: Additional name information with thanks to ww1warbrides.blogspot.com
Gilbert’s CEF service papers can be viewed for free here.
Published: February 1918
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Army
Gilbert Percy Dykeman
Rank: Private
Regiment: Canadian Expeditionary Force
Parents: Mr Gilbert & Mrs Ella Dykeman
Brothers: Arnold Weldon Dykeman, Frank Fairchild Dykeman, Rupert Purdy Dykeman & James Tilton Dykeman
Parent’s Address: 15 Prospect Street, St John, New Brunswick, Canada
Other Info: Additional name information with thanks to ww1warbrides.blogspot.com
Gilbert’s CEF service papers can be viewed for free here.
Published: February 1918
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