Hastings Cemetery Archives - Page 2 of 13

Royal Air Force

Wood, Harvey Cecil

2nd April 2021
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Harvey Cecil Wood

Rank: Cadet

Regiment: No. 2 Officer’s Technical Training Wing, Royal Air Force, Canadian Expeditionary Force

Parents: Mr George T & Mrs Marion L Wood

Home Address: Stranraer, Saskatchewan, Canada

Other Info: Harvey Wood died of pneumonia aged 21 on 16th July 1918. He is buried at Hastings Cemetery.

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Army

Willy, James

27th March 2021
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James Willy

Rank: Private

Regiment: 123rd Battalion, Canadian Pioneers, Canadian Expeditionary Force

Parents: Mr Henry & Mrs Sarah Willy

Parent’s Address: Wandsworth, London

Wife: Amelia Willy

Home Address: 1064 Dundas Street, Toronto, Ontario

Other Info: James Willy died aged 45 on 5th September 1917. He is buried at Hastings Cemetery. The inscription on his grave reads “Gone but not forgotten”.

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Army

Wilkins, Albert Joseph

20th March 2021
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Albert Joseph Wilkins

Rank: Driver

Service: Heavy Transport, Royal Army Service Corps

Wife: Mrs Daisy Ellen Elizabeth Wilkins

Address: 258 Harold Road, Clive Vale, Hastings

Other Info: Albert Wilkins died aged 34 on 2nd March 1921. He is buried at Hastings Cemetery. His name is not on Hastings War Memorial.

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Army

Whitehead, George William

13th March 2021
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George William Whitehead

Rank: Gunner

Service: Royal Garrison Artillery

Mother: Mrs Eliza Alice Meikle (formerly Whitehead)

Grandparents: Mrs George Thomas & Mrs Sophia Whitehead

Wife: Mrs Minnie Whitehead (nee Fagg)

Other Info: George Whitehead died aged 31 on 10th February 1921. He is buried at Hastings Cemetery.

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Army

Weller, William Henry

6th March 2021
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William Henry Weller

Rank: Private

Service: 12th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment

Parents: Mr Charles & Mrs Mary Ann Weller

Wife: Mrs Mary Jane Weller

Home Address: 54 Susan’s Road, Eastbourne

Other Info: William Weller died aged 43 on 7th March 1920. He is buried at Hastings Cemetery. The inscription on his grave says “At rest with Christ, which is far better. Gone but not forgotten”.

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Army

Waters, Leo

21st February 2021
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Leo Waters

Rank: Sergeant

Service: 15th Labour Company, Labour Corps / Lincolnshire Regiment

Parents: Mr John & Mrs Mary Waters

Wife: Mrs D M Waters

Parent’s Address: 14 Bank Street, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent

Home Address: Police Station, Haywards Heath

Other Info: Leo Waters died aged 26 on 16th November 1919. He is buried at Hastings Cemetery. The inscription on his grave says “if we forget them not, shall they not remember us with God”.

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Army

Wallis, William

13th February 2021
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William Wallis

Rank: Rifleman

Regiment: London Regiment

Other Info: William died on 6th April 1920. He is buried at Hastings Cemetery. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.

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Army

Wall, Robert Ernest

6th February 2021
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Robert Ernest Wall

Rank: Private (2nd Class)

Regiment: 6th Squadron, Royal Air Force / Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

Other Info: Robert Wall died on 2nd November 1918. He is buried at Hastings Cemetery.

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Army

Vinall, Vernon Dan

30th January 2021
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Vernon Dan Vinall

Rank: Private

Regiment: 3rd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment

Other Info: Vernon Vinall died aged 50 on 30th August 1920. He is buried at Hastings Cemetery. Additional name information from the Hastings & Rother Family History website.

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Army

Vaughan, Percy Guildford

23rd January 2021
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Percy Guildford Vaughan

Rank: Private

Regiment: Army Service Corps, Canadian Expeditionary Force

Parents: Mr Alfred & Mary McKee Vaughan

Sister: Miss Ada Vaughan

Parent’s Address: Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire

Other Info: Percy Vaughan died aged 48 on 28th February 1918. He is buried at Hastings Cemetery.

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