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Roger Crewdson
Rank: Second-Lieutenant
Regiment: 5th Sussex Battery, Home Counties Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Father: Mr Wilson Crewdson
Brother: Wilson Theodore Oliver Crewdson
Address: South Side, St Leonards
Published: November 1914
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Wilson Theodore Oliver Crewdson
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment: 89th Battery, Royal Field Artillery
Father: Mr Wilson Crewdson
Brother: Roger Crewdson
Address: South Side, St Leonards
Other Info: Now stationed in Nowshera, North West Frontier Province, India
Published: November 1914
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Edward Dorrington Benton
Rank: Corporal
Regiment: 2nd Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
Parents: Mr & Mrs Edward Benton
Brothers: Albert Edward Benton, Harry Benton, William D Benton & George T Benton
Uncle: James Benton
Address: 29 Scriven’s Buildings, Crown Lane, Hastings
Other Info: According to CWGC Edward died aged 20 on 29th September 1915. He is remembered a Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, on panel 6 & 8
Published: November 1914, December 1915 & October 1916.
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Harry T Constance
Rank: Private
Regiment: 10th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Father in Law: Mr R G Turk
Brother in Law: Frederick S Turk
Address: 56a George Street, Hastings
Other Info: Late Hon. Instructor, Rye Athletic Club. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: November 1914
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Frederick S Turk
Rank: Private
Regiment: 10th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Father: Mr R G Turk
Brother in Law: Harry T Constance
Address: 56a George Street, Hastings
Other Info: Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: November 1914
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Ernest James Clark
Rank: Pioneer
Regiment: 17th Field Company, Royal Engineers
Father: Mr F R Clark
Brother: B C Clark
Address: 23 Bexhill Road, St Leonards
Other Info: At the Front. According to CWGC, Ernest died aged 21 on 11th April 1917. He is remembered at Pieta Military Cemetery, grave reference C. XIII. 2.
Published: November 1914
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B C Clark
Regiment: 5th Dragoon Guards
Father: Mr F R Clark
Brother: Ernest James Clark
Address: 23 Bexhill Road, St Leonards
Other Info: At the Front.
An article published in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer dated 12th December 1914 reports: “Mr & Mrs F. R. Clark, of 23 Bexhill Road, St Leonards, have received from their son, Trooper B. C. Clark, 5th Dragoon Guards, an interesting letter, in the course of which he says: “The worst is over, but we still have to stop in case we are required. We are not doing so badly. We had a rough time in the retirement, ran into three Army Corps, and only us few, still we got out of it, although we lost a considerable number of the men at Mons.
We thought it was hot there, but its not a patch on Messines or Ypres, and the Boer Was was a picnic to this. We had to gallop for Messines, and we were there just in time to stop the Germans entering. Then there was a fight, but we managed to turn them back.
We are the Phantom Brigade, all over the show. We marched 160 miles in five days, then had a sudden order to gallop for it, and we had to stick there for 13 days. The shells were bursting in the Market Square, about 30 to a minute. It was hot. Anyhow they could not chase us.
They brought from Antwerp 15 Battalions of infantry and 14 siege guns (coal boxes). We kept them in check for two days, then had to retire. Well, we managed to get back about 9 a.m., but got chased out in the evening, and we had three infantry regiments to support us. We were like caged rats running all over the show.
We were visited by Sir J. French, and he praised us up wonderfully. I got mentioned for carrying and bandaging wounded. This is the second time.
We have been doing all infantry work as well as our own, so have been well on the move.”
The writer graphically describes getting in and out of Ypres, and adds “but we are still alive and kicking. We were also at Crevonne (Coalbox Corner). Don’t worry. Use Sunlight.”
Published: November 1914
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A J Kent
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: Royal Army Medical Corps
Sister: Mrs G W Collins
Brother in Law: G W Collins
Address: 31 Horntye Road, Bohemia, St Leonards
Other Info: At the Front.
Published: November 1914
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George William Collins
Rank: Private
Regiment: 3rd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Wife: Mrs G W Collins
Brother in Law: A J Kent
Address: 31 Horntye Road, Bohemia, St Leonards
Other Info: At the Front. According to CWGC, George died on 26th January 1915. He is remembered at Le Touret Memorial on Panel 20 & 21.
Published: November 1914
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