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H Payne Army

Payne, H

  • 20th January 201623rd January 2022
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H PayneH Payne

Rank: Rifleman

Regiment: 2nd Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps

Address: 232 Priory Road, Hastings

Other Info: Wounded on 14th September 1914 at the Battle of Aisne.

An article published in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer on 10th October 1914 reads: “Rifleman H. Payne, 2nd Battalion, King’s Royal Rifles, whose home is 232 Priory Road, Hastings, writing to the Editor of the ‘Observer’ from the Second Southern General Hospital, Southmead, Bristol, says :- “I am sending you an experience I had in the Battle of the Aisne, where I got wounded. On Sunday, 13th September, my Battalion, 2nd King’s Royal Rifle Corps, was detailed for outpost duty. We took up our position at dusk, and everything went well until daybreak, when we saw in front of us two lines of trenches occupied by Germans. .

Our Officer in charge of ‘C’ Company gave us the order to charge, leaving the other three Companies in support. We went for all we were worth shouting at the top of our voices, until we got up to the Germans, when they dropped their rifles and prayed for mercy.

We left 12 men in charge of them, 50 all told, while we went after the others in the other trench. As soon as we turned our backs on them they picked up their rifles and killed the twelve men we left in charge, and fired on us.

We at once turned back and had no mercy on them this time. We put our swords through them. While we were busy killed those in the first trench, the Germans in the other trench came up and fired on us, killing and wounding 50 of us, so another Company was sent up to help us but how they got on I do not know, as I was taken away wounded in the right arm to a hospital in a village close by, where we stopped for one day, as early the next morning the Germans had started shelling the place, so we had to leave it in a hurry. Just as the last man was taken out a shell dropped right in the centre of the roof setting fire to the straw we had been lying on. I hope to be able to go out and have another go at them in a month’s time.

Published: November 1914

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R Jeffrey Army

Jeffrey, R

  • 20th January 2016
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R JeffreyR Jeffrey

Rank: Private

Regiment: 3rd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment

Address: 28 Russell Street, Hastings

Other Info: Wounded on 14th September 1914.

Published: November 1914

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E Bliss Army

Bliss, Ernest

  • 18th January 201630th November 2018
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E BlissErnest Bliss

Rank: Private

Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment

Father: Mr D D Bliss

Address: 5 Barley Lane, Hastings

Other Info: Wounded on 10th September 1914. Now in hospital at Weybridge.

According to CWGC, Ernest died on 20th August 1916. He is remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 7c.

Published: November 1914

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S Piper Army

Piper, S

  • 18th January 201620th August 2022
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S PiperS Piper

Rank: Private

Regiment: 6th Dragoon Guards

Wife: Mrs Piper

Brother-in-Law: Basil Richard Eldridge

Address: 15 Bulverhythe Road, St Leonards

Other Info: Reservist. Wounded, now in hospital at Southend

Published: November 1914

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J Wicks Army

Wicks, J

  • 18th January 2016
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J WicksJ Wicks

Rank: Corporal

Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment

Parents: Mr George & Mrs Jane Wicks

Address: 22 Park Field Road, Hollington

Other Info: Killed in action on 3rd October 1914. According to CWGC, Corporal Wicks was 19 when he died. He is remembered at Vendresse British Cemetery, grave reference III.K.3

Published: November 1914

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Harold Riggulsford Army

Riggulsford, Harold Thomas

  • 18th January 20167th May 2022
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Rigglesford, Riggulsford & CrockfordHarold RiggulsfordHarold Thomas Riggulsford

Rank: Private

Regiment: Royal West Kent Regiment

Mother: Mrs Riggulsford

Brother: George Wilfred E Riggulsford

Brother-in-Law: Arthur George Crockford

Address: 141 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings

Other Info: Killed in action on 20th September 1914. According to CWCG, Harold was 26 when he died. He is remembered at La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial, panel 22a.

On CWGC and Lives of the First World War website, Harold’s surname is spelt “Riggulsford”, and on Hastings war memorial it is spelt “Riggalsford”. The September 1916 article spells the surname as Rigglesford.

Published: November 1914 & September 1916

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George Tomlin Army

Tomlin, George

  • 18th January 201629th April 2018
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George TomlinGeorge Tomlin

Rank: Private

Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment

Parents: Mr William John & Mrs Sarah Tomlin (Nee Game)

Cousins: Harry Tomlin, F Tomlin & Charles Tomlin

Address: 119 Athelstan Road, Clive Vale, Hastings

Other Info: Killed in action at Vendresse on 14th September 1914. According to CWGC, George is remembered at Terlincthun British Cemetery, grave reference VII. AE. 5

Published: November 1914

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P Mepham Army

Mepham, Peter

  • 18th January 201617th January 2018
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MephamMephamP MephamPeter Mepham

Rank: Corporal

Regiment: Drill Instructor, Army Service Corps

Wife: Mrs Mepham

Son: John Mepham & Arthur Mepham

Address: 106 Saxon Road, Clive Vale, Hastings

Other Info: He is 63 years of age but has joined his old regiment as Instructor, in response to Lord Kitcheners’s appeal for ex NCO’s. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.

Published: November 1914 & January 1916

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Ronald Marchant Army

Marchant, Ronald

  • 17th January 201617th January 2019
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Ronald MarchantRonald Marchant

Rank: Transport Driver

Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery

Wife: Mrs Marchant

Address: 123 Bohemia Road, St Leonards

Other Info: At the Front

Published: November 1914

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H Matthews Army

Matthews, Henry

  • 17th January 20168th March 2019
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H MatthewsHenry Matthews

Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment

Parents: Mr William & Mrs Mary Matthews

Address: 143 Bulverhythe Road, St Leonards

Other Info: Reservist, at the Front. According to CWGC, Henry died aged 31 on 8th November 1914. He is remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial on Panel 20. Mary Matthews later lived in Vancouver, Canada

Published: November 1914

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