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J Martin
Rank: Sergeant-Major
Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs Martin
Brothers: F J Martin, R Martin & A Martin
Sent by: Mrs Sinden, Aunt
Address: 15 Cinque Ports Street, Rye
Other Info: Formerly of Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings
Published: September 1915
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R Martin
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
Parents: Mr & Mrs Martin
Brothers: F J Martin, J Martin & A Martin
Sent by: Mrs Sinden, Aunt
Address: 15 Cinque Ports Street, Rye
Other Info: Wounded, in hospital at Gloucester. Mentioned in Dispatches. Formerly of Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings
Published: September 1915
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F J Martin
Rank: Bombardier
Parents: Mr & Mrs Martin
Brothers: R Martin, J Martin & A Martin
Sent by: Mrs Sinden, Aunt
Address: 15 Cinque Ports Street, Rye
Other Info: Wounded, in hospital at Bournemouth. Won the Distinguished Service Medal. Formerly of Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings
Published: September 1915
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Edwin H Kent
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: 2nd, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Parents: Mr & Mrs Kent
Address: 48 Harold Road, Clive Vale, Hastings
Other Info: Wounded in the ankle.
Published: September 1915
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J N Gower
Rank: Driver
Regiment: Mechanical Transport, Army Service Corps
Father or Mother In Law: W A Ballard
Address: 11 Grove Road, Ore
Published: September 1915
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R Ellis
Rank: Trooper
Regiment: Surrey Yeomanry
Parents: Mr & Mrs Ellis
Brothers: Albert George Ellis & W Ellis
Address: 4 St Paul’s Road, Bohemia, St Leonards
Published: September 1915
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W Ellis
Rank: Driver
Regiment: du Cros Motor Ambulance Convoy, Army Service Corps
Parents: Mr & Mrs Ellis
Brothers: Albert George Ellis & R Ellis
Address: 4 St Paul’s Road, Bohemia, St Leonards
Other Info: At the Front
Published: September 1915
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Albert George Ellis
Rank: Rifleman
Regiment: 9th Battalion, Rifle Brigade
Parents: Mr & Mrs Ellis
Address: 4 St Paul’s Road, Bohemia, St Leonards
Other Info: Killed in action on 9th May 1915. According to CWGC, Albert is remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, panel 46-48 & 50.
Published: September 1915
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Frank Stanley Duke
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: 4th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
Parents: Mr David & Mrs Eliza Duke
Brothers: Godfrey Charles Duke, Percy Duke & George Duke
Brothers-in-Law: George Coote, W Jennings & J Martin
Address: 2 Cross Street, St Leonards
Other Info: Killed in action on 14th August 1915 aged 25 years. According to CWGC, Frank is remembered at Woods Cemetery, grave reference I.A.24.
Published: September 1915 & October 1917
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Bernard Dabson
Rank: Private
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs W T Dabson
Former Address: ‘Wesley’, Bourne Street, Hastings
Other Info: Wounded for a second time. Now in hospital in Shropshire. Formerly of the Hastings Observer and Pictorial Advertiser.
“… has gained the Military Medal which was presented to him last Sunday morning after Church Parade at Tunbridge Wells, by the Colonel in Command. After Church Parade the Battalion was marched back to the Parade Ground, and Private Dabson called to the front. The Colonel then said that it gave him great pleasure to decorate one of the 5th, and complimented him on his deed. Prior to pinning on the medal he read out what gained it: ‘On several occasions Private Dabson showed great devotion to duty and bravery in rescuing wounded men from No Mans Land under heavy shell fire.’ The Colonel warmly shook hands with Private Dabson, as did all the other officers.
Published: September 1915, November 1916 & March 1917
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