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Heritage, Audrey

4th July 2020
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Audrey Heritage

Rank: Nurse

Service: Voluntary Aid Detachment

Parents: Mr & Mrs Heritage

Home Address: The Haven, Sandhurst Lane, Little Common

Other Info: Audrey Heritage died aged 17 on 31st October 1918. She is buried at Hastings Cemetery. The inscription on his grave marker reads “Service and Sacrifice”.

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Grantham, Edward

18th September 201818th September 2018
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Edward Grantham

Rank: Private

Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment

Parents: Rev Herbert & Mrs M. L. Grantham

Parent’s Address: Halton Rectory, Tring, Herts.

Other Info: Resident of Bexhill. Orderly room staff. According to CWGC, Edward died aged 26 on 19th July 1916. He is remembered at Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, grave reference V.C.6.

Additional information from the Lives of the First World War website.

Published: October 1914

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Army

Crossingham, Henry

23rd May 20184th January 2019
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Henry Crossingham

Rank: Private

Regiment: 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers

Mother: Mrs Rose Crossingham

Brother: Ben Crossingum

Address: No 1 Two Houses, Haddocks Hill, Bexhill

Other Info: Killed in action on 6th May 1917. According to CWGC, Henry died aged 40 and is remembered at the Arras Memorial in Bay 3.

I’ve added all variety of spellings, as I cannot find a consensus.

Published: September 1917

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White, Harry William

22nd March 201822nd March 2018
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Harry William White

Rank: Private

Regiment: ‘D’ Company, 10th Battalion, South Wales Borderers

Father: Henry White

Mother: Mrs Florence White

Aunt: Mrs Alice Emily Gower

Uncles: Charles Frederick Gower, John William Griffiths, T Kent Tucker & W Ashton

Cousin: William Walter Gower

Address: 63 Chandler Road, Bexhill

Other Info: At the Front. According to CWGC, Harry died aged 21 on 8th October 1918. He is remembered at Guizancourt Farm Cemetery, Gouy, grave reference A.11.

Published: May 1917

Navy

White, Henry

22nd March 201822nd March 2018
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Henry White

Rank: First Class Petty Officer

Ship: HMS Kempton

Son: Harry William White

Wife: Florence White

Sister-in-Law: Mrs Alice Emily Gower

Brothers-in-Law: Charles Frederick Gower, John William Griffiths, T Kent Tucker & W Ashton

Nephews: William Walter Gower

Address: 63 Chandler Road, Bexhill

Other Info: Mine Sweeping

Published: May 1917

Army

Pennells, H

30th January 2018
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H Pennells

Rank: Private

Regiment: Royal Army Medical Corps

Address: Bexhill

Other Info: In Training.

Published: January 1915

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Army

Flint, Charles Edward

12th November 201713th November 2017
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Charles Edward Flint

Rank: Private

Regiment: Canadian Expeditionary Force

Father: Mr Edward Arthur Flint

Father’s Address: 73 The Downs, Bexhill

Other Info: At the Front.

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Published: January 1917

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Fairman, Percy Gordon

30th October 20173rd September 2018
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Percy Gordon Fairman

Rank: Lance Corporal

Regiment: 12th Battalion (Southdowns), Royal Sussex Regiment

Father: Mr W Fairman

Wife: Mrs Gertrude Julia Fairman (nee Martin)

Brother-in-Law: T Martin

Address: 152 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings

Other Info: Text reads “… the marriage was performed at Emmanuel Church on December 25th by the Rev Sholto Newman. The bridegroom was home wounded and has since returned to the Front. The best man was Private A A Sutton, of the 90th Winnepeg Rifles. The bridesmaids are sisters of the bride.

According to CWGC, Percy died on 2nd March 1917. He is remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial on panel 20.

Percy is named on Hastings War Memorial as F G Fairman.

Published: January 1917 & March 1917

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Crossingum, Ben

23rd September 201723rd May 2018
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Ben Crossingum

Rank: Trooper

Regiment: 11th Hussars

Wife: Mrs Crossingum (nee Allen)

Brother: Henry Crossingum

Address: Bexhill

Other Info: The Text reads ” On October 28th the daughter of Mr and Mrs Allen of 7 Emmanuel Road, Hastings was married to Trooper B Crossinggum of the 11th Hussars, youngest son of Mrs Crossinggum of Bexhill. The ceremony was performed by the Rev Sholto Newman at the Emmanuel Church, Hastings. The bride was given away by her father. Mr Alfred Crossinggum, a member of the Red Cross, acted as best man”.

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Published: November 1916

Army

Smith, F

25th June 2017
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F Smith

Rank: Private

Regiment: Royal Army Medical Corps

Sent by: His mother

Address: Bexhill

Published: August 1916

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