Army
H W Ball
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards
Parents: Mr & Mrs E W Ball
Address: 8 Strood Road, Silverhill
Sent By: Miss E Bargent
Other Info: At the Front
Published: July 1915
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Army
Henry O Betts
Rank: Private
Regiment: Coldstream Guards
Mother: Marion Betts
Brothers: J P Betts, S Betts and Wilfred Moyse Betts
Sister’s Address: 40 Tackleway, East Hill, Hastings
Other Info: In France. Additional information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: June 1915
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Army
Charles W Buffard
Rank: Private
Regiment: Coldstream Guards
Address: Clive Vale, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front. Additional info from Lives of the First World War website
Published: February 1915
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Army
J Wooley
Rank: Private
Regiment: 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards
Sister: Mrs G Sinden
Brothers: A Woolley & F Woolley
Address: 45 Paynton Road, Silverhill
Other Info: At the Front
Published: February 1915
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Army
Mr Hill
Rank: Corporal
Regiment: Coldstream Guards
Wife: Mrs Hill
Address: 15 Station Road, Hastings
Other Info: On active service.
An article printed in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer on 5th December 1914 states: “Corporal Hill, of the Coldstream Guards, in a letter from the Front to his wife, who resides at 15 Station Road, Hastings, under date of 25th November, says:-
‘We have come out of the firing line for 14 days rest, which I think our Battalion has earnt, for I do not believe another Battalion has done more than we have done. We had General French talking to us yesterday, and he said he felt proud to talk to a Battalion which had suffered hardships as we had done.
We have had it hard, I can tell you. We were in the trenches for 25 days, with the water just over a foot deep, and with snow and rain for about 8 days.
Then we had a big march from (blanked out) to (blanked out), about 220 miles, in just over 11 days; these are only just one or two little items.’
Further on in his letter the Corporal says: ‘Kiss my little children for me, and tell them I shall not be long before I am with them, for I think the German’s stomachs are nipping them.’
Published: December 1914
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P Holewell
Rank: Private
Regiment: Coldstream Guards
Mother: Mrs E Holewell
Brothers: C Holewell, F Holewell & H Holewell
Address: 45 Mount Road, Clive Vale, Hastings
Other Info: Despatch Rider, wounded in the arm
Published: December 1914
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Army
Norman Catt
Rank: Private
Regiment: 4th Reserve Battalion, Coldstream Guards
Parents: Mr Edwin & Mrs Charlotte Catt (Nee Wilmshurst)
Brothers: Bernard Catt, Albert Catt & Percival Catt
Sister: Amy Dawson (50 Alma Terrace, St Leonards)
Address: 1 Lower South Road, Bohemia, St Leonards
Other Info: Killed in action. According to CWGC, Norman died aged 19 on 16th September 1916. He is remembered at the Guards Cemetery Lesboeufs, grave reference XIII.S.7.
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Published: December 1914 & October 1916
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A C Hyland
Regiment: 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards
Father: Mr F A Hyland
Address: Orchard Cottage, Sedlescombe
Other Info: Wounded. Now convalescent at Bristol
Published: December 1914
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R Fairclough
Rank: Private
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards
Parents: Mr & Mrs Fairclough
Address: Woodbine Cottage, High Wickham, Hastings
Other Info: Wounded, now in Badminton Hospital
Published: November 1914
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H Swinfield
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards
Grandmother: Mrs Harvey
Address: 7 Ebenezer Road, All Saints Street, Hastings
Other Info: Wounded, now at Netley Hospital
Published: November 1914
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