Army
A Griffiths
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: 5th Sussex Service Battery, Royal Field Artillery
Sent by: Miss N Wellman
Address: 137 St Georges Road, West Hill, Hastings
Other Info: In India
Published: February 1915
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Army
Bertram Frederick Collins
Rank: Bandsman
Regiment: 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters
Parents: Mr Reuben & Mrs Elizabeth Ann Collins
Brother: William Walter Collins
Address: 259 Harold Road, Clive Vale, Hastings
Other Info: According to CWGC, Bertram died aged 29 at the rank of Corporal on 10th May 1916. He is remembered at Hastings Cemetery, grave reference: L.D.M20. The inscription on his grave marker reads ‘He sacrificed his life for us’.
Published: February 1915 & August 1916
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Army
C Hyland
Rank: Driver
Regiment: Ammunition Column, 2nd Home Counties, Royal Field Artillery
Parents: Mr & Mrs Hyland
Address: Fisherman’s Institute, All Saints Street, Hastings
Published: February 1915
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Frederick John Isted
Rank: Trooper
Regiment: Australian Light Horse, Australian Imperial Force
Sent by: His brother in Sydney
Mother’s Address: 8 Cornfield Terrace, Bohemia, St Leonards
Other Info: Wounded at Gallipoli and invalided home in July 1915. Frederick’s AIF service papers can be viewed for free by searching here.
Published: February 1915
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Army
John F McNaughton
Rank: Corporal Farrier
Regiment: Army Vetinary Corps
Sister: Mrs Piper
Address: 12 Station Road, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front. Additional name info from Lives of the First World War website.
Published: February 1915
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G Jones
Rank: Private
Regiment: 3rd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Adoptive Parents: Mr & Mrs J Gale
Brothers: A Gale, Frank Gale & Joseph Herbert Gale
Address: 94 Manor Road, Hastings
Other Info: Invalided home, frostbitten.
Published: February 1915
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Army
Samuel E Benge
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs)
Wife: Mrs Benge
Aunt: Mrs Harris
Address: 52 Seaview Cottages, Ore
Other Info: At the Front. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: February 1915 & February 1917
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H J Bannister
Rank: Trooper
Regiment: Sussex Yeomanry
Parents: Mr & Mrs J Bannister
Address: 8 Woodside Cottages, Baldslow, St Leonards
Other Info: Active Service
Published: February 1915
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W Bedwell
Rank: Driver / Gunner
Regiment: Trench Mortar Battery, Royal Field Artillery
Parents: Mr & Mrs Bedwell
Address: 3 Cliftonville Road / 243 Bexhill Road, St Leonards
Other Info: With the Ammunition Column. Reported missing, now wounded prisoner in Germany.
Published: February 1915 & October 1917
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George F Plaws
Regiment: 2nd Home Counties Field Company, Royal Engineers
Wife: Mrs Plaws
Brothers-in-Law: Edward Waghorn, Charles James Waghorn, Thomas Henry Waghorn, William Waghorn & James F Hyland
Nephew: Bert Thacker
Address: 20 Waldegrave Street, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front
Published: February 1915 & February 1918
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