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Henry C Wrenn
Rank: Private
Regiment: Middlesex Regiment
Sent by: Mrs H C Wrenn
Address: 4 Chapel Cottages, Battle
Other Info: On SS Tyndareus when it struck a mine off Cape Agulhas on 9th February 1917. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: April 1917
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Percy W Champion
Rank: Private
Regiment: Bedfordshire Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs Champion
Address: Pepper-in-Eye, Battle
Other Info: At the Front. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: March 1917
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H P White
Rank: Private
Regiment: Machine Gun Corps, Canadian Expeditionary Corps
Parents: Mr & Mrs M White
Address: 1 Parks Buildings, High Street, Battle
Published: February 1917
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Arthur Cecil Ticehurst
Rank: Major
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Address: Battle
Other Info: Text reads; “…whose name appeared in the list of New Year military honours, he having been awarded the Military Cross. It is a thoroughly merited recognition of hard and continuous work at the Front, where the Major has been in command of a local Company of Engineers for the past two years. Early in the War he raised the Company in Hastings and Bexhill, and proceeded to France towards the end of 1914. His ability as an Engineer Officer was speedily recognised, and he has been placed in charge of important works. He has always show the greatest solicitude for the welfare of his men and this regard has been warmly reciprocated. His many friends in Battle and Hastings are highly delighted at the honour which has been conferred upon him…”
Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: January 1917
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Albert William Stemp
Rank: Private
Regiment: 51st Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force
Parents: Mr William & Mrs Ellen Sarah Stemp
Parent’s Address: 3 Virgin’s Croft, Battle
Other Info: On Active Service. According to CWGC, Albert died aged 28 on 5th April 1918. He is remembered at the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
Albert’s AIF service papers can be viewed for free here.
Published: January 1917
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L Cottrell
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: Pioneers, Royal Sussex Regiment
Sent by: His sister
Address: The Black Horse, Battle
Published: November 1916
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J T Lavender
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: Royal Field or Garrison Artillery
Sent by: His sister
Sister’s Address: Marley Lane, Battle
Other Info: At the Front
Published: August 1916
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S Hoad
Rank: Lance Sergeant
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Father: Mr G Hoad
Address: Battle
Other Info: Wounded
Published: August 1916
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