Army
Frank Gilbert Bristow
Rank: Private
Regiment: Machine Gun Corps, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Parents: Mr Robert & Mrs Martha Bristow
Brothers: Percy Bristow & C Bristow
Address: 257 Harold Road, Clive Vale, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front.
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Published: April 1917
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Army
William George Berry
Rank: Private
Regiment: Canadian Expeditionary Force
Parents: Mr & Mrs Daniel Berry
Mother’s Address: 29 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings
Other Info: Wounded at Vimy Ridge, now in hospital in England. Formerly of Buckhurst Scout Farm.
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Published: April 1917
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Army
Charles Picknell
Regiment: Canadian Expeditionary Force
Grand mother: Mrs J Oliver
Cousins or Brothers: Jim Picknell, Fred Oliver, C Smith, Percy Oliver, J Williams, H Golding and W Oliver
Grand mother’s Address: New Cottages, Battle Hill, Battle
Published: October 1914
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Army
Charles Henry Richens
Rank: Driver
Regiment: Canadian Field Artillery, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Sent By: Mrs Richens
Mrs Richen’s Address: 22 Linton Crescent, Hastings
Other Info: In France. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
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Published: April 1917
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Army
Tom Mitchell
Rank: Driver
Regiment: Canadian Field Artillery, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Other Info: In France.
Published: April 1917
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Army
David Vincent Matingell
Rank: Private
Regiment: 3rd Pioneers, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Address: Born in Caterham, Surrey
Other Info: He has had experience as both soldier and sailor. At the outbreak of the war he was an ex-Navy man, and was in the City Salvage Corps. He voluntarily returned to the Navy at Portsmouth, the week the war started. After several short cruises he joined HMS Kent. He was in the Falkland Island Battle, was on board when the Kent sunk the German cruiser Nurnburg and later took part in the destruction of the German cruiser Dresden off Juan Fernandez Island in the Pacific. The Kent being send to harbour for repairs, he was permitted to leave his ship to go into the Army. He joined the 48th Canadians (now the 3rd Pioneers), who were training at Victoria. He only spent three weeks in Canada, and sailed three days after enlistment. He was four months in France, and was invalided home from the Somme.
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Published: April 1917
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Army
Reginald Travers Robertson
Rank: Private
Regiment: 1st Canadian Stationary Hospital, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Wife: Mrs Elsa A L Robertson (nee Williams)
Father: William N Robertson of Australia
Mother–in-Law: Mrs E Williams
Address: East Finchley, London
Other Info: Married at the Holy Trinity Church by the Rev T W Cook. The bride was given away by Captain Thompson Walton and the Best Man was Joel Walton.
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Published: April 1917
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Army
W Parr
Rank: Private
Service: Canadian Expeditionary Force
Sister: Mrs Cresey
Brother-in-Law: Arthur Edward Cresey
Mrs Cresey’s Address: 269 Battle Road, Hollington
Published: April 1917
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Army
Arthur Edward Cresey
Rank: Private
Regiment: Canadian Expeditionary Force
Mother: Mrs J Cresey
Wife: Mrs Jane Cresey
Brother-in-Law: W Parr
Address: 471 Magdalen Point, St Charles, Montreal
Mother’s Address: 269 Battle Road, Hollington
Other Info: At the Front.
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Published: April 1917
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Army
Charles Henry Edward Bosworth
Rank: Driver
Regiment: Canadian Expeditionary Force
Mother: Mrs R Gallop
Address: 17a East Street, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front. Born in Worcester.
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Published: April 1917
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