Army
W H Sweetman
Rank: Sapper
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Parents: Mr & Mrs H Sweetman
Brothers: Frederick T Sweetman & Charles A Sweetman
Address: 50 Castle Hill Road, Hastings
Published: September 1915, June 1917 & February 1918
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Army
E Henry Fellows
Rank: Private / Driver
Regiment: Army Veterinary Corps / Royal Field Artillery
Wife: Mrs Fellows
Address: 2 Laundry Cottages, Bexhill Road, St Leonards
Brothers: G Fellows, J Fellows & F Fellows
Nephew: Ernest Arthur Firrell
Other Info: At the Front. In Salonika. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: August 1915 & February 1918
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Army
George William Puttick
Rank: Private
Regiment: 1st Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Parents: Mr George W & Mrs Ruth Puttick
Brother: Edward Richard Puttick
Sister: Mrs A Rummery
Address: 10 North Terrace, Halton, Hastings
Other Info: According to CWGC, George died aged 23 on 1st January 1916. He is remembered at Herne Bay Cemetery, grave reference T.38. This webpage provides the following information about his death: “Private Puttick was severely wounded by shrapnel and injured in the spine on the 7th December at Messines, in cutting barbed wire. He had since been in hospital at Herne Bay, where he had received every kindness, and had borne his illness with great fortitude. He succumbed to heart-failure and paralysis consequent on the injury to the spinal cords”.
Published: June 1915, August 1915, January 1916, September 1916 & February 1918
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Navy
Archibald Bernard Todman
Rank: Able Seaman
Regiment: Anson Division, Royal Naval Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves
Parents: Mr & Mrs Todman
Brothers: Francis Theodore Todman & Ernest Edward Walter Todman
Address: 23 Lower South Road, Bohemia, St Leonards
Other Info: According to CWGC, William died aged 26 on 6th November 1917. He is remembered at the Tyne Cot Memorial on Panel 2 to 3 and 162 to 162a. He is also remembered on a family grave at Hastings Cemetery.
Published: June 1915 & February 1918
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Army
Arthur George Mitchell
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: 5th Battery, 2nd Home Counties, Royal Field Artillery
Parents: Mr William & Mrs Elizabeth J Mitchell
Brothers: Alfred J Mitchell & William Henry Mitchell
Address: 82 Bulverhythe Road, St Leonards
Other Info: At the Front. In Mesopotamia.
Published: May 1915 & February 1918
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Navy
Edmund William Waters
Rank: Able Seaman
Ship: HMS Iron Duke
Parents: Mr & Mrs Waters
Address: 21 Waldegrave Street, Hastings
Other Info: We have been afloat on this ship over 10 weeks. Shall we have Christmas at home? We are having the time of our lives, and are waiting to train our 13.5’s on the German Fleet. Can they face us?
Published: October 1914, May 1915 & February 1918
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Army
Fred Walker
Rank: Company Sergeant Major
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Parents: Mr Robert and Mrs Caroline Walker
Brothers: Alfred Walker & Thomas Walker
Nephew: Remo Amiotti
Address: 277 Mount Pleasant Road
Other Info: In France. 29 Years Service.
… has been awarded the Military Cross, on a recommendation by the General Staff, stating that he had distinguished himself by consistent good work and devotion to duty, whilst is power of organisation has been of the greatest assistance. R.S.M. Walker has been several times offered a commission but prefers to remain a Warrant Officer. He is the second son of Mrs Walker and is a native of this town. He is now at Division Headquarters in France. He has seen 18 years service in the Regular Army and went through the last two years of the South African campaign, for which he has the Queen’s Medal with five bars.
Published: April 1915, June 1917 & February 1918
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Army
J E Watson
Rank: Private
Regiment: 12th Battalion (Southdowns), Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr Clarence & Mrs Mary Ann Watson
Brothers: Walter Thomas Watson & A C Watson
Brother-in-Law: Alfred Ernest Sharp
Address: The Laurels Stables, Old London Road, Hastings
Other Info: Won the Military Medal for conspicuous gallantry and skill after his Platoon Commander and Company Sergeant Major had become casualties.
Published: April 1915, June 1917 & February 1918
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Army
George F Plaws
Regiment: 2nd Home Counties Field Company, Royal Engineers
Wife: Mrs Plaws
Brothers-in-Law: Edward Waghorn, Charles James Waghorn, Thomas Henry Waghorn, William Waghorn & James F Hyland
Nephew: Bert Thacker
Address: 20 Waldegrave Street, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front
Published: February 1915 & February 1918
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Army
H Fellows
Rank: Trooper
Regiment: Hastings Troop, Sussex Yeomanry
Parents: Mr & Mrs G H Fellows
Father-in-Law: M Winchester
Brother-in-Law: J Winchester & C Ferguson
Parent’s Address: Tollgate Farm, Sedlescombe
Brother & Sister-in-Law: Mr & Mrs Craddock
Nephew: Sergeant G Winchester
Brother’s Address: 130 St Georges Road, Hastings
Other Info: At the Dardanelles
Published: February 1915, January 1916 & February 1918
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