Army
F S Harris
Rank: Private
Regiment: 3rd Royal Sussex Regiment
Mother: Mrs S Harris
Brother: Harry Harris
Address: Kenwards Yard, Battle
Published: January 1915
Other Info: At the Front
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Army
F Bryant
Rank: Private
Regiment: Army Service Corps
Sister: Mrs W Evans
Address: 132 Athelstan Road, Clive Vale, Hastings
Published: January 1915
Other Info: For the Front
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Army
Rudolph Muscat
Rank: Corporal
Regiment: Army Service Corps / Lancashire Fusiliers
Father: Otto Muscat
Brother: Paul Emil Muscat
Address: Hastings
Other Info: Formerly of Hastings Pier Orchestra. Killed in action.
Rudolph was born 1888 the eldest son of Otto Muscat and Elsa Bitsch. He married Ethel Clifford in Farnham, Hampshire in 1912 and joined the army in August 1914. He served first in the Royal Army Service Corps and later transferred to the Lancashire Fusiliers. In 1915 Ethel had given birth to a son, Clifford Rudolph, but sadly the child died within month. Rudolph was killed on 22nd October 1917.
Rudolph Muscat, Lance Corporal 46543. Lancashire Fusiliers 20th Battalion. Mobilised for war and landed at Havre and engaged in various action on the Western Front including in 1916: The Battle of Bazentin Ridge, The fighting for Arrow Head Copse, Maltz Horn Farm and Falfemont Farm. In 1917: The pursuit of the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, the fighting in Houthulst Forest and the Second Battle of Passchendaele.
Rudolph was killed in action on 22nd October 1917, during the fighting in France and Flanders, Western Europe. His body was buried on the battlefield and marked with a small wooden cross. In 1920 his burial place was found and his body was transferred to the official War Grave site in the Cement House War Graves Cemetery at Langemark – Poelkapelle. Belgium.
Rudolph was posthumously awarded the British War Medal, the British Star and the Victory Medal [These medals have not survived in the family, but may have been given to his widow].
According to CWGC, Rudolph is buried in Cement House Cemetery, Langemark, grave reference XIII.D.45.
With thanks to Jo Coulson for this information
Published: January 1915 & January 1918
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Army
A E R Munday
Rank: Corporal
Regiment: Royal Army Medical Corps
Grandparents: R & C Munday
Address: 25 Alma Terrace, Silverhill
Published: January 1915
Other Info: Wounded, now at Aldershot
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Army
Ernest Brignall
Rank: Rifleman
Regiment: 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade
Parents: Mr Stephen Burgess Brignall & Mrs Harriet Brignall
Brother: Charles Brignall
Address: 24 St Mary’s Road, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front in October 1914, Killed in action in December 1914.
According to CWGC, Ernest was born in Brookland, Kent and died aged 29 on 19th December 1914. He is buried at the Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, grave reference: IX.B.49.
Published: October 1914 & January 1915
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Army
Henry Mitchell
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
Parent(s): Mr & Mrs John Mitchell
Address: 29 All Saints Street, Hastings
Published: January 1915
Other Info: With the Indian Expeditionary Force
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Army
Egbert A Bumstead
Rank: Sapper / Second Corporal
Regiment: 55th Company, Royal Engineers
Parent(s): Mr & Mrs Bumstead
Address: Gate Lodge, Barley Lane, Hastings
Other Info: Second Corporal Egbert A Bumstead, R.E., who has been awarded the Distinguished Service Medal in France. He enlisted in 1913 and went to South Africa. From there he was recalled in 1914, and went straight to France, where he has served ever since continuously in the fighting area. He is a native of Hastings, educated at the Clive Vale School and served an apprenticeship with the Hastings Gas Company.
Published: January 1915 & August 1917
Other Info: At the Front
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Sidney G Stevenson
Rank: Driver
Regiment: 2nd Home Counties Field Company, Royal Engineers
Photo sent in by: Mrs Castle
Address: 5 Salisbury Road, St Leonards
Sister: Mrs Adams
Brother-in-Law: Charles Richard Adams
Nephew: Teddy Adams
Sister’s Address: 126 All Saints Street, Hastings
Published: January 1915, July 1915 & July 1916
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Army
George F Oakley
Rank: Company Quarter Master Sergeant / Company Sergeant Major
Regiment: 3rd / 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parent: Mr Henry & Mrs Amelia Oakley
Wife: Louisa Oakley
Parent’s Address: Waterworks Road, Hastings
Address: 4 Hawthorne Cottages, Eaton Ford, St Neots
Other Info: According to CWGC, George died aged 38 on 24th September 1918. He is remembered at Bellicourt British Cemetery, grave reference III.H.10
Published: January 1915
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